Terfezia disappears from the American truffle mycota as two new genera and Mattirolomyces species emerge

Mycologia. 2011 Jul-Aug;103(4):831-40. doi: 10.3852/10-273. Epub 2011 Jan 24.

Abstract

Reexamination and molecular phylogenetic analyses of American Terfezia species and Mattirolomyces tiffanyae revealed that their generic assignments were wrong. Therefore we here propose these combinations: Mattirolomyces spinosus comb. nov. (≡ Terfezia spinosa), Stouffera longii gen. & comb. nov. (≡ Terfezia longii) and Temperantia tiffanyae gen. & comb. nov. (≡ Mattirolomyces tiffanyae). In addition we describe a new species, Mattirolomyces mexicanus spec. nov. All species belong to the Pezizaceae. Based on these results Terfezia is not known from North America, Mattirolomyces is represented by two species and two new monotypic genera are present.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • DNA, Fungal / analysis
  • DNA, Ribosomal / analysis
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • North America
  • Phylogeny
  • Phylogeography
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / analysis
  • Saccharomycetales / classification*
  • Saccharomycetales / genetics
  • Saccharomycetales / ultrastructure
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA
  • Species Specificity
  • Spores, Fungal / ultrastructure

Substances

  • DNA, Fungal
  • DNA, Ribosomal
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S