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New Discoveries

Published:

11 November 2019

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new species

Morphological characters and molecular data reveal three new species of Fomitopsis (Basidiomycota)

Liu, S., Song, C.-G. & Cui, B.-K.

Mycological Progress 18 : 1317-1327.

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Published:

3 November 2019

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new species

Studies on Micarea in Australasia II. A synopsis of the genus in Tasmania, with the description of ten new species

Gintaras Kantvilas & Brian J. Coppins

The Lichenologist 51(5) 431-481

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13 October 2019

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new species

Morphological and phylogenetic analyses reveal a new species of Fistulina (Fistulinaceae, Agaricales) from Australia

Yi-Fei Sun, Shun Liu & Bao-Kai Cui

Phytotaxa 420(3): 233–240

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25 September 2019

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new species

Australasian sequestrate Fungi 20: Russula scarlatina (Agaricomycetes: Russulales: Russulaceae), a new species from dry grassy woodlands of southeastern Australia

Elliott, T., & Trappe, J.

Journal of Threatened Taxa 11(12): 14619-14623

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20 August 2019

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new species

Crassisporus gen. nov. (Polyporaceae, Basidiomycota) evidenced by morphological characters and phylogenetic analyses with descriptions of four new species.

Ji, X., Wu, D.-M., Liu, S., Si, J. & Cui, B.-K.

MycoKeys 57 : 61-84

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Published:

18 July 2019

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new species

Fungal Planet description sheets: 868–950.

Crous, P.W.; Carnegie, A.J.; Wingfield, M.J.; Sharma, R.; Mughini, G.; Noordeloos, M.E.; Santini, A.; Shouche, Y.S.; Bezerra, J.D.P.; Dima, B.; Guarnaccia, V.; Imrefi, I.; Jurjević, Ž.; Knapp, D.G.; Kovács, G.M.; Magistà, D.; Perrone, G.; Rämä, T.; Rebriev, Y.A.; Shivas, R.G.; Singh, S.M.; Souza-Motta, C.M.; Thangavel, R.; Adhapure, N.N.; Alexandrova, A.V.; Alfenas, A.C.; Alfenas, R.F.; Alvarado, P.; Alves, A.L.; Andrade, D.A.; Andrade, J.P.; Barbosa, R.N.; Barili, A.; Barnes, C.W.; Baseia, I.G.; Bellanger, J.-M.; Berlanas, C.; Bessette, A.E.; Bessette, A.R.; Biketova, A.Yu.; Bomfim, F.S.; Brandrud, T.E.; Bransgrove, K.; Brito, A.C.Q.; Cano-Lira, J.F.; Cantillo, T.; Cavalcanti, A.D.; Cheewangkoon, R.; Chikowski, R.S.; Conforto, C.; Cordeiro, T.R.L.; Craine, J.D.; Cruz, R.; Damm, U.; de Oliveira, R.J.V.; de Souza, J.T.; de Souza, H.G.; Dearnaley, J.D.W.; Dimitrov, R.A.; Dovana, F.; Erhard, A.; Esteve-Raventós, F.; Félix, C.R.; Ferisin, G.; Fernandes, R.A.; Ferreira, R.J.; Ferro, L.O.; Figueiredo, C.N.; Frank, J.L.; Freire, K.T.L.S.; García, D.; Gené, J.; Gęsiorska, A.; Gibertoni, T.B.; Gondra, R.A.G.; Gouliamova, D.E.; Gramaje, D.; Guard, F.; Gusmão, L.F.P.; Haitook, S.; Hirooka, Y.; Houbraken, J.; Hubka, V.; Inamdar, A.; Iturriaga, T.; Iturrieta-González, I.; Jadan, M.; Jiang, N.; Justo, A.; Kachalkin, A.V.; Kapitonov, V.I.; Karadelev, M.; Karakehian, J.; Kasuya, T.; Kautmanová, I.; Kruse, J.; Kušan, I.; Kuznetsova, T.A.; Landell, M.F.; Larsson, K.-H.; Lee, H.B.; Lima, D.X.; Lira, C.R.S.; Machado, A.R.; Madrid, H.; Magalhães, O.M.C.; Majerova, H.; Malysheva, E.F.; Mapperson, R.R.; Marbach, P.A.S.; Martín, M.P.; Martín-Sanz, A.; Matočec, N.; McTaggart, A.R.; Mello, J.F.; Melo, R.F.R.; Me&353;ič, A.; Michereff, S.J.; Miller, A.N.; Minoshima, A.; Molinero-Ruiz, L.; Morozova, O.V.; Mosoh, D.; Nabe, M.; Naik, R.; Nara, K.; Nascimento, S.S.; Neves, R.P.; Olariaga, I.; Oliveira, R.L.; Oliveira, T.G.L.; Ono, T.; Ordoñez, M.E.; de M. Ottoni, A.; Paiva, L.M.; Pancorbo, F.; Pant, B.; Pawłowska, J.; Peterson, S.W.; Raudabaugh, D.B.; Rodríguez-Andrade, E.; Rubio, E.; Rusevska, K.; Santiago, A.L.C.M.A.; Santos, A.C.S.; Santos, C.; Sazanova, N.A.; Shah, S.; Sharma, J.; Silva, B.D.B.; Siquier, J.L.; Sonawane, M.S.; Stchigel, A.M.; Svetasheva, T.; Tamakeaw, N.; Telleria, M.T.; Tiago, P.V.; Tian, C.M.; Tkalčec, Z.; Tomashevskaya, M.A.; Truong, H.H.; Vecherskii, M.V.; Visagie, C.M.; Vizzini, A.; Yilmaz, N.; Zmitrovich, I.V.; Zvyagina, E.A.; Boekhout, T.; Kehlet, T.; Læssøe, T.; Groenewald, J.Z.

Persoonia 42: 291-473.

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Published:

14 July 2019

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new species

Five new species of Pertusaria (Pertusariales, lichenized Ascomycota) from Australia

Alan W. Archer & John A. Elix

Australasian Lichenology 85: 20-27

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Published:

14 July 2019

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new species

Trapelia concentrica (lichenized Ascomycota, Trapeliaceae), a new species from south-eastern Australia, with a key to the genus in Australia

John A. Elix & Patrick M. McCarthy

Australsian Lichenology 85: 46-50

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Published:

14 July 2019

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new species

Graphis norfolkensis, a new species in the Australian Graphidaceae (lichenized Ascomycota, Ostropales) from Norfolk Island

Alan W. Archer & John A. Elix

Australasian Lichenology 85: 67-69

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Published:

14 July 2019

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new species

Two new corticolous species of Eugeniella (lichenized Ascomycota, Pilocarpaceae) from Norfolk Island, south-western Pacific Ocean

Patrick M. McCarthy & John A. Elix

Australiasian Lichenology 85: 58-66

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Published:

14 July 2019

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new species

Rhizocarpon bicolor (lichenized Ascomycota, Rhizocarpaceae), a new species from south-eastern Australia

John A. Elix & Patrick M. McCarthy

Australasian Lichenology 85: 51-57

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Published:

14 July 2019

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new species

A new lichenicolous species of Sclerococcum (Dactylosporaceae, Ascomycota) from south-eastern Australia

John A. Elix, Patrick M. McCarthy & Josef Hafellner

Australasian Lichenology 85: 43-45

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Published:

4 July 2019

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new species

An annotated catalogue of the lichens of Kangaroo Island, South Australia

Gintaras Kantvilas

Swainsona 32: 1–97

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Published:

30 June 2019

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new species

Arthonia cryptica (Arthoniaceae), a new lichen species from coastal rock in southern New South Wales, Australia

Patrick M. McCarthy & John A. Elix

Australasian Lichenology 85: 8-11

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Published:

30 June 2019

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new species

A new saxicolous species of Fellhanera (lichenized Ascomycota, Pilocarpaceae) from eastern New South Wales, Australia

Patrick M. McCarthy & John A. Elix

Australasian Lichenology 85:3-7

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Published:

24 June 2019

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new species

Annabella australiensis gen. & sp. nov. (Helotiales, Cordieritidaceae) from South Australian mangroves

Sally C. Fryar, Danny Haelewaters & David E. A. Catcheside

Mycol. Progress 18: 973-981

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Published:

23 June 2019

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new species

Fungal diversity notes 1036–1150: taxonomic and phylogenetic contributions on genera and species of fungal taxa.

Hyde, K. D., Tennakoon, D. S., Jeewon, R., Bhat, D. J., Maharachchikumbura, S. S. N., Rossi, W., ... Doilom, M.

Fungal Diversity, 96(1), 1-242

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Published:

25 April 2019

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new species

Further additions to the genus Menegazzia A. Massal. (Parmeliaceae) in Australia, with a revised regional key

Gintaras Kantvilas

The Lichenologist 51(2): 137-146

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Published:

23 April 2019

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new species

Three new species of Gyroporus (Boletales, Basidiomycota) from Australia

Naveed Davoodian, Neale L. Bougher, Nigel A. Fechner, Sarah E. Bergemann and Roy E. Halling

Muelleria 37: 101–107

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Published:

23 March 2019

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new species

Identification and characterization of Botrytis medusae, a novel cryptic species causing grey mould on wine grapes in Australia.

L. A. Harper M. C. Derbyshire F. J. Lopez‐Ruiz

Plant Pathol, 68: 939-953.

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Published:

17 March 2019

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new species

Two new Neofomitella species (Polyporaceae, Basidiomycota) based on morphological and molecular evidence

Xing Ji, Dong-Mei Wu, Chang-Ge Song, Shun Liu, Jing Si & Bao-Kai Cui

Mycological Progress 18(4): 593–602

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Published:

3 March 2019

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new species

Ionosporus: a new genus for Boletus longipes (Boletaceae), with a new species, I. australis, from Australia

Olga Khmelnitsky, Naveed Davoodian, Pooja Singh, Olivier Raspé, Serena M.L. Lee, Nigel Fechner, Gregory Bonito, Teresa Lebel & Roy E. Halling

Mycological Progress 18: 439–451

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Published:

4 February 2019

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new species

New and Interesting Fungi. 2

"P.W. Crous, R.K. Schumacher, A. Akulov, R. Thangavel, M. Hernández-Restrepo, A.J. Carnegie, R. Cheewangkoon, M.J. Wingfield, B.A. Summerell, W. Quaedvlieg, T.A. Coutinho, J. Roux, A.R. Wood, A. Giraldo & J.Z. Groenewald"

Fungal Systematics and Evolution 3: 57–134

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Published:

14 January 2019

2

new species

Two new species of Rinodina (Physciaceae, Ascomycota) from southern Australia

John A. Elix, Gintaras Kantvilas & Patrick M. McCarthy

Australasian Lichenology 84: 10-15

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