New species and new records of Crinipellis from tropical and subtropical forests of the east coast of Mexico

Abstract

Crinipellis brunneoaurantiaca, C. pallidibrunnea and C. rubella are described as new species and their taxonomic position is discussed. The two former were collected in subdeciduous tropical forest and the latter in the montane cloud forest, all from the east coast of Mexico (central Veracruz). Crinipellis podocarpi, C. pseudostipitaria var. mesites, C. setipes, recorded in montane cloud forest, and C. tucumanensis, collected in subdeciduous tropical forest, also are discussed. Detailed macro- and microscopic descriptions, illustrations of distinctive microscopic characters and plates are presented for each species.

• Agaricales
• Marasmiaceae
• Neotropical fungi
• taxonomy

Acknowledgments

This work was partially supported by Instituto de Ecología, projects 10062, 10063 to V.M. Bandala and L. Montoya.

We appreciate the collaboration in laboratory and field by Biologists P. del Moral and D. Ramos (Instituto de Ecología, Xalapa). Thanks to curators of F and LIL for information provided. Our special thanks to two assigned reviewers for their critical comments and revisions to improve the manuscript.