New species and records of bioluminescent Mycena from Mexico

ABSTRACT

Seven species of bioluminescent fungi are recorded from the cloud forests in Mexico. Six represent new species belonging to the genus Mycena, whereas Mycena globulispora is a new distribution record for the country. Descriptions, illustrations, photographs, and an identification key to bioluminescent fungi species from Mexico are provided. Sequences of nuc rDNA internal transcribed spacer (ITS1-5.8S-ITS2 = ITS) region were generated for barcoding purposes and comparisons with similar species.

KEYWORDS:

• Agarics
• biodiversity
• fungi
• mycenoid
• taxonomy
• 6 new taxa

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The authors thank Manuel Hernández and Juan Lara Carmona for their help with figures and herbarium assistance at XAL.

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Funding

Alonso Cortés-Pérez thanks CONACyT for support in study for a master’s degree in ecology at the Universidad Veracruzana.