Taxonomic and phylogenetic re-evaluation of Mycena illuminans

Abstract

Mycena illuminans Henn. is described and re-evaluated based on recently collected material from peninsular Malaysia, providing comprehensive descriptions, illustrations and photographs. In addition to morphological data, axenic monokaryon and dikaryon cultures were established to provide data on culture morphology and the mating system of the species. Molecular sequences data from the nuclear large subunit (LSU) gene also are presented, confirming that M. illuminans is not a synonym of Mycena chlorophos.

• basidiomycete
• bioluminescence
• culture morphology
• fungi
• phylogeny
• taxonomy

Acknowledgments

The authors thank Prof A.J. Kuthubutheen for helpful comments on the manuscript, Mr Roslee Halip for assistance with the SEM and field photography (Figs. 1, 2) and Mr Foong Hoe Yinn for help with photography (Fig. 4b).

This study was supported by grants PS285/2009B, PV088/2011B and 66-02-03-0074 by University of Malaya and ER020-2011A by Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE).