Morphology and phylogeny reveal two new species and a new geographical record of Agaricus sect. Rubricosi (Agaricales) from West Bengal, India

Abstract Two new species (Agaricus tumlingensis, and A. philippei) and one new record (A. kunmingensis) belong to the sect. Rubricosi of the subg. Pseudochitonia, are described from India based on morphological and molecular sequence (nrITS and LSU rDNA) data. Agaricus tumlingensis is distinguished...

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Main Authors: Entaj Tarafder, Samantha C. Karunarathna, Arun Kumar Dutta, Abdallah M. Elgorban, Feng-Hua Tian, Krishnendu Acharya
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-08102-2
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Feng-Hua Tian
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description Abstract Two new species (Agaricus tumlingensis, and A. philippei) and one new record (A. kunmingensis) belong to the sect. Rubricosi of the subg. Pseudochitonia, are described from India based on morphological and molecular sequence (nrITS and LSU rDNA) data. Agaricus tumlingensis is distinguished by its medium to large-sized basidiomata, brown to dark brown squamulose pileus, ellipsoid to elongate basidiospores with a range value of 5.5–7.5 × 3.5–4.0 μm, and cheilocystidia measuring 15–34 × 9–17 μm. Agaricus philippei has a dark brown appressed squamulose pileus, ellipsoid basidiospores with a range value of 4.5–5.1 × 2.5–3.0 μm, and cheilocystidia measuring 11–21 × 7–14 μm. Detailed morphological descriptions, illustrations, field photographs of the collected basidiomata, comparisons with morphologically similar species, and phylogenetic analysis results based on the nrITS and nrLSU sequence data are provided.
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spelling doaj-art-603c0168c37a4e8f865ce749fc28aeb02025-08-20T03:43:11ZengNature PortfolioScientific Reports2045-23222025-07-0115111510.1038/s41598-025-08102-2Morphology and phylogeny reveal two new species and a new geographical record of Agaricus sect. Rubricosi (Agaricales) from West Bengal, IndiaEntaj Tarafder0Samantha C. Karunarathna1Arun Kumar Dutta2Abdallah M. Elgorban3Feng-Hua Tian4Krishnendu Acharya5Department of Plant Pathology, Agriculture College, Guizhou UniversityCenter for Yunnan Plateau Biological Resources Protection and Utilization, College of Biology and Food Engineering, Qujing Normal UniversityDepartment of Botany, Gauhati UniversityDepartment of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud UniversityDepartment of Plant Pathology, Agriculture College, Guizhou UniversityMolecular and Applied Mycology and Plant Pathology Laboratory, Department of Botany, University of CalcuttaAbstract Two new species (Agaricus tumlingensis, and A. philippei) and one new record (A. kunmingensis) belong to the sect. Rubricosi of the subg. Pseudochitonia, are described from India based on morphological and molecular sequence (nrITS and LSU rDNA) data. Agaricus tumlingensis is distinguished by its medium to large-sized basidiomata, brown to dark brown squamulose pileus, ellipsoid to elongate basidiospores with a range value of 5.5–7.5 × 3.5–4.0 μm, and cheilocystidia measuring 15–34 × 9–17 μm. Agaricus philippei has a dark brown appressed squamulose pileus, ellipsoid basidiospores with a range value of 4.5–5.1 × 2.5–3.0 μm, and cheilocystidia measuring 11–21 × 7–14 μm. Detailed morphological descriptions, illustrations, field photographs of the collected basidiomata, comparisons with morphologically similar species, and phylogenetic analysis results based on the nrITS and nrLSU sequence data are provided.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-08102-2Agaricus subgenus PseudochitiniaAgaricaceae, BasidiomycotaPhylogenyTaxonomy
spellingShingle Entaj Tarafder
Samantha C. Karunarathna
Arun Kumar Dutta
Abdallah M. Elgorban
Feng-Hua Tian
Krishnendu Acharya
Morphology and phylogeny reveal two new species and a new geographical record of Agaricus sect. Rubricosi (Agaricales) from West Bengal, India
Scientific Reports
Agaricus subgenus Pseudochitinia
Agaricaceae, Basidiomycota
Phylogeny
Taxonomy
title Morphology and phylogeny reveal two new species and a new geographical record of Agaricus sect. Rubricosi (Agaricales) from West Bengal, India
title_full Morphology and phylogeny reveal two new species and a new geographical record of Agaricus sect. Rubricosi (Agaricales) from West Bengal, India
title_fullStr Morphology and phylogeny reveal two new species and a new geographical record of Agaricus sect. Rubricosi (Agaricales) from West Bengal, India
title_full_unstemmed Morphology and phylogeny reveal two new species and a new geographical record of Agaricus sect. Rubricosi (Agaricales) from West Bengal, India
title_short Morphology and phylogeny reveal two new species and a new geographical record of Agaricus sect. Rubricosi (Agaricales) from West Bengal, India
title_sort morphology and phylogeny reveal two new species and a new geographical record of agaricus sect rubricosi agaricales from west bengal india
topic Agaricus subgenus Pseudochitinia
Agaricaceae, Basidiomycota
Phylogeny
Taxonomy
url https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-08102-2
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