Three new species of Inosperma (Agaricales, Inocybaceae) from Tropical Africa

Hyppolite L Aïgnon; Sana Jabeen; Arooj Naseer; Nourou S Yorou; Martin Ryberg

doi:10.3897/mycokeys.77.60084

Three new species of Inosperma (Agaricales, Inocybaceae) from Tropical Africa

MycoKeys. 2021 Jan 28:77:97-116. doi: 10.3897/mycokeys.77.60084. eCollection 2021.

Authors

Hyppolite L Aïgnon¹, Sana Jabeen², Arooj Naseer³, Nourou S Yorou¹, Martin Ryberg⁴

Affiliations

¹ Research Unit Tropical Mycology and Plant-Soil Fungi Interactions, Faculty of Agronomy, University of Parakou, 03 BP 125, Parakou, Benin University of Parakou Parakou Benin.
² Department of Botany, Division of Science and Technology, University of Education, Lahore, Pakistan University of Education Lahore Pakistan.
³ Department of Botany, University of the Punjab, Quaid-e-Azam Campus-54590, Lahore, Pakistan University of the Punjab Lahore Pakistan.
⁴ Systematic Biology Programme, Department of Organismal Biology, Uppsala University, Norbyvägen 18D, 752 36, Uppsala, Sweden Uppsala University Uppsala Sweden.

Abstract

Here, we describe three new species of Inosperma from Tropical Africa: Inosperma africanum, I. bulbomarginatum and I. flavobrunneum. Morphological and molecular data show that these species have not been described before, hence need to be described as new. The phylogenetic placements of these species were inferred, based on molecular evidence from sequences of 28S and RPB2. Additional analysis using ITS dataset shows interspecific variation between each species. Phylogenetic analyses resolve I. flavobrunneum in Old World Tropical clade 1 with weak support, I. bulbomarginatum is sister of Old World Tropical clade 1 and I. africanum is indicated as sister to the rest of Inosperma. Complete description and illustrations, including photographs and line drawings, are presented for each species. A new combination of Inocybe shawarensis into Inosperma is also proposed.

Keywords: Ectomycorrhizal; West Africa; molecular systematics; phylogeny; taxonomy.

Hyppolite L. Aïgnon, Sana Jabeen, Arooj Naseer, Nourou S. Yorou, Martin Ryberg.

Grants and funding

Part of this research was funded by the Swedish Research Council for Environment, Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning and the Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst and National Geographic Society.