A new species and a new record of Bolbitius (Bolbitiaceae, Agaricales) from Scotland and Britain, respectively
Abstract
This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Drummond-Herdman, Alfred, Malysheva, Ekaterina, Jakob, Sigrid, Szafián, Dorottya Anna, Nagy, László G. (2025): A new species and a new record of Bolbitius (Bolbitiaceae, Agaricales) from Scotland and Britain, respectively. Phytotaxa 733 (2): 155-171, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.733.2.1, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.733.2.1AbstractA new coprophilous species of Bolbitius, B. corrugatus sp. nov., is described and illustrated based on collections from Scotland. The new species is characterised by its yellow, corrugated pileus, hexagonal spores, and coprophilous habitat. A phylogenetic analysis based on ITS and LSU was conducted to support morphological data. A link to a time-lapse video showing the growth of basidiocarps in the type collection is included as part of the description.Another coprophilous species, B. excoriatus, is introduced as new to Britain and is included in the phylogenetic analysis. Morphological descriptions, illustrations, and phylogenetic analysis results of the two species are provided. A competition-based hypothesis is proposed for the variation in basidiocarp size among coprophilous fungi.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions
Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions
Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility
- Publication date
- 6 March 2026
- Language
- EN
- Document type
- Dataset