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Morphological description and new records of Hygrocybe conica var. conica and H. nigrescens var. brevispora (Hygrophoraceae) in Brazil

Descrição morfológica e novos registros de Hygrocybe conica var. conica e H. nigrescens var. brevispora (Hygrophoraceae) no Brasil

ABSTRACT

Hygrocybe conica var. conica and H. nigrescens var. brevispora were collected in the Atlantic Rain Forest of the States of Paraná and Rio Grande do Norte States, respectively. These two taxa were reported in mushroom checklists of Brazil; however, their morphological features and variations have been hitherto poorly documented. Thus, it is provided for the first time a complete description for these two Brazilian varieties. Hygrocybe conica var. conica was reported in the last century for the southeast region, more precisely from the mixed ombrophilous forests of São Paulo State. Presently, this variety is a new record for the seasonal semideciduous forests of Paraná State, southern Brazil. Hygrocybe nigrescens var. brevispora was known from coastal ecosystems of the south and southeast regions; it is also being indicated here as a new record for the northeast region.

Keywords:
Agaricales; brazilian mycodiversity; new record; restinga; seasonal semideciduous forest

RESUMO

Hygrocybe conica var. conica e H. nigrescens var. brevispora foram coletados em floresta de Mata Atlântica, respectivamente nos Estados do Paraná e do Rio Grande do Norte. Esses dois táxons foram reportados em listas de diversidade de macrofungos no Brasil; entretanto suas características morfológicas e variações foram, até então, pouco documentadas. Em razão disso, é fornecida pela primeira vez, a descrição completa dessas duas variedades brasileiras. Hygrocybe conica var. conica foi reportada no século passado para o sudeste, mais precisamente em floresta ombrofila mista do Estado de São Paulo, e agora é um novo registro para floresta estacional semidecidual do Estado do Paraná, sul do Brasil. Hygrocybe nigrescens var. brevispora encontrada até o momento em ecossistemas costeiros do sul e sudeste do Brasil, agora é um novo registro também para a região do nordeste.

Palavras chaves:
Agaricales; floresta estacional semidecidual; micodiversidade brasileira; novos registros; restinga

Introduction

Hygrocybe conica (Schaeff.) P. Kumm. and its varieties, Hygrocybe nigrescens (Quél.) Kühner and other nine related species form a complex of close and similar species of waxy caps with black staining reactions (Lodge et al. 2014Lodge, D.J., Padamsee, M., Matheny, P.B., Aime, M.C., Cantrell, S.A., Boertmann, D., Kovalenko, A., Vizzini, A., Dentinger, B.T.M., Kirk, P.M., Ainsworth, A.M., Moncalvo, J-M., Vilgalys, R., Larsson, E., Lücking, R., Griffith, G.W., Smith, E., Norvell, L.L., Desjardin, D.E., Redhead, S.A., Ovrebo, C.L., Lickey, E.B., Ercole, E., Hughes, K.W., Courtecuisse, R., Young, A., Binder, M., Minnis, A.M., Lindner, D.L., Ortiz-Santana, B., Haight, J., Læssøe, T., Baroni, T.J., Geml, J. & Hattori, T. 2014. Molecular phylogeny, morphology, pigment chemistry and ecology in Hygrophoraceae (Agaricales). Fungal Diversity 64: 1-99.). Hygrocybe conica var. conica and Hygrocybe nigrescens var. brevispora (Dennis) S.A. Cantrell & Lodge are known from North to South America, based on previous fieldwork in these regions (Dennis1961, Hesler & Smith 1963Hesler, L.R. & Smith, A.H. 1963. North American species of Hygrophorus. University of Tennessee Press, Knoxville, USA., Pegler 1983Pegler, D.N. 1983. Agaric flora of the Lesser Antilles. Kew Bulletin Additional Series 9: 1-668., Cantrell & Lodge 2000, Franco-Molano et al. 2010Franco-Molano, A.E., Corrales, A. & Vasco-Palacios, A.M. 2010. Macrohongos de Colombia ii. Listado e especies de los ordenes Agaricales, Boletales, Cantharellales y Russulales (Agaricomycetes, Basidiomycota). Actualidades biológicas 32: 89-113., Lodge et al. 2014).

Hygrocybe conica was described as Agaricus conicus by Schäffer (1774), based on a Dutch collection. Fries (1838Fries, E.M. 1838. Epicrisis systematis mycologici seu synopsis Hymenomycetum. Uppsala) transferred it to the genus Hygrophorus Fr. Subsequently, Kummer (1871Kummer, P. 1871. Der Führer in die Pilzkunde (in German). C. Luppe , Zerbst, Germany.) raised the new genus Hygrocybe and consequently, proposes combine in Hygrocybe. Since then, new varieties have been described; Hygrocybe nigrescens var. brevispora is an American variety described by Dennis (1961Dennis, R.W.G. 1961. Fungi venezuelani: IV. Agaricales. Kew Bulletin 15: 67-156., as Hygrophorus nigrescens var. brevisporus Dennis) based on Venezuelan collection. Pegler (1983Pegler, D.N. 1983. Agaric flora of the Lesser Antilles. Kew Bulletin Additional Series 9: 1-668.) transferred it to Hygrocybe nigrescens, after synonymized by Cantrell & Lodge (2000Cantrell, S.A. & Lodge, D.J. 2000. Hygrophoraceae of the Greater Antilles: Hygrocybe subgenus Hygrocybe. Mycological Research 104: 873-878.) to Hygrocybe conica var. brevispora (Dennis) S.A. Cantrell & Lodge. Recently, molecular analysis recognized H. conica var. brevispora as distinct entity of Hygrocybe conica (Lodge et al. 2014, Latha & Manimohan 2018Latha, K.P.D. & Manimohan, P. 2018. A new species of Hygrocybe from Kerala State, India. Phytotaxa 385: 13-22.), considered into H. nigrescens.

In Brazil, 36 Hygrocybe species are reported (Singer 1965Singer, R. 1965. Interesting and new Agaricales from Brazil. Atlas do Instituto de Micologia 2: 15-59., Lodge & Pegler, 1990Lodge, D.J. & Pegler, D.N. 1990. Hygrophoraceae of the Luquillo Mountains of Puerto Rico. Mycological Research 94: 443-456., Putzke 1994Putzke, J. 1994. Lista de fungos Agaricales (Basidiomycotina, Hymenomycetes) referidos para Brasil. Caderno de Pesquisas Série Botânica 6: 1-189., Pegler 1997, Sobestiansky 2005Sobestiansky, G. 2005. Contribution to a macromycete survey of the States of Rio Grande do Sul and Santa Catarina in Brazil. Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology 48: 437-457., De Meijer 2006De Meijer, A.A.R. 2006. A preliminary list of the macromycetes from the Brazilian State of Paraná. Boletim do Museu Botânico Municipal 68: 1-55., Karstedt & Sturmer 2008Karstedt, F. & Sturmer, S.L. 2008. Agaricales em áreas de Floresta Ombrófila Densa e plantações de Pinus no Estado de Santa Catarina, Brasil. Acta Botanica Brasilica 22: 1036-1043., De Meijer 2010De Meijer, A.R.R. 2010. Preliminary list of the macromycetes from the Brazilian State of Paraná: corrections and updating. Boletim do Museu Botânico Municipal, Curitiba 72: 1-10., Neves et al. 2013Neves, M.A., Baseia, I.G., Drechsler-Santos, E.R. & Goes-Neto, A. 2013. Guide to the Common Fungi of the Semiarid Region of Brazil. TECC, Florianópolis, Brazil., Magnago et al. 2015Magnago, A.C., Marinho, A.N., Urrea-Valencia, F.S., Freitas, A.F. & Neves, MA. 2015. New records of agaricoid fungi (Basidiomycota) from Paraíba, Brazil. Biotemas 28: 9-21., Maia et al. 2015Maia, L.C., Carvalho Júnior, A.A., Cavalcanti, L.H., Gugliotta, A.M., Drechsler-Santos, E.R., Santiago, A.L.M.A., Cáceres, M.E.S., Gibertoni, T.B., Aptroot, A., Giachini, A.J., Soares, A.M.S., Silva, A.C.G., Magnago, A.C., Goto, B.T., Lira, C.R.S., Montoya, C.A.S., Pires-Zottarelli, C.L.A., Silva, D.K.A., Soares, D.J., Rezende, D.H.C., Luz, E.D.M.N., Gumboski, E.L., Wartchow, F., Karstedt, F., Freire, F.M., Coutinho, F.P., Melo, G.S.N., Sotão, H.M.P., Baseia, I.G., Pereira, J., Oliveira, J.J.S., Souza, J.F., Bezerra, J.L., Araujo Neta, L.S., Pfenning, L.H., Gusmão, L.F.P, Neves, M.A., Capelari, M., Jaeger, M.C.W., Pulgarín, M.P., Menolli Junior, N., Medeiros, P.S., Friedrich, R.C.S., Chikowski, R.S., Pires, R.M., Melo, R.F., Silveira, R.M.B., Urrea-Valencia, S., Cortez & V.G., Silva, V.F. 2015. Diversity of Brazilian Fungi. Rodriguésia 66: 1033-1045., Vizzini et al. 2015). Among these, H. conica var. conica is known in the Atlantic forest of the Southeast region (Pegler 1997), and H. nigrescens var. brevispora, in the southeast and south (Pegler 1997 as H. conica var. brevispora, De Meijer 2006). Although these taxa reported in the Brazilian mycological literature, few works have presented a detailed description of the morphology (especially the microscopical ones) to support such identifications.

Thus in this paper, we provide a detailed description of Hygrocybe conica var. conica and H. nigrescens var. brevispora that occur in Brazil, expanding the known distribution of H. conica var. conica from the south and of H. nigrescens var. brevispora from the northeast of Brazil.

Materials and methods

Species were collected in two distinct areas - 1) Parque Estadual das Dunas, located in the municipality of Natal (24°18’26”S and 53°54’29” W), in the east region of Rio Grande do Norte State, Brazil. This region is predominantly composed of sandy coastal plain (restinga) vegetation, with sandy soil and presence of tree species of Convovulaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Fabaceae, Myrtaceae, Poaceae, Rubiaceae, and Sapotaceae (Freire 1990Freire, S.M.B. 1990. Levantamento Florístico do Parque Estadual das Dunas em Natal. Acta Botanica Brasilica 4: 41-59.); 2) RPPN Fazenda Açu situated in the municipality of Terra Roxa (24°11’28.05” S and 53°58’6.92” W), western region of Paraná State. This is a remaining of seasonal semidecidual forest, characterized by the presence of tree species of Anacardiaceae, Apocynaceae, Bignoniaceae, Boraginaceae, Caricaceae, Fabaceae, Malvaceae, Meliaceae, Moraceae, Rutaceae and Sapindaceae (Roderjan et al. 2002Roderjan, C.V., Galvão, F., Kunyoshi, Y.S. & Hatschbach, G. 2002. As unidades fitogeográficas do estado do Paraná. Ciência e Ambiente 24: 75-92.).

The samples were analyzed both macro- and micro morphologically, following standard procedures for the description of agaricoid mushrooms (Singer 1986Singer, R. 1986. The Agaricales in modern taxonomy. Koeltz Scientific Books, Oberreifenberg, Germany.). Color names and codes used in macroscopic descriptions are based on Kornerup & Wanscher (1978Kornerup, A. & Wanscher, J.H. 1978. Methuen handbook of colour. 3rd ed. Eyre Methuen London, England.). All microscopic structures were observed in dried material. Freehand sections of rehydrated pieces of basidiomata were examined in KOH 5%, and Melzer’s reagent was used to check amyloid reaction. Microscopic structure measurements were performed in 1000 × magnification. For statistics, 40 spores were measured. In basidiospores description: L = basidiospore length, average and W = basidiospore width, average from a single basidioma, Q is the quotient between length and width, Qm is the mean value of Q. Specimens are preserved at the herbaria of Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN- Fungos) and Universidade Federal do Paraná, Campus Palotina (HCP). Taxonomical concepts are following Lodge et al. (2014Lodge, D.J., Padamsee, M., Matheny, P.B., Aime, M.C., Cantrell, S.A., Boertmann, D., Kovalenko, A., Vizzini, A., Dentinger, B.T.M., Kirk, P.M., Ainsworth, A.M., Moncalvo, J-M., Vilgalys, R., Larsson, E., Lücking, R., Griffith, G.W., Smith, E., Norvell, L.L., Desjardin, D.E., Redhead, S.A., Ovrebo, C.L., Lickey, E.B., Ercole, E., Hughes, K.W., Courtecuisse, R., Young, A., Binder, M., Minnis, A.M., Lindner, D.L., Ortiz-Santana, B., Haight, J., Læssøe, T., Baroni, T.J., Geml, J. & Hattori, T. 2014. Molecular phylogeny, morphology, pigment chemistry and ecology in Hygrophoraceae (Agaricales). Fungal Diversity 64: 1-99.).

Results

Hygrocybe conica var. conica (Schaeff.) P. Kumm., Der Führer in die Pilzkunde: 111 (1871) ≡ Agaricus conicus Schaeff., Fungorum qui in Bavaria et Palatinatu circa Ratisbonam nascuntur Icones 4: 2 (1774) ≡ Hygrophorus conicus (Schaeff.) Fr., Epicrisis Systematis Mycologici: 331 (1838). Type locality: Europe, Germany.

Figures 1,3,7

Pileus 15-29 mm diam., at first conic, cuspidate in mature specimens; reddish-orange (7A8), orange (6B8), greyish yellow (4B4) and dark grey (1F1), surface smooth, viscid and slightly fibrillose at margin; margin slightly eroded, sometimes undulating, non-striate, decurved (figure 1a); context fleshy, 2-4 mm thick, concolorous with the pileus surface. Lamellae adnexed, subdistant, yellowish-white (1A2) to greyish white (1B1) with dark grey spots (1F1), waxy, up to 2.3 mm broad, edge eroded to crenate, slightly discolored and paler at the sides; lamelullae with two lengths (figure 1). Stipe 33-61 × 3-6 (apex), 4-10 (base) mm, central, terete to slightly compressed in older basidiomata, slightly flexuous, equal to slightly tapered at apex, pale yellow (1A3), greenish-yellow (1A8), light yellow (4A5) and dark grey (1F1), fistulous, surface longitudinally striate, texture rigid to pliable (figure 1). Spore print not observed.

Figures 1-2
Basidiomata. 1. Hygrocybe conica var. conica (A.G.S. Silva-Filho 728). 2. Hygrocybe nigrescens var. brevispora (A.G.S. Silva-Filho 890). Scale bars = 10 mm. Pictures by A.G.S. Silva-Filho.

Figures 3-7
Microscopic drawings. 3. Basidiospores of Hygrocybe nigrescens var. brevispora (A.G.S. Silva-Filho 890). 4. basidiospores of Hygrocybe conica var. conica (A.G.S. Silva-Filho 728). 5. Pileipellis of Hygrocybe nigrescens var. brevispora (A.G.S. Silva-Filho 890). 6. Pseudocystidia of Hygrocybe nigrescens var. brevispora (A.G.S. Silva-Filho 890). 7. Pseudocystidia of Hygrocybe conica var. conica (A.G.S. Silva-Filho 728). Scale bars = 10 µm. Drawings by A.G.S. Silva-Filho.

Basidiospores (6.5-)7-10.5 × 4.5-6.5(-7) µm, L = 8 µm, W = 5.5 µm, Q = 1.14-2.12, Qm =1.46, subglobose to cylindrical, smooth, thin-walled, hyaline, inamyloid, with numerous refractive granules; hilar appendix conspicuous (figure 4). Basidia 29-42 × 7.5-9 µm, clavate, to broadly clavate, tetrasporic, rarely bisporic, thin-walled, hyaline, some with refractive content mixed with some brown pigmented. Pleurocystidia and cheilocystidia absent. Pseudocystidia 31.5-42.5 × 5-8 µm, clavate with mucronate apex, cylindrical-fusoid, thin-walled, hyaline; scarce, not projecting from hymenium, found in lamellar sides and gill edges (figure 7). Lamella edge fertile. Lamellar trama regular with hyphae up to 179 µm length, 5.5-12.5 µm diam., thin-walled, smooth sometimes brown incrusted, hyaline and brown pigmented. Subhymenium with filamentous, hyphae 2-3.5 µm diam., interwoven, smooth, thin-walled, hyaline. Pileus trama with inflated hyphae 10.5-40 µm diam., parallel and horizontally arranged, smooth, thin-walled, hyaline. Pileipellis a cutis of repent hyphae, hyphae subparallel to interwoven, 4.5-7 µm diam., smooth, sometimes brown incrusted, hyaline and light brown, slightly gelatinous at center. Stipitipellis a cutis of subparallel hyphae, 2.5-7 µm diam., hyaline and brown pigmented, predominantly smooth, sometimes brown incrusted. Stipititrama regular, composed of hyphae 2.5-27.5 µm diam., smooth sometimes incrusted, hyaline and brown. Caulocystidia absent. Clamp connection present in all tissue examined. Oleiferous hyphae (thrombopleurous) observed in the lamellar trama, pileipellis, and stipitipellis.

Known distribution - Worldwide (Boertmann 2010Boertmann, D. 2010. The genus Hygrocybe: Fungi of Northern Europe. The Danish Mycological Society, Danishi, Denmark.). In Brazil, it has been reported only from the Atlantic Forest of the Southeast (Pegler 1997Pegler, D.N. 1997. The Agarics of São Paulo, Brazil. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Bulletin, London, England., São Paulo) and South (this paper, Paraná) regions (figure 8).

Figure 8
Known distribution of Hygrocybe conica var. conica and H. nigrescens var. brevispora in the Neotropical America.

Material examined: Brazil. Paraná: Terra Roxa, RPPN Fazenda Açu, 23-VI-2015, leg. AGS Silva-Filho 501 (HCP 1038).

Hygrocybe nigrescens var. brevispora (Dennis) Pegler, Kew Bulletin Additional Series 9:53 (1983Pegler, D.N. 1983. Agaric flora of the Lesser Antilles. Kew Bulletin Additional Series 9: 1-668.) ≡ Hygrophorus nigrescens var. brevisporus Dennis, Kew Bulletin 15:69 (1961) ≡ Hygrocybe conica var. brevispora (Dennis) S.A. Cantrell & Lodge, Mycological Research 104: 876 (2000Cantrell, S.A. & Lodge, D.J. 2000. Hygrophoraceae of the Greater Antilles: Hygrocybe subgenus Hygrocybe. Mycological Research 104: 873-878.) Type locality: South America, Venezuela. Figs. 2,3,5,6

Pileus 12-28 mm diam., at first broadly parabolic, slightly umbonate at the disc, convex to slightly umbonate to conical in mature specimens, dark red (11C8), violet brown (11E8), orange (7A8), yellowish red (8A8), red (9B8), with dark grey (1F1) spots, surface smooth, viscid at center and slightly fibrillose at margin; margin entire, non-striate, incised, decurved (figure 2); context fleshy, 2-4 mm thick, concolorous with the pileus surface. Lamellae adnexed, subdistant, yellowish-white (1A2) to grayish-white (1B1) with dark gray spots (1F1), waxy, up to 2.5 mm broad, edge eroded to crenate, slightly discolored and paler at the sides; lamelullae with two lengths (figure 2). Stipe 32-41 × 4-6 (apex), 4-6 (base) mm, central, terete, becoming later slightly compressed, slightly flexuous, equal to slightly tapered at apex, fistulous, pale yellow (1A3), greenish-yellow (1A8), light yellow (4A5), orange (5A6), yellowish red (8A8) with dark grey (1F1) spots, surface longitudinally striate, texture rigid to pliable (figure 2). Spore print not observed.

Basidiospores (8.5-)9-11 × (6-)6.5-8(-8.5) µm, L = 9.6 µm, W = 6.7 µm, Q = 1.29-1.61, Qm = 1.46, broadly ellipsoid to ellipsoid, smooth, thin-walled, hyaline, with numerous refractive granules; hilar appendix conspicuous (figure 3). Basidia 34-44 × 7.5-12 µm, clavate, to broadly clavate, tetrasporic, rarely bisporic, thin-walled, hyaline, brown pigmented sometimes with refractive content. Pleurocystidia and cheilocystidia absent. Pseudocystidia 37-53.5 × 5-11 µm, cylindrical-clavate, clavate, sometimes with mucronate apex, thin-walled, hyaline some brown pigmented, scarce, not projecting from the hymenium, found in lamellar sides and gill edges (figure 6). Lamella edge fertile. Lamellar trama regular with hyphae up to 186 µm length, 5-11 µm diam., thin-walled, smooth, sometimes brown incrusted, hyaline and brown pigmented. Subhymenium with filamentous hyphae 1.5-3.5 µm diam., interwoven, smooth, thin-walled, hyaline. Pileus trama with inflated hyphae 10-34 µm diam., parallel and horizontally arranged, smooth, thin-walled, hyaline. Pileipellis a cutis of repent hyphae, hyphae subparallel to interwoven, 4-7.5 µm diam., smooth, sometimes brown incrusted, hyaline and light brown, near at center, slightly gelatinous (figure 5). Stipitipellis a cutis of subparallel hyphae, 8-17 µm diam., hyaline and brown pigmented, predominantly smooth, sometimes brown incrusted. Stipititrama regular composed of hyphae 2-8 µm diam., smooth sometimes incrusted, hyaline and brown. Caulocystidia absent. Clamp connection present in all tissue examined. Oleiferous hyphae (thrombopleurous) observed in the lamellar trama, pileipellis and stipitipellis.

Known distribution - Neotropical (Dennis 1961Dennis, R.W.G. 1961. Fungi venezuelani: IV. Agaricales. Kew Bulletin 15: 67-156., Pegler 1983Pegler, D.N. 1983. Agaric flora of the Lesser Antilles. Kew Bulletin Additional Series 9: 1-668., Lodge & Pegler 1990Lodge, D.J. & Pegler, D.N. 1990. Hygrophoraceae of the Luquillo Mountains of Puerto Rico. Mycological Research 94: 443-456., Cantrell & Lodge 2000Cantrell, S.A. & Lodge, D.J. 2000. Hygrophoraceae of the Greater Antilles: Hygrocybe subgenus Hygrocybe. Mycological Research 104: 873-878.). In Brazil, reported only from the Atlantic Forest of the Southeast (Pegler 1997, São Paulo), South (Meijer 2006) and Northeast (this Paper, Rio Grande do Norte State) regions (figure 8).

Material examined: Brazil. Rio Grande do Norte: Natal, Parque Estadual das Dunas, 15-VIII-2008, leg. I.M. Cocetino & J.J.S. Oliveira s/n (UFRN-Fungos 844); ibid, 5-VII-2017, leg. A.G.S. Silva-Filho 890 (UFRN-Fungos 2949).

Discussion

Hygrocybe conica differs of H. nigrescens by its more robust habit, pileus shape and color and broader basidiospores (Pegler 1977Pegler, D.N. 1977. A preliminary Agaric flora of East Africa. Kew Bulletin Additional Series 6: 1-615.). These features were observed in our samples: H. conica var. conica from Paraná has conical pileus in young specimens becoming cuspidate, orange to reddish-orange tints, and subglobose to cylindrical basidiospores (Q = 1.14-2.12); H. nigrescens var. brevispora from Rio Grande do Norte has broadly parabolic, slightly umbonated, convex slightly umbonated to conical pileus, predominance of dark red tints and broadly ellipsoid to ellipsoid basidiospores (Q = 1.29-1.61).

These mentioned features confirm the identification of these two entities, in which also agree with the descriptions of the literatures: Hygrocybe conica var. conica agrees with the brief morphological features indicated by Pegler (1997Pegler, D.N. 1997. The Agarics of São Paulo, Brazil. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Bulletin, London, England., from Brazil) and the description of Hesler & Smith (1963Hesler, L.R. & Smith, A.H. 1963. North American species of Hygrophorus. University of Tennessee Press, Knoxville, USA., as Hygrophorus conicus from USA) by the shape and color of pileus and basidiospore size 9-12 × 5.7-8.6 µm, and disagree only in smaller cap 15-29 mm; Hygrocybe nigrescens var. brevispora from Rio Grande do Norte State agrees with that described Pegler (1997, 1983) and Lodge & Pegler (1990Lodge, D.J. & Pegler, D.N. 1990. Hygrophoraceae of the Luquillo Mountains of Puerto Rico. Mycological Research 94: 443-456.), in its pileus shape and short broadly ellipsoid basidiospores 8.5-11 × 5.5-8 µm.

Cantrell & Lodge (2000Cantrell, S.A. & Lodge, D.J. 2000. Hygrophoraceae of the Greater Antilles: Hygrocybe subgenus Hygrocybe. Mycological Research 104: 873-878.) confronted morphological characters of H. conica var. conica from Central America, North America, and Europe and H. nigrescens var. brevispora, (as H. conica var. brevispora), from the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico. Pseudocystidia were found more concentrated near to lamellar edge in H. nigrescens var. brevispora, feature observed in the holotype analyzed by Pegler (1983Pegler, D.N. 1983. Agaric flora of the Lesser Antilles. Kew Bulletin Additional Series 9: 1-668.) and Lodge & Pegler (1990). On the other hand, H. conica var. conica lacks pseudocystidia, or they concentrated only on the lamellar edge (Cantrell & Lodge 2000). In both collections analyzed by us, pseudocystidia are scarce on lamellar sides and edge.

Hygrocybe conica var. conica is known on all continents, except in Antarctica (Boertman 2010); it is reported in Neotropical America only at high elevations, such as in Costa Rica (3000-3500 a.s.l. alt., Cantrell & Lodge 2000Cantrell, S.A. & Lodge, D.J. 2000. Hygrophoraceae of the Greater Antilles: Hygrocybe subgenus Hygrocybe. Mycological Research 104: 873-878.) and Bolivia (2202 a.s.l. alt. Franco-Molano et al. 2010Franco-Molano, A.E., Corrales, A. & Vasco-Palacios, A.M. 2010. Macrohongos de Colombia ii. Listado e especies de los ordenes Agaricales, Boletales, Cantharellales y Russulales (Agaricomycetes, Basidiomycota). Actualidades biológicas 32: 89-113.). Hygrocybe nigrescens var. brevispora is known in the coastal areas of tropical and subtropical humid forests of Central America (Martinique, Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic) and South America (Venezuela, Brazil). Hygrocybe conica var. conica was recorded to São Paulo State (1600-1700 a.s.l. alt.), which is the only Brazilian occurrence to date (Pegler 1997Pegler, D.N. 1997. The Agarics of São Paulo, Brazil. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Bulletin, London, England.). Hygrocybe nigrescens var. brevispora has been collected from resting vegetation in São Paulo by Pegler (1997) and in a dense ombrophilous forest of Paraná by De Meijer (2006De Meijer, A.A.R. 2006. A preliminary list of the macromycetes from the Brazilian State of Paraná. Boletim do Museu Botânico Municipal 68: 1-55.). With the new findings, the distribution of H. conica var. conica is now expanded to seasonal semideciduous forest (346 m alt.) in the south, while H. nigrescens var. brevispora has a new record in the northeast of Brazil. New reports are expected from other areas of Brazil and, together with its molecular data, this may help answer questions related to the distribution pattern and evolutionary processes this species complex.

Acknowledgments

The authors thank the ‘Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior’ (CAPES-Brazil) for the Ph.D. scholarships awarded to Alexandre G.S. Silva-Filho. The project is also supported by the ‘Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico’ (CNPq, Processo 483455/2013-3) and Fundação Araucária de Apoio ao Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico do Estado do Paraná (Convênio 675/2014).

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Publication Dates

  • Publication in this collection
    11 Nov 2019
  • Date of issue
    2019

History

  • Received
    01 Jan 2019
  • Accepted
    15 Aug 2019
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