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. 2017 Aug 10;39:175–200. doi: 10.3767/persoonia.2017.39.08

Cortinarius section Bicolores and section Saturnini (Basidiomycota, Agaricales), a morphogenetic overview of European and North American species

K Liimatainen 1, X Carteret 2, B Dima 3,4, I Kytövuori 5, A Bidaud 6, P Reumaux 7, T Niskanen 1, JF Ammirati 8, J-M Bellanger 9,
PMCID: PMC5832952  PMID: 29503475

Abstract

Cortinarius is the largest genus of ectomycorrhizal fungi worldwide. Recent molecular studies have shown high levels of morphological homoplasy within the genus. Importantly, DNA phylogenies can reveal characteristics that have been either over- or underemphasized in taxonomic studies. Here we sequenced and phylogenetically analysed a large set of pan-European and North American collections taxonomically studied and placed in Cortinarius sect. Bicolores and sect. Saturnini, according to traditional morpho-anatomical criteria. Our goal was to circumscribe the evolutionary boundaries of the two sections, to stabilize both the limits and nomenclature of relevant species, and to identify described taxa which, according to our current understanding, belong to other lineages. Our analysis resolves two clades: /Bicolores, including 12 species, one of which is new to science, and /Saturnini, including 6 species. Fifteen binomials, traditionally treated in these two sections based on morphology, do not belong to the above two phylogenetic clades. Instead, six of these latter are clearly placed in other clades that represent sect. Bovini, sect. Sciophylli, sect. Duracini and sect. Brunneotincti. The presence or absence of blue pigments and the detection of specific odours emerge as clearly misleading taxonomic features, but more surprisingly, spore size and ecology can be misleading as well. A total of 63 type specimens were sequenced, 4 neotypes and 2 epitypes are proposed here, and 1 new combination is made.

Keywords: Bicolores, Cortinarius phylogeny, integrative taxonomy, Saturnini, Telamonia

INTRODUCTION

Cortinarius is the largest genus of ectomycorrhizal fungi worldwide, with no less than 4 701 reported taxa (3 360 species, 1 341 infraspecific taxa, http://www.catalogueoflife.org, 28 Sept. 2016 release). However, the number of species greatly varies depending on the morphological species concept accepted by classical authors. Currently, the two major monographs dedicated to the genus are Cortinarius, Flora Photographica (CFP), which includes ± 300 species, mostly from northern Europe (Brandrud et al. 2014), and the Atlas des Cortinaires (ADC), still on-going and which so far recognizes ± 2 500 species, varieties and forms, mostly from France (Bidaud et al. 2015). Recent molecular studies have unveiled high levels of morphological homoplasy as well as numerous cryptic species within the genus, and as a result, do not support the broad species concept of Scandinavian authors or the narrow one of French authors (e.g., Liimatainen et al. 2014a). Importantly, by identifying evolutionary units that are independent of morpho-anatomical and ecological traits, DNA phylogenies revealed characters that have been overemphasized in monographic studies but also uncovered significant taxonomic information that has been neglected by previous investigators (Bellanger et al. 2015, Loizides et al. 2016). The use of these modern tools a posteriori, to test the autonomy of previously defined morphological species, has been instrumental in delineating objective boundaries to taxa, and when applied to type material, stabilizes taxonomy and nomenclature at the genus level (Frøslev et al. 2007, Liimatainen et al. 2014b, Cripps et al. 2015). The next challenge of this nascent integrative systematics era is undoubtedly to synchronize the two sources of knowledge, so that on-going monographs introduce morphogenetic species, i.e., taxa that are both assigned formal diagnosis and a unique molecular signature.

Historically, mycologists have attempted to tackle the complexity of Cortinarius by organizing species in hierarchical infrageneric taxa defined on supposedly stable sets of characteristics (Kühner & Romagnesi 1953, Moser 1967, Melot 1990, Moënne-Loccoz & Reumaux 1990). In spite of their practical application, most of these lower level taxonomic divisions have proven to be artificial when placed under evolutionary scrutiny (Garnica et al. 2005). Subgenus Telamonia, however, breaks this rule as most of the numerous species known to date that produce dry-capped basidiomata lacking vivid colours – the morphological definition of the subgenus and excluding a few sections as sect. Obtusi, Balaustini, Illumini – form a strongly supported monophyletic clade in all published molecular studies (Peintner et al. 2004, Stensrud et al. 2014). Recently, several sections within Telamonia have been phylogenetically revised, such as sect. Armillati, Brunnei, Bovini and Disjungendi and more are on their way to morphogenetic redefinition (Niskanen et al. 2009, 2011, 2013, Liimatainen et al. 2014a).

Here we deal with Cortinarius sect. Bicolores and Cortinarius sect. Saturnini, which encompass Cortinarius evernius, C. saturninus and their lookalikes. Initially, the two sections were distinguished by the extent of veil remnants on the stipe, a character considered by some authors to segregate subg. Hydrocybe from subg. Telamonia (Moënne-Loccoz & Reumaux 1990). However, this morphological feature may not be supported phylogenetically, justifying the revision of the two sections altogether (Niskanen et al. 2012). Eight to thirty-three species have been described in sect. Bicolores and sect. Saturnini in the major European monographs, from the pioneering work of Kühner & Romagnesi (1953) to the latest two releases of the ADC (Bidaud et al. 2014, 2015), in which part of the results presented here have been incorporated (Table 1). The specific goals of the present work are:

Table 1.

Cortinarius species classified in sections Bicolores and Saturnini by the main European authors.

This study Bidaud et al. (1992, 2014, 2015) Brandrud et al. (1990, 1994, 1998), Niskanen et al. (2012) Moser (1967) Kühner & Romagnesi (1953)
Sect. Bicolores Sect. Bicolores Sect. Bicolores Key 3.11.7.6.11 Sect. Bicolores

Cortinarius cagei C. minicolor, C. cagei C. bicolor? C. bicolor?
C. periodolens ad. int.
C. dolabratoides sp. nov.
C. dolabratus C. imbutoides
C. evernius C. evernius, C. parvulior ad. int. C. evernius C. evernius, C. scutulatus C. evernius
C. glaphurus C. tubulosus, C. paranomalus (Sat.)
C. hircinosmus C. livor C. livor?
C. plumulosus C. fundatus C. bicolor? C. bicolor?
C. refectus C. refectus, C. testaceoviolaceus C. bicolor? C. bicolor?
C. sp1
C. sp2
C. tortuosus C. tortuosus C. tortuosus C. plumbosus C. tortuosus, C. plumbosus
C. turgidipes

C. cinnamoviolaceus C. cinnamoviolaceus, C. parevernius, C. imbutus C. cinnamoviolaceus, C. parevernius
C. basicyaneus C. parevernius
C. disjungendus C. cyanosterix
C. mattiae C. mattiae C. mattiae C. subviolascens
C. parevernioides C. parevernioides
C. salicinus C. salicinus, C. deceptivoides
C. quadricolor

Sect. Saturnini Sect. Saturnini Sect. Firmiores + sect. Telamonia Key 3.11.7.6.11 Sect. Bicolores

C. confirmatus C. confirmatus
C. cyprinus C. cyprinus
C. imbutus C. imbutus C. vilior C. imbutus
C. lucorum C. lucorum C. lucorum C. lucorum, C. umidicola
C. saturninus C. saturninus C. saturninus, C. subtorvus C. saturninus,
C. deceptivus,
C. subtorvus
C. stuntzii

C. cypriacoides C. cypriacoides C. cypriacus C. cypriacus
C. furiosus C. furiosus
C. nefastus C. nefastus
C. serratissimus* C. saturninoides C. serratissimus C. saturninus
C. sciophylloides C. sciophylloides
C. subbulliardioides* C. illepidus
C. subfirmus C. subfirmus
C. suboxytoneus C. suboxytoneus, C. fuscocinctus
C. sciophyllus C. sciophyllus
C. castaneus C. castaneus
C. calopus
C. torvus
C. impennis
C. myrtillinus

Bold names indicate sequenced species. Dotted lines separate morphogenetic species included in /Bicolores and /Saturnini (upper parts) from those (morphological species, lower parts) phylogenetically unrelated to the two clades. (Sat.), Saturnini. Asterisk indicates unpublished data of nomenclatural significance.

  • 1. to circumscribe the phylogenetic boundaries of the two sections, through the analysis of a large internal transcribed spacer (ITS) rDNA sequence dataset built from pan-European and North American vouchered collections;

  • 2. to stabilize the nomenclature and species limits of morphogenetic Bicolores and Saturnini, through sequencing type material and designating neotype or epitype when opportune;

  • 3. to assign a molecular signature to the numerous collections taxonomically placed in these two sections in contemporary monographs, but that do not belong in the two clades.

MATERIAL AND METHODS

DNA extraction, amplification and sequencing

The material analysed in the present work was made available to us by the public herbaria of the University of Helsinki (H, Finland), the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle de Paris (PC, France), the Swedish Museum of Natural History (S, Sweden), the Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève (GK & G, Switzerland), the Universität Innsbruck (IB, Austria), the University of Michigan (MICH, USA), and the University of Washington (WTU, USA), as well as by European field mycologists (Table 2). Scandinavian, North American, and part of the French material was extracted, amplified, and sequenced following Liimatainen et al. (2014b). DNA extraction and PCR amplification of most of the French and south European material was conducted with the REDExtract-N-Amptm Plant PCR Kit (Sigma-Aldrich, St. Louis, MO, USA), following the manufacturer’s instructions. The internal transcribed spacers and 5.8S rDNA (ITS) was amplified from each collection, with the ITS-1F/ITS-4b primer pair (Gardes & Bruns 1993) as described in Richard et al. (2015). When no band was detected by agarose-gel electrophoresis analysis, one microliter of the PCR product was used as template in a second PCR using the ITS1F/ITS4 primer pair (White et al. 1990). The remaining, most problematic extracts, were submitted to separate ITS1F/ITS2 and ITS3/ITS4 PCRs (White et al. 1990). Amplicons were purified and sequenced by Eurofins Genomics, Ebersberg, Germany. Raw sequence data were edited and assembled with Codon Code Aligner 4.1.1 (CodonCode Corp., Centerville, MA, USA) and deposited in GenBank under the accession numbers indicated in Table 2.

Table 2.

Specimens included in phylogenetic analyses.

Species C. = Cortinarius Voucher/SH Voucher/SH annotation Leg. Collection date Country Taxonomy Herbarium Accession*
/Bicolores
C. cagei CFP 1260 cagei (neotype) T.E. Brandrud, H. Lindström, H. Marklund, S. Muskos 1994 Sweden CFP: D48 (1998) S KX964295
AB 04-09-266 minicolor A. Bidaud 2004 France AC 22: f1419 (2014) ADC private KX964296
AB 92-10-256 minicolor A. Bidaud & R. Fillion 1992 France AC 22: f1419 (2014) ADC private KX964297
PML 738 minicolor R. Fillion 1987 France AC 22: f1419 (2014) ADC private KX964298
XC 2014-02 periodolens ad int. A. Ferville 1993 France AC 22: f1417 (2014) ADC private KX964299
PML 3588 basicyaneus A. Ferville 1993 France this study ADC private KX964300
PML 1057 basicyaneus R. Fillion 1988 France this study ADC private KX964301
SH188634.07FU (2 sequences) cagei na na Germany/Italy na na AY669676
C. dolabratoides sp. nov. H:6033567 sp. (holotype) I. Kytövuori 2008 Finland this study H KX964302
AB 07-08-48 marcellae cf. A. Bidaud & R. Fillion 2007 France this study ADC private KX964303
H:6033615 sp. I. Kytövuori 2004 Finland this study H KX964304
H:6033575 sp. I. Kytövuori 2008 Finland this study H KX964305
H:6033570 sp. I. Kytövuori 2008 Finland this study H KX964306
IK 04-051 ‘smell-of-viola’ I. Kytövuori 2004 Finland this study H KX964307
IK 01-062 ‘smell-of-viola’ I. Kytövuori 2001 Finland this study H KX964308
C. dolabratus CFP 990 dolabratus (epitype) T.E. Brandrud, H. Lindström, H. Marklund, S. Muskos 1990 Sweden CFP: D52 (1998) S KX964309
AB 04-09-186 imbutoides (holotype) A. Bidaud 2004 France AC 22: f1409 (2014) PC KX964310
RH 80814 phaeoruber (holotype) G. Chevassut 1980 France DM 12(47): 52 (1982) PC KX964311
AB 13-10-120 saturninus cf. A. Bidaud 2013 France this study ADC private KX964312
AB 04-09-169 armillariellus cf. A. Bidaud 2004 France this study ADC private KX964313
AB 01-09-41 privignus sensu Quélet cf. A. Bidaud 2001 France this study ADC private KX964314
AB 98-09-94 saturninus cf. A. Faurite 1998 Canada this study ADC private KX964315
AB 89-11-309 orastriatus A. Bidaud 1989 France this study ADC private KX964316
H:6033519 dolabratus I. Kytövuori 2001 Finland this study H KX964317
IK 02-033 dolabratus I. Kytövuori 2002 Finland this study H KX964318
IK 95-1576 dolabratus I. Kytövuori 1995 Finland this study H KX964319
IK 95-347 dolabratus I. Kytövuori 1995 Finland this study H KX964320
KS CO1576 imbutoides K. Soop 2005 Sweden this study K. Soop private KX964321
KS CO1290 imbutoides K. Soop 2001 Sweden this study K. Soop private KX964322
TN 12-200 dolabratus T. Niskanen 2012 USA this study H KX964323
TN 11-246 dolabratus T. Niskanen 2011 USA this study H KX964324
TN 09-196 dolabratus T. Niskanen 2009 USA this study H KX964325
TN 09-139 dolabratus T. Niskanen 2009 USA this study H KX964326
TN 03-1713 dolabratus T. Niskanen 2003 Slovakia this study H KX964327
TN 02-1095 dolabratus T. Niskanen 2002 Finland this study H KX964328
TN 02-959 dolabratus T. Niskanen 2002 Finland this study H KX964329
XC 2013-103 privignus sensu Quélet P. Reumaux 1998 France this study ADC private KX964330
SH188528.07FU (10 sequences) dolabratus na na NA/FS/Slovakia na na UDB018659
C. evernius CFP 792 evernius (neotype) T.E. Brandrud, H. Lindström, H. Marklund, S. Muskos 1988 Sweden CFP: A11 (1990) S KX964331
AB 00-09-83 evernius f. pseudoscutulatus (holotype) A. Bidaud 2000 France AC 22: f1407 (2014) PC KX964332
PML 1727 evernius f. fragrans (holotype) D. Mazuir 1990 France AC 22: f1406 (2014) PC KX964333
AB 96-09-47 parvulior ad int. M. Martin 1996 France AC 22: f1418 (2014) ADC private KX964334
AB 91-08-42 evernius f. pseudoscutulatus A. Bidaud & C. Blanc 1991 France AC 22: f1407 (2014) ADC private KX964335
PML 622 evernius f. fragrans P. Moënne-Loccoz 1987 France AC 22: f1406 (2014) ADC private KX964336
AB 09-07-44 evernius var. insignis A. Bidaud & A. Faurite 2009 France AC 22: f1405 (2014) ADC private KX964337
PML 3469 evernius var. evernius A. Bidaud 1993 France AC 22: f1404 (2014) ADC private KX964338
PML 212 evernius var. evernius P. Moënne-Loccoz 1982 France AC 22: f1404 (2014) ADC private KX964339
AB 04-09-212 evernius A. Bidaud 2004 France this study ADC private KX964340
IK 00-038 evernius I. Kytövuori 2000 Finland this study H KX964341
IK 97-123 evernius I. Kytövuori 1997 Finland this study H KX964342
PML 376 evernius P. Moënne-Loccoz 1986 France this study ADC private KX964343
PML 230 evernius P. Moënne-Loccoz 1984 France this study ADC private KX964344
TN 10-074 evernius T. Niskanen 2010 Canada this study H KX964345
TN 10-055 evernius T. Niskanen 2010 Canada this study H KX964346
TN 10-054 evernius T. Niskanen 2010 Canada this study H KX964347
TN 07-328 evernius T. Niskanen 2007 Canada this study H KX964348
TN 07-312 evernius T. Niskanen 2007 Canada this study H KX964349
TN 07-223 evernius T. Niskanen 2007 Canada this study H KX964350
TN 05-238 evernius T. Niskanen 2005 Norway this study H KX964351
SH188514.07FU (11 sequences) evernius na na Canada/FS/Germany na na AY669686
C. glaphurus RH 71421 glaphurus (holotype) G. Chevassut 1978 France DM 12(47): 78 (1982) PC KX964352
AB 03-11-87 tubulosus (holotype) A. Bidaud & A. Faurite 2003 France AC 22: f1414 (2014) PC KX964353
AB 92-10-350 cedriosmus (holotype) A. Bidaud 1992 France AC 19: f1144 (2010) PC KX964354
XC 2009-41 violaeolens (holotype) A. & R. Bardet 1996 France AC 19: f1112 (2010) PC KX964355
GK1142 paranomalus (holotype) G. Redeuilh 1987 France K&R: 305 (1953, invalid), AC 4: f163 (1992) GK KX964356
AB 08-11-445 tubulosus M. Martin 2008 France AC 22: f1414 (2014) ADC private KX964357
AB 92-10-332 turibulosus R. Fillion 1992 France AC 19: f1108 (2010) ADC private KX964358
AB 91-11-360 turibulosus A. Bidaud 1991 France AC 19: f1108 (2010) ADC private KX964359
PML 2390 turibulosus P. Moënne-Loccoz 1991 France AC 19: f1108 (2010) ADC private KX964360
PML 1067 turibulosus P. Moënne-Loccoz 1988 France AC 19: f1108 (2010) ADC private KX964361
AB 14-11-138 minicolor cf. P.-Y. Courio 2014 France this study ADC private KX964362
AB 03-10-56 sciophyllus cf. A. Bidaud 2003 France this study ADC private KX964363
AB 99-11-345 livor cf. M. Martin 1999 France this study ADC private KX964364
TN 12-221 sp. T. Niskanen 2012 USA this study H KX964365
XC 2011-212 laetior cf. X. Carteret 2011 France this study ADC private KX964366
XC 2009-64 paranomalus cf. X. Carteret 2009 France this study ADC private KX964367
SH094444.07FU (3 sequences) turibulosus na na NA/France na na GQ159774
SH094485.07FU (2 sequences) sp. na na Poland na na HQ115588
C. hircinosmus PML 334 hircinosmus (holotype) P. Moënne-Loccoz 1986 France AC 12: f575 (2002) PC KX964368
AB 02-09-32 livor A. Bidaud 2002 France AC 23: f1459 (2015) ADC private KX964369
F44390 sp. K. Soop na Sweden FN: 849 (2012) S KX964370
H:6033565 hircinosmus I. Kytövuori 2009 Finland FN: 849 (2012) H KX964371
AB 97-10-341 scriptor G. Chamonaz 1997 France AC 19: f1109 (2010) ADC private KX964372
AB 04-10-357 imbutus cf. A. Bidaud 2004 France this study ADC private KX964373
C. plumulosus RH 3417 plumulosus (holotype) R. Henry 1972 France SMF 93(3): 359 (1977) PC KX964374
AB 10-09-183 fundatus A. Bidaud & R. Fillion 2010 France AC 22: f1411 (2014) ADC private KX964375
AB 98-09-119 fundatus E. & A. Bidaud, A. Faurite 1998 Canada AC 22: f1411 (2014) ADC private KX964376
PML 657 fundatus P. Moënne-Loccoz 1987 France AC 22: f1411 (2014) ADC private KX964377
PML 3308 perscutulatus A. Bidaud 1992 France this study ADC private KX964378
IK 98-1612 sp. I. Kytövuori 1998 Finland this study H KX964379
TN 04-730 sp. T. Niskanen 2004 Finland this study H KX964380
C. refectus AB 96-09-73 refectus (epitype) A. Bidaud 1996 Germany AC 22: f1410 (2014) PC KX964385
AB 05-09-138 refectus A. Bidaud 2005 France AC 22: f1410 (2014) ADC private KX964382
AB 04-10-321 refectus A. Bidaud 2004 France AC 22: f1410 (2014) ADC private KX964383
AB 99-09-121 refectus A. Bidaud 1999 France AC 22: f1410 (2014) ADC private KX964384
PML 2159 refectus A. Bidaud 1990 France AC 22: f1410 (2014) ADC private KX964386
PML 769 refectus P. Moënne-Loccoz 1987 France AC 22: f1410 (2014) ADC private KX964387
PML 17 refectus P. Moënne-Loccoz 1985 France AC 22: f1410 (2014) ADC private KX964388
AB 92-10-293 testaceoviolaceus A. Bidaud 1992 France AC 22: f1402 (2014) ADC private KX964389
AB 94-10-268 scriptor A. Bidaud 1994 France AC 19: f1109 (2010) ADC private KX964390
IK 96-1031 refectus I. Kytövuori 1996 Germany this study H KX964381
C. tortuosus IB 79/533 tortuosus (neotype) D. Lamoure 1979 Sweden Opera Botanica 100: 182 (1989) IB KX964391
XC 2008-43 flabelloides (holotype) M. Pèlerin 2008 France AC 19: f1136 (2010) PC KX964392
PAK 354 laetior (holotype) P.A. Karsten 1879 Finland BFNF 32: 387 (1879) H KX964393
AB 01-09-19 tortuosus A. Bidaud 2001 France AC 22: f1413 (2014) ADC private KX964394
AB 96-08-19 tortuosus A. Bidaud 1996 France AC 22: f1413 (2014) ADC private KX964395
AB 95-09-34 tortuosus C. Blanc 1995 France AC 22: f1413 (2014) ADC private KX964396
PML 3551 tortuosus A. Bidaud & R. Fillion 1993 France AC 22: f1413 (2014) ADC private KX964397
PML 1225 tortuosus P. Moënne-Loccoz 1989 France AC 22: f1413 (2014) ADC private KX964398
PML 1214 tortuosus P. Moënne-Loccoz 1989 France AC 22: f1413 (2014) ADC private KX964399
PML 386 tortuosus P. Moënne-Loccoz 1986 France AC 22: f1413 (2014) ADC private KX964400
CFP 493 tortuosus T.E. Brandrud, H. Lindström, H. Marklund, S. Muskos 1986 Norway CFP: A06 (1990) S KX964401
AB 02-09-41 saturninus cf. A. Bidaud 2002 France this study ADC private KX964402
AB 96-10-124 saturninus cf. C. Blanc 1996 France this study ADC private KX964403
IK 99-709 tortuosus I. Kytövuori 1999 Finland this study H KX964404
TN 10-087 tortuosus T. Niskanen 2010 Canada this study H KX964405
TN 09-046 tortuosus T. Niskanen 2009 USA this study H KX964406
TN 07-307 tortuosus T. Niskanen 2007 Canada this study H KX964407
TN 05-006 tortuosus T. Niskanen 2005 Finland this study H KX964408
SH094369.07FU (7 sequences) tortuosus na na USA/U/Japan na na AY669669
C. turgidipes AB 93-10-425 turgidipes (holotype) A. & E. Bidaud 1993 France AC 17(1): f885 (2008) PC KX964409
C. sp1 TN 12-217 sp. T. Niskanen 2012 USA na H KX964410
UBCOGTR194 sp. (ectomycorrhiza) na na Canada na na EU597034
C. sp2 TN 05-033 sp. T. Niskanen 2005 Finland na H KX964411

Other (morphological) Bicolores
C. cinnamoviolaceus IB 48/590 cinnamoviolaceus (holotype) M. Moser 1948 Austria Nova Hedwigia XIV(2-4): 514 (1967) IB KX964412
RH 70942 basicyaneus (holotype) M. Trimbach 1976 France FAMM 25: 38 (2004) PC KX964413
RH 4000 cylindratus (holotype) R. Henry 1972 France SMF 99(1): 91 (1983) PC KX964414
RH 526 subparevernius (holotype) R. Henry 1956 France SMF 85(4): 442 (1969) PC KX964415
RH 1240 contractus (holotype) R. Henry 1960 France SMF 85(4): 387 (1969) PC KX964416
RH 3258a78 parevernius (holotype) R. Henry 1955 France K&R: 303 (1953, invalid) PC KX964417
AB 02-10-71 dolabratus A. & M. Burat 2002 France AC 17(1): f817 (2008) ADC private KX964418
CFP 574 imbutus T.E. Brandrud, H. Lindström, H. Marklund, S. Muskos 1987 Sweden CFP: D60 (1998) S KX964419
AB 12-11-240 imbutus A. Bidaud 2012 France this study ADC private KX964420
TN 05-198 imbutus sensu Funga Nordica T. Niskanen 2005 Finland this study H KX964421
TN 05-051 imbutus sensu Funga Nordica T. Niskanen 2005 Finland this study H KX964422
SH188640.07FU (2 sequences) imbutus na na Sweden/Italy na na UDB001160
C. cyanosterix (= C. disjungendus) RH 338 cyanosterix (holotype) R. Henry 1952 France SMF 71(3): 259, 261 (1956) PC KX964423
C. mattiae KS CO1936 mattiae (isotype) K. Soop 2009 Sweden JEC 13(12): 3 (2010) S KX964424
AB 13-08-35 mattiae A. Bidaud, F. Armada & R. Fillion 2013 France AC 22: f1415 (2014) ADC private KX964425
AB 99-09-77 subviolascens A. Bidaud 1999 France AC 12: f565 (2002) ADC private KX964426
PML 650 subviolascens P. Moënne-Loccoz 1987 France AC 12: f565 (2002) ADC private KX964427
CFP 1204 mattiae T.E. Brandrud, H. Lindström, H. Marklund, S. Muskos 1993 Sweden CFP: D30 (1998) S KX964428
AB 06-09-153 licinipes/poecilopus aff. A. Bidaud, F. Armada & R. Fillion 2006 France this study ADC private KX964429
H:6029375 mattiae T. Niskanen 2004 Finland this study H KX964430
H:6000560 mattiae I. Kytövuori 2007 Finland this study H KX964431
IK 01-039 mattiae I. Kytövuori 2001 Sweden this study H KX964432
IK 98-1127 mattiae I. Kytövuori 1998 Finland this study H KX964433
PML 3989 umbrinoconnatus forma A. Bidaud 1993 France this study ADC private KX964434
PML 2298 oxytoneus A. Bidaud 1991 France this study ADC private KX964435
SH009438.07FU (1 sequence) sp. na na Canada na na FJ039684
C. parevernioides AB 02-09-50 parevernioides (holotype) C. Gérard 2002 France AC 22: f1408 (2014) PC KX964436
SH188502.07FU (15 sequences) malachius na na NA/U na na KF617653
C. salicinus XC 2014-03 salicinus (holotype) C. Hugouvieux 2005 France AC 22: f1416 (2014) PC KX964437

/Saturnini
C. confirmatus RH 3195 confirmatus (holotype) R. Henry 1970 France SMF 99(1): 67 (1983) PC KX964438
JVG 990125-31 assiduus var. plesiocistus (isotype) X. Llimona & J. Vila 1999 Spain Mycotaxon 101: 140 (2007) J. Vila private AM713178
MES 3541 assiduus (holotype) R. Mahiques 1999 Spain FMDS 162: 42 (2001) MES KX964439
RH 84/159 bulbosovolvatus (isotype) M. Contu & L. Curreli 1984 Italy DM 26 (61): 32 (1985) PC KX964440
XC 2013-160 confirmatus ‘asp. subcylindratus’ na 2013 France AC 23: f1441 (2015) PC KX964441
AB 13-10-97 confirmatus ‘asp. kuehneri’ A. Bidaud 2013 France AC 23: f1440 (2015) ADC private KX964442
XC 2011-199 confirmatus ‘asp. spurcatocephalus’ X. Carteret 2011 France AC 23: f1439 (2015) ADC private KX964443
XC 95-10-04-06 confirmatus ‘asp. spurcatocephalus’ X. Carteret 1995 France AC 23: f1439 (2015) ADC private KX964444
AB 09-11-452 confirmatus ‘asp. rubricosissimus’ A. Bidaud 2009 France AC 23: f1438 (2015) ADC private KX964445
AB 00-10-193 confirmatus ‘asp. rubricosissimus’ A. Bidaud 2000 France AC 23: f1438 (2015) ADC private KX964446
AB 11-11-324 confirmatus ‘asp. paracohabitans’ F. Armada, A. Bidaud & J. Pardo 2011 France AC 23: f1437 (2015) ADC private KX964447
PML 4722 confirmatus ‘asp. imbutus’ P. Reumaux 1990 France AC 23: f1436 (2015) ADC private KX964448
XC 2012-171 confirmatus ‘asp. imbutus’ A. Lantz 2012 France AC 23: f1436 (2015) ADC private KX964449
AB 09-11-514 confirmatus ‘asp. assiduus’ A. Bidaud 2009 France AC 23: f1435 (2015) ADC private KX964450
AB 05-11-423 confirmatus ‘asp. assiduus’ A. & E. Bidaud 2005 France AC 23: f1435 (2015) ADC private KX964451
AB 02-11-201 confirmatus ‘asp. assiduus’ F. Lopez 2002 France AC 23: f1435 (2015) ADC private KX964452
XC 2013-156 confirmatus ‘asp. assiduus’ F. Valade 2013 France AC 23: f1435 (2015) ADC private KX964453
AB 03-11-78 confirmatus ‘asp. confirmatus’ A. Faurite 2003 France AC 23: f1434 (2015) ADC private KX964454
AB 92-11-422 cistoadelphus ad int. A. Bidaud 1992 France FAMM 6: 41 (1994) ADC private KX964455
AB 09-11-450 cohabitans cf. A. Bidaud 2009 France this study ADC private KX964456
FR2016052 assiduus J.-M. Ourcival 2016 France this study CEFE private KX964457
FR2012405 assiduus P.-A. Moreau 2012 France this study CEFE private KX964458
FR2012089 assiduus F. Richard 2011 France this study CEFE private KX964459
FR2012076 assiduus E. Taschen 2011 France this study CEFE private KX964460
XC 2006-204 bresadolae cf. na 2006 France this study ADC private KX964461
XC 2005-249 saturninus cf. X. Carteret 2005 France this study ADC private KX964462
SH094374.07FU (6 sequences) sp. na na U/Iran na na HQ204652
C. cyprinus XC 2012-26 cyprinus (holotype) G. Redeuilh 1993 France AC 23: f1443 (2015) PC KX964463
AB 11-11-251 cyprinus A. Bidaud 2011 France AC 23: f1443 (2015) ADC private KX964464
AB 11-10-192 cyprinus A. Bidaud 2011 France AC 23: f1443 (2015) ADC private KX964465
AB 06-09-144 cyprinus A. Bidaud 2006 France AC 23: f1443 (2015) ADC private KX964466
PML 344 cyprinus P. Moënne-Loccoz 1986 France AC 23: f1443 (2015) ADC private KX964467
PML 81 cyprinus P. Moënne-Loccoz 1981 France AC 23: f1443 (2015) ADC private KX964468
XC 2013-15 cyprinus P. Reumaux 2013 France AC 23: f1443 (2015) ADC private KX964469
XC 2007-103 cyprinus X. Carteret 2007 France AC 23: f1443 (2015) ADC private KX964470
AB 04-09-167 sciophyllus cf. A. Bidaud 2004 France this study ADC private KX964471
JMB 2014111802 circumvelatus cf. P.-A. Moreau 2014 France this study CEFE private KX964472
PAM 13092901 circumvelatus P.-A. Moreau 2013 France this study CEFE private KX964473
PML 425 myrtillinus P. Moënne-Loccoz 1986 France this study ADC private KX964474
XC 2007-95 mutabilis cf. na 2007 France this study ADC private KX964475
TEB 348-10 saturninus aff. T.E. Brandrud na Norway this study na KX964476
TAAM 128765 sp. A. Kollom 2008 Estonia na na UDB016164
C. imbutus IK 97-1162 imbutus (neotype) I. Kytövuori 1997 Finland this study H KX964498
PML 4557 laccatus (holotype) P. Reumaux 1978 France SMF 98(4): 348 (1982) PC KX964478
RH 3123 betulaecomes (holotype) R. Henry 1976 France SMF 93(3): 347 (1977) PC KX964479
XC 2013-13 imbutus ‘asp. laetior’ P. Reumaux 1998 France AC 23: f1447 (2015) ADC private KX964480
XC 2014-77 imbutus ‘asp. saturnalis’ P. Reumaux 1978 France AC 23: f1446 (2015) ADC private KX964481
XC 2014-61 imbutus ‘asp. saturnalis’ P. Reumaux 1986 France AC 23: f1446 (2015) ADC private KX964482
XC 2007-104 imbutus ‘asp. vilior’ X. Carteret 2007 France AC 23: f1445 (2015) ADC private KX964483
AB 10-10-237 imbutus ‘asp. imbutus’ A. Bidaud 2010 France AC 23: f1444 (2015) ADC private KX964484
AB 09-11-471 imbutus ‘asp. imbutus’ A. Bidaud & R. Fillion 2009 France AC 23: f1444 (2015) ADC private KX964485
AB 04-09-228 imbutus ‘asp. imbutus’ A. Bidaud & A. Faurite 2004 France AC 23: f1444 (2015) ADC private KX964486
AB 98-10-358 imbutus ‘asp. imbutus’ A. Bidaud 1998 France AC 23: f1444 (2015) ADC private KX964487
PML 375 imbutus ‘asp. imbutus’ P. Reumaux 1986 France AC 23: f1444 (2015) ADC private KX964488
XC 2002-122 imbutus ‘asp. imbutus’ X. Carteret 2002 France AC 23: f1444 (2015) ADC private KX964489
XC 2002-108 imbutus ‘asp. imbutus’ X. Carteret 2002 France AC 23: f1444 (2015) ADC private KX964490
XC 2002-107 imbutus ‘asp. imbutus’ X. Carteret 2002 France AC 23: f1444 (2015) ADC private KX964491
XC 2002-106 imbutus ‘asp. imbutus’ X. Carteret 2002 France AC 23: f1444 (2015) ADC private KX964492
AB 08-10-307 cohabitans J. Garin 2008 France this study ADC private KX964493
AB 02-10-106 cohabitans M. Renard 2002 France this study ADC private KX964494
AB 02-09-58 cohabitans A. Bidaud 2002 France this study ADC private KX964495
AB 00-09-127 cohabitans cf. A. Bidaud 2000 France this study ADC private KX964496
IK 98-2242 sp. I. Kytövuori 1998 Sweden this study H KX964497
IK 94-1236 sp. I. Kytövuori 1994 Finland this study H KX964477
JMB 2008092703 salicis cf. J.-M. Bellanger 2008 France this study CEFE private KX964499
RH 71030 betulaecomes R. Henry 1976 France this study (Rob. Henry, ined.) PC KX964500
TN 11-257 sp. T. Niskanen 2011 USA this study H KX964501
TN 11-252 sp. T. Niskanen 2011 USA this study H KX964502
TN 11-151 sp. T. Niskanen 2011 USA this study H KX964503
TN 11-150 sp. T. Niskanen 2011 USA this study H KX964504
TN 05-167 sp. T. Niskanen 2005 Finland this study H KX964505
XC 2012-96 laetior forma X. Carteret 2012 France this study ADC private KX964506
XC 2002-109 renidentoides cf. X. Carteret 2002 France this study ADC private KX964507
SH188563.07FU (6 sequences) saturninus na na Canada/Estonia/China na na UDB018346
C. lucorum CFP 490 lucorum (neotype) T.E. Brandrud, H. Lindström, H. Marklund, S. Muskos 1986 Norway CFP: C10 (1994) S KX964585
RH 71502 incarnatolilascens (holotype) R. Henry 1979 France AC 23: f1431 (2015), SMF 97(3): 170 (1981) PC KX964508
PML 4142 montis-dei (holotype) P. Reumaux 1980 France AC 23: f1430 (2015), SMF 96(3): 357 (1980) PC KX964509
PML 34 circumvelatus (holotype) P. Reumaux 1976 France AC 23: f1429 (2015), SMF 96(3): 355 (1980) PC KX964510
10433 umidicola (syntype) C.H. Kauffman 1903 USA Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 32(6): 322 (1905) MICH KX964511
PML 4143 lucorum ‘asp. montis-dei’ P. Reumaux 1980 France AC 23: f1430 (2015) ADC private KX964512
PAM 14090808 lucorum ‘asp. circumvelatus’ P.-A. Moreau 2014 France AC 23: f1429 (2015) ADC private KX964513
IK 89-748 lucorum I. Kytövuori 1989 Finland this study H KX964514
KS CO513 diabolicus K. Soop na Sweden this study na KX964515
TN 10-002 lucorum T. Niskanen 2010 Canada this study H KX964516
TN 03-1169 lucorum T. Niskanen 2003 Sweden this study H KX964517
SH188495.07FU (21 sequences) lucorum na na NA/FS na na UDB019872
C. saturninus CFP 514 saturninus (neotype) T.E. Brandrud, H. Lindström, H. Marklund, S. Muskos 1986 Sweden CFP: C09 (1994) S KX964584
PML 4578 urbicus var. sporanotandus (holotype) A. Bidaud 1996 France AC 23: f1455 (2015), AC 12: f560 (2002) PC KX964518
PML 2215 marginatosplendens (isotype) P. Reumaux 1978 France AC 23: f1453 (2015), SMF 96(3): 356 (1980) G KX964519
XC 2007-14 fulvorimosus (holotype) A. & R. Bardet 1992 France AC 23: f1452 (2015), AC 17: f869 (2008) PC KX964520
RH 3758 denseconnatus (holotype) na 1973 France SMF 99(1): 65 (1983) PC KX964521
RH 81181 gramineus (holotype) R. Henry 1981 France SMF 99(1): 64 (1983) PC KX964522
RH 71682 rastetteri (holotype) V. Rastetter 1980 France SMF 97(3): 177 (1981) PC KX964523
PR 258 dissidens (holotype) P. Reumaux 1978 France SMF 96(3): 370 (1980) PC KX964524
RH 2623 salicis (holotype) R. Henry 1968 France SMF 93(3): 364 (1977) PC KX964525
RH 476 umbrinoconnatus (holotype) R. Henry 1955 France SMF 73(1): 53 (1957) PC KX964526
AB 02-10-179 saturninus ‘asp. urbicoides’ A. Faurite 2002 France AC 23: f1457 (2015) ADC private KX964527
AB 95-11-144 saturninus ‘asp. urbicoides’ R. Fillion 1995 France AC 23: f1457 (2015) ADC private KX964528
XC 2001-107 saturninus ‘asp. urbicoides’ X. Carteret & P. Reumaux 2001 France AC 23: f1457 (2015) ADC private KX964529
AB 14-11-160 (= AB 14-11-161) saturninus ‘asp. salicis’ A. Bidaud, J. Cavet, R. Fillion & G. Raffini 2014 France AC 23: f1454 (2015) ADC private KX964530
XC 2014-109 saturninus ‘asp. salicis’ X. Carteret 2014 France AC 23: f1454 (2015) ADC private KX964531
XC 2011-205 saturninus ‘asp. salicis’ X. Carteret 2011 France AC 23: f1454 (2015) ADC private KX964532
XC 2008-55 saturninus ‘asp. salicis’ X. Carteret 2008 France AC 23: f1454 (2015) ADC private KX964533
XC 2007-108 saturninus ‘asp. salicis’ X. Carteret 2007 France AC 23: f1454 (2015) ADC private KX964534
AB 14-09-47 saturninus ‘asp. dionisiae’ E. Bidaud 2014 France AC 23: f1451 (2015) ADC private KX964535
AB 04-10-344 saturninus ‘asp. deceptivus’ A. Bidaud 2004 France AC 23: f1450 (2015) ADC private KX964536
AB 98-10-381 saturninus ‘asp. deceptivus’ Dr. Misermont 1998 France AC 23: f1450 (2015) ADC private KX964537
XC 2014-63 saturninus ‘asp. cohabitans’ M. Pèlerin 1996 France AC 23: f1449 (2015) ADC private KX964538
XC 2014-116 saturninus ‘asp. saturninus’ na 2014 France AC 23: f1448 (2015) ADC private KX964539
XC 2014-114 saturninus ‘asp. saturninus’ L. Tarahu 2014 France AC 23: f1448 (2015) ADC private KX964540
XC 2007-97 saturninus ‘asp. saturninus’ na 2007 France AC 23: f1448 (2015) ADC private KX964541
AB 97-09-187, PML 5347 urbicus E. & A. Bidaud 1997 France AC 12: f560 (2002) ADC private KX964542
PML 3967 salicis var. salicis M. Citérin 1994 France AC 12: f559 (2002) ADC private KX964543
CFP 408 subtorvus T.E. Brandrud, H. Lindström, H. Marklund, S. Muskos 1986 Sweden CFP: A04 (1990) S KX964544
AB 05-10-273 deceptivus sensu Moser R. Fillion 2005 France this study ADC private KX964545
H:6029320 saturninus I. Kytövuori 1998 Finland this study H KX964546
IK 94-631 saturninus I. Kytövuori 1994 Finland this study H KX964547
JMB 2009101002 cohabitans J.-M. Bellanger 2009 France this study CEFE private KX964548
KH14 subtorvus na 2011 Norway (Svalbard) na na GU234058
O50591 subtorvus na 2011 Norway (Svalbard) na na GU234013
PML 75 urbicus P. Moënne-Loccoz 1984 France this study ADC private KX964549
TN 09-208 saturninus T. Niskanen 2009 USA this study H KX964550
XC 2016-12 euprivignus aff. P. Reumaux 1977 France this study ADC private KX964551
XC 2008-61 salicis X. Carteret 2008 France this study ADC private KX964552
XC 2007-90 mutabilis cf. X. Carteret 2007 France this study ADC private KX964553
XC 2006-194 salicis X. Carteret 2006 France this study ADC private KX964554
XC 2002-167 holophaeus sensu Henry M. Pèlerin 2002 France this study ADC private KX964555
XC 2001-104 mutabilis X. Carteret 2001 France this study ADC private KX964556
XC 96-10-26-09 subprivignus X. Carteret 1996 France this study ADC private KX964557
SH094324.07FU (13 sequences) saturninus na na USA/U na na UDB017613
C. stuntzii Rehner 394 stuntzii (holotype) S.A. Rehner 1981 USA Mycologia 80(6): 903 (1988) WTU KX964558

Other (morphological) Saturnini
C. cypriacoides PML 1269 cypriacoides ‘asp. cypriacoides’ (holotype) R. Fillion 1989 France AC 23: f1423 (2015), AC 2: f81 (1990) PC KX964559
PML 3984 cypriacoides ‘asp. cypriacoides’ C. Guyot 1989 France AC 23: f1423 (2015) ADC private KX964560
PML 3979 cypriacoides ‘asp. lucorum’ A. Bidaud 1992 France AC 23: f1424 (2015), AC 9: f419 (1999) ADC private KX964561
C. furiosus XC 2014-64c furiosus (holotype) D. Brion 2012 France AC 23: f1458 (2015) PC KX964562
LM5411 sp. (Quercus ectomycorrhiza) na na Austria na na KM576363
C. illepidus sensu ADC (= C. subbulliardioides) AB 11-11-331 illepidus A. Bidaud & C. Gérard 2011 France AC 23: f1422 (2015) ADC private KX964563
AB 11-11-330 illepidus A. Bidaud & C. Gérard 2011 France AC 23: f1422 (2015) ADC private KX964564
C. nefastus XC 2014-60 nefastus (holotype) D. Brion 2012 France AC 23: f1426 (2015) PC KX964565
C. ortovernus JB 604808 ortovernus (holotype) J. Ballará 2008 Spain JEC 12(11): 56 (2009) J. Ballara private KX964566
C. oxytoneus RH 931 oxytoneus (holotype) R. Henry 1957 France SMF 97(3): 277 (1981) PC KX964567
C. saturninoides sensu AB 12-10-93 saturninoides A. Bidaud & M. Renard 2012 France AC 23: f1421 (2015) ADC private KX964568
ADC (= C. serratissimus) AB 00-10-148 saturninoides A. Bidaud 2000 France AC 23: f1421 (2015) ADC private KX964569
RH 3451 oxytoneus R. Henry 1972 France SMF 97(3): 277 (1981) ADC private KX964570
XC 2014-119 saturninoides R. Chalange 2014 France AC 23: f1421 (2015) ADC private KX964571
XC 2014-64b saturninoides D. Brion 2012 France AC 23: f1421 (2015) ADC private KX964572
XC 2013-144 saturninoides F. Valade 2013 France AC 23: f1421 (2015) ADC private KX964573
XC 2010-56 saturninoides X. Carteret 2010 France AC 23: f1421 (2015) ADC private KX964574
XC 2010-29 saturninoides X. Carteret 2010 France AC 23: f1421 (2015) ADC private KX964575
SH188624.07FU (3 sequences) lucorum na na USA/Estonia/Italy na na UDB016052
C. sciophylloides AB 99-10-254 sciophylloides (holotype) A. Bidaud 1999 France AC 23: f1425 (2015) PC KX964576
AB 91-10-291 sciophylloides J. Garin 1991 France AC 23: f1425 (2015) ADC private KX964577
PML 5446 sciophylloides J. Cavet 1999 France AC 23: f1425 (2015) ADC private KX964578
PML 2381 raphanodiabolicus P. Reumaux 1991 France na ADC private KX964579
SH188568.07FU (6 sequences) valgus na na Canada/U na na UDB002444
C. subfirmus AB 08-10-363 subfirmus (holotype) A. Bidaud & G. Raffini 2008 France AC 23: f1433 (2015) PC KX964580
C. suboxytoneus AB 01-09-56 suboxytoneus (holotype) A. Bidaud 2001 France AC 23: f1442 (2015) PC KX964581
MFT60 sp. (Fagus ectomycorrhiza) na na Germany na na FJ403502

OtherTelamonia
C. alboviolaceus s.lat. SH188487.07FU (26 sequences) alboviolaceus na na NA/U na na AF325596
C. anisatus CFP 1200 anisatus (holotype) T.E. Brandrud, H. Lindström, H. Marklund, S. Muskos 1993 Sweden CFP: E25 (2014) S DQ117931
C. anisochrous IK 01-030 anisochrous (holotype) T. Niskanen & I. Kytövuori 2001 Estonia Mycologia 105(4): 988 (2013) H, S, NY JX407297
C. athabascus DBB27618, UC1860905 athabascus (holotype) D. Bojantchev 2011 USA Mycotaxon 123: 382 (2013) UC JN133295
C. biformis SH188479.07FU (41 sequences) biformis na na NA/U na na UDB002252
C. bovinus IK 04-038 bovinus (neotype) I. Kytövuori 2004 Finland Mycologia 105(4): 981 (2013) H, S, NY JX407276
C. brunneifolius TN 06-146 brunneifolius (holotype) T. Niskanen 2006 Finland Mycol. Progress 7(4): 241 (2008) H EU259284
C. caesioarmeniacus H:7000901 caesioarmeniacus (holotype) K. Liimatainen & T. Niskanen 2007 Canada IF 198: 1 (2014) H KP137498
C. claroplaniusculus RH 2334 claroplaniusculus (holotype) R. Henry 1967 France SMF 99(1): 65 (1983) PC KP013184
C. decipiens PML 366 decipiens f. decipiens (neotype) P. Moënne-Loccoz 1986 France AC 11(1): f507 (2001), AC 2: f52 (1990) G FN428988
C. disjungendus PAK 4370 disjungendus (lectotype) P.A. Karsten < 1893 Finland ASFFF 9(1): 6 (1893) H KP013190
C. duracinus PML 349 duracinus (neotype) P. Moënne-Loccoz 1986 France AC 2: f76 (1990) G KX964582
C. duracinus s.lat. SH188648.07FU (2 sequences) sp. na na Denmark/Germany na na AJ889943
C. duracinus s.lat. SH094372.07FU (6 sequences) rigens na na NA/Italy na na JF907880
C. fuscescens H:6001898 fuscescens (holotype) K. Liimatainen & T. Niskanen 2008 Finland IF 201: 2 (2014) H KP165546
C. fuscobovinaster IK 09-537 fuscobovinaster (holotype) I. Kytövuori 2009 Norway Mycologia 105(4): 990 (2013) H, S, NY JX407316
C. gallurae CONS 00076 gallurae (holotype) D. & M. Antonini, G. Consiglio 2002 Italy Il genereCortinarius in Italia 3: C101 (2005) CONS FN428979
C. murinascens IK 08-958 murinascens (holotype) I. Kytövuori 2008 Finland IF 201: 3 (2014) H KP165570
C. neofurvolaesus CFP 1438 neofurvolaesus (holotype) T.E. Brandrud, H. Lindström, H. Marklund, S. Muskos 1999 Sweden CFP: E24 (2014) S DQ139999
C. niveotraganus SH188538.07FU (8 sequences) niveotraganus na na FS na na KM273103
C. olididisjungendus TN 07-191, H:7000854 olididisjungendus (holotype) na 2007 Canada IF 186: 2 (2014) H KM273091
C. orasericeus RH 70239 orasericeus (holotype) R. Henry 1975 France SMF 99(1): 69 (1983) PC KP013203
C. quarciticus CFP 765 quarciticus (holotype) T.E. Brandrud, H. Lindström, H. Marklund, S. Muskos 1988 Sweden CFP: C59 (1994) S UDB000748
C. sordidemaculatus RH 1122 sordidemaculatus (holotype) R. Henry < 1981 France SMF 97(3): 196 (1981) PC DQ139984
C. sp. IB 86/172 bovinus cf. M. Moser 1986 Austria na IB DQ139983
C. sp. TF-01-034 aprinus T. Frøslev na Denmark na C AJ889942
C. subserratissimus IK 11-017 subserratissimus (holotype) I. Kytövuori 2011 Sweden IF 201: 4 (2014) H KP165552
C. subturibulosus SH188545.07FU (7 sequences) subturibulosus na na France/Spain/Portugal na na FJ928484
C. tacitus AB 05-09-72 tacitus (holotype) A. Bidaud 2005 France AC 22: f1400 (2014) PC KX964583
C. torvus SH009362.07FU (10 sequences) torvus na na NA/FS/Germany na na UDB001345
C. urbicus SH188612.07FU (3 sequences) urbicus na na Canada/FS na na UDB000743

Outgroup
C. anomalovelatus JFA13109 anomalovelatus (holotype) J.F. Ammirati 2007 USA IF 93: 1 (2014) WTU FJ717605
C. lepidopus sensu auct. SH196665.07FU (12 sequences) anomalus na na U na na UDB002227
C. caesiocinctus Sa57-13 caesiocinctus (holotype) R. Kühner 1957 France DM 20(77): 92 (1989) G DQ663239
C. flavipallens IK 08-1729, H:6032393 flavipallens (holotype) I. Kytövuori 2008 Finland Persoonia 33 : 125 (2014) H KF732554
C. sannio MM 97/352, IB:1997/0352 sannio (holotype) M. Moser 1997 USA Mycotaxon 72 : 315 (1999) IB KF732420

CFP, Cortinarius, Flora Photographica; AC, Atlas des Cortinaires; FN, Funga Nordica; DM, Documents Mycologiques; SMF, Bulletin de la Société Mycologique de France; FMDS, Bulletin de la Fédération Mycologique Dauphiné-Savoie; JEC, Journal des Journées Européennes du Cortinaire; K&R, Flore analytique des Champignons supérieurs (Küehner & Romagnesi); IF, Index Fungorum; ASFFF, Acta Societatis pro Fauna et Flora Fennica; BFNF, Bidrag till kännedom av Finlands Natur och Folk; NA, North America (USA, Canada); FS, Fennoscandia (Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia); U, Europe.

* Sequences generated for the present work are highlighted in bold.

Datasets

Out of the 348 sequences analysed in the present study, 290 (83 %) have been newly generated from vouchered material collected and taxonomically studied by expert field mycologists, biased towards French authors. In an effort to stabilize nomenclature, 63 sequences were obtained from type collections, which, together with 26 additional publically available sequences, represent more than a quarter of type material (89 out of 348) within the whole dataset. Also, to further contribute to fix the usage of some well-known binomials, especially when reference material was not available or not amenable to successful sequencing, we included in the dataset 24 Species Hypothesis representative sequences (‘SH repseq’) from the UNITe database (Kõljalg et al. 2013). These phylogenetic species can be labelled or not and their name may be misapplied, but because they are built from sequences of wide origins, their occurrence in a subclade often extends our knowledge of the biogeographical distribution and sometimes the ecology, of the corresponding species. Dataset 1 (analysed in Fig. 1) includes 343 Telamonia sequences that belong in the /Bicolores and /Saturnini clades as well as collections phylogenetically or morphologically related to species traditionally treated in the two sections, as well as 5 sequences from sect. Anomali and subg. Phlegmacium as outgroup. We intended to define phylogenetic boundaries and robustness of the two sections and to reveal phylogenetically positions of species that were formerly classified in the morphological sections Bicolores and Saturnini, but are not part of the phylogenetic clades /Bicolores or /Saturnini. Datasets 2 and 3 (analysed in Fig. 2 and 3, respectively) focus on the species content of the revised sections and include, respectively, 124 and 131 sequences.

Fig. 1.

Fig. 1

Sections Bicolores and Saturnini within subg. Telamonia. — Bayesian 50 % majority-rule consensus tree inferred from the analysis of 348 ITS sequences (419 represented, due to Species Hypotheses, see Material and Methods) spanning subg. Telamonia plus 5 outgroup sequences, with collapse of the /Bicolores and /Saturnini clades that are developed in Fig. 2 and 3, respectively. Branches with strong statistical support (BPP ≥ 95 % and SH-aLRT > 0.8) are highlighted as thick lines, others display support values as % BPP/SH-aLRT. Species excluded from these two clades but morphologically included in sect. Bicolores and sect. Saturnini and for which molecular data are available, are indicated by (Bic) and (Sat), respectively. Sequences of collections taxonomically described in these two sections are highlighted in bold. Section assignment follows Niskanen et al. (2012).

Fig. 2.

Fig. 2

The morphogenetic Bicolores section. — Bayesian 50 % majority-rule consensus tree inferred from the analysis of the ITS sequence of 124 (153 represented, due to Species Hypotheses, see Material and Methods) Telamonia sequences nested in /Bicolores. Branches with strong statistical support (BPP ≥ 95% and SH-aLRT > 0.8) are highlighted as thick lines, others display support values as % BPP/SH-aLRT. Sequences from ‘type’ material are highlighted in bold, those having nomenclatural priority are further underlined.

Fig. 3.

Fig. 3

The morphogenetic Saturnini section. — Bayesian 50 % majority-rule consensus tree inferred from the analysis of the ITS sequence of 131 (173 represented, due to Species Hypotheses, see Material and Methods) Telamonia sequences nested in /Saturnini. Branches with strong statistical support (BPP ≥ 95 % and SH-aLRT > 0.8) are highlighted as thick lines, others display support values as % BPP/SH-aLRT. Sequences from ‘type’ material are highlighted in bold, those having nomenclatural priority are further underlined. The asterisk points to a subclade that segregates a 1 nt intra-individual polymorphism, as XC 2011-205 (within the subclade) was fruiting from the same mycelium as XC 2007-108 and XC 2014-109 (outside the subclade).

Phylogenetic analyses

Phylogenetic analyses were all performed online at phylogeny.lirmm.fr (Dereeper et al. 2008) and on the CIPRES Science Gateway (www.phylo.org/index.php/). Multiple sequence alignment was carried out with MUSCLE 3.7 (Edgar 2004) using full processing mode and 16 iterations. When required, alignments were edited with Gblocks 0.91b, set to lowest stringency in the selection of conserved blocks (Castresana 2000, Talavera & Castresana 2007). Maximum likelihood (ML) phylogenetic analyses were performed with PhyML 3.0 (Guindon et al. 2010), using the GTR + I + Γ model of evolution. Branch support was assessed using the non-parametric, Shimodaira-Hasegawa, version of the approximate likelihood-ratio test (SH-aLRT), implemented in the latest release of PhyML and which ensures high accuracy when SH-aLRT > 0.8 (Anisimova et al. 2011, Bellanger et al. 2015). Bayesian inference of phylogeny was performed using MrBayes 3.1.2 (Ronquist & Huelsenbeck 2003). Two runs of four Monte Carlo Markov Chains each were performed for 1 000 000 generations, with stationarity convergence estimated by the Potential Scale Reduction Factor = 1 (Gelman & Rubin 1992). Trees and parameters were sampled every 1 000 generations (1 000 trees). The initial burn-in was set to 25 % (250 trees). A 50 % majority-rule consensus phylogram was computed from the remaining trees with Bayesian posterior probabilities (BPP) reported as percentages on supported branches of the phylograms. Trees were visualized using FigTree 1.4.2 (http://tree.bio.ed.ac.uk/software/figtree/) and edited with Inkscape 0.91 (https://inkscape.org/fr/).

Morpho-anatomic analyses

Microscopic characteristics were observed from dried material mounted in Melzer’s reagent. The pileipellis structure was studied from both freehand radial and scalp sections from the pileus centre. The measurements of the elements of pileipellis were made from scalps. Basidiospores were measured from the veil or top of the stipe. Sporograms depicted in Fig. 4 have been mounted following the method of the ADC, described in Bidaud et al. 1994. Briefly, spores have been observed and measured at the 1 000× magnification and 8 of them drawn and aligned by increasing length order (0.5 μm step).

Fig. 4.

Fig. 4

Cortinarius dolabratoides sp. nov. — a. In situ photograph of the French collection A. Bidaud 07-08-48; b. sporogram of the holotype collection H:6033567; c. sporogram of the C. dolabratus collection T. Niskanen 02-959 (for comparison purposes). — Scale bars: a = 5 cm; b–c = 10 μm.

RESULTS

Our analysis resolved two strongly supported clades, referred to as /Bicolores (BPP = 99 %, SH-aLRT = 0.92) and /Saturnini (BPP = 100 %, SH-aLRT = 0.88) in the present work, and that include most representative European species described in sect. Bicolores and sect. Saturnini, respectively (Fig. 1, Table 2).

In its current sampling, /Bicolores includes 12 species, each represented by 1 to 23 sequences (Fig. 2, Table 2). Sequencing existing type material and designating 1 neotype (C. cagei) and 2 epitypes (C. dolabratus and C. refectus), we stabilized 9 names and identified 8 synonymous binomials at the species rank. In addition, we describe C. dolabratoides as a new species akin to C. dolabratus and so far found in Finland and France. We postponed naming the North American C. sp1 and the Finnish C. sp2, awaiting further sampling to formally describe them. Overall, our work confirms C. cagei, C. evernius, C. plumulosus, C. refectus and C. tortuosus as genuine members of the revised sect. Bicolores, but it also reveals that C. dolabratus, C. glaphurus, C. hircinosmus and C. turgidipes, previously reported in other sections of Telamonia, actually belong in the section as well.

Intraspecific ITS variability in /Bicolores was generally low, with a maximum number of changes Dintra max = 3 nucleotide (nts) in the case of C. dolabratus, representing 0.5 % of sequence divergence. Most species in the clade do not vary at all or only by one substitution and one or two indels in spite of transcontinental biogeographical distribution in some cases (Table 3). Minimal interspecific phylogenetic distances Dinter min range from 3 to 9 substitutions plus 2–4 indels, representing 0.5–2 % of sequence divergence. Those are, with one exception, longer than Dintra max for a given pair of sister species clades (Table 3). The topology of /Bicolores strongly supports two distinct lineages within the section, one including C. cagei, C. evernius, C. plumulosus, C. refectus, C. sp1 and C. sp2, and another one including C. dolabratoides, C. dolabratus, C. glaphurus, C. hircinosmus, C. tortuosus and C. turgidipes (Fig. 2).

Table 3.

Morphogenetic features of C. cinnamoviolaceus and species in sect. Bicolores and sect. Saturnini.

Species Blue huesa Odour(s)b L min Av L L max l min Av l l max Av Q Reported hostc,d Dintra max / difference rate (incl. indels)a Dinter min / difference rate (incl. indels)c
Cortinarius cinnamoviolaceus + or – R, r, i 8.25 9.65 11.07 4.66 5.21 6.00 1.86 Picea, Abies, Pinus, Tilia, Quercus, Betula, Populus na na

Sect. Bicolores
C. cagei + 0, r, e, I 7.80 9.04 10.50 5.10 5.54 6.18 1.64 Deciduous trees 0 nt / 0 % 3 nts + 3 indels (to C. evernius) / 1 %
C. dolabratoides sp. nov. + or – CE, g 7.50 8.30 9.50 3.50 4.60 5.00 1.82 Picea, Pinus 0 nt / 0 % 3 nts (to C. dolabratus) / 0.5 %
C. dolabratus + or – ce, co 7.42 8.62 9.86 4.41 4.90 5.51 1.76 Pinus, Picea, Betula, Fagus, Quercus 3 nts / 0.5 % 3 nts (to C. dolabratoides) / 0.5 %
C. evernius + 0, ce, r, R 8.75 10.34 11.85 5.35 6.01 6.77 1.72 Picea, Abies 1 nt / 0.2 % (1 nt + 1 indel / 0.3 %) 3 nts + 3 indels (to C. cagei) / 1 %
C. glaphurus + or – ce, r, CE, V 8.03 9.32 10.60 4.82 5.23 5.78 1.78 Pinus, Quercus, Fagus, Abies, Picea, Populus, Betula 2 nts + 4 indels / 1 % 4 nts + 2 indels (to C. tortuosus) / 1 %
C. hircinosmus + or – 0, r, B 8.00 9.04 10.00 4.70 4.98 5.40 1.82 Picea 2 nts / 0.3 % 9 nts + 2 indels (to C. dolabratus) / 1.8 %
C. plumulosus + or – ca, r, i 8.75 9.78 11.08 4.80 5.53 6.10 1.77 Picea, Abies 1 nt + 4 indels / 0.8 % 7 nts + 3 indels (to C. evernius) / 1.6 %
C. refectus + g, r 8.06 9.50 10.94 5.58 6.30 6.92 1.51 Abies, Picea, Fagus, Quercus 0 nt + 1 indel / 0.2 % 4 nts + 3 indels (to C. evernius) / 1.2 %
C. tortuosus + ce, 0, E 8.00 9.30 10.61 4.83 5.44 6.00 1.71 Tsuga, Abies, Picea, Pinus 1 nt + 1 indel / 0.3 % 4 nts + 2 indels (to C. glaphurus) / 1 %
C. turgidipes (–) 0 7.50 8.50 9.50 5.00 5.30 6.00 1.60 Picea na 3 nts + 4 indels (to C. dolabratus) / 1.2 %
C. sp1 (+) na na na na na na na na na 0 nt / 0 % 8 nts + 4 indels (to C. evernius) / 2 %
C. sp2 na na na na na na na na na na na 8 nts + 4 indels (to C. evernius) / 2 %

Sect. Saturnini
C. confirmatus + or – 0, ca, r, g 6.91 8.26 9.79 4.27 4.79 5.61 1.73 Quercus, Cistus, Pinus, Betula, Populus, Picea 6 nts + 1 indel / 1.2 % 3 nts (to C. imbutus) / 0.5 %
C. cyprinus + ca, p 6.90 8.40 9.90 4.18 4.77 5.45 1.76 Deciduous trees 0 nt / 0 % (5 nts / 0.8 %) 3 nts + 2 indels (to C. saturninus) / 0.8 %
C. imbutus + or – 0, g, ca 7.27 8.68 10.21 4.09 4.62 5.41 1.88 Betula, Salix, Alnus, Fagus, Populus, Carpinus, Picea 3 nts + 1 indel (0.7 %) 3 nts (to C. confirmatus) / 0.5 %
C. lucorum + r, ca, 0 8.07 9.56 11.07 5.36 5.86 6.71 1.63 Populus, Betula, Carpinus, Quercus, Picea, Tsuga 2 nts + 1 indel (0.5 %) 16 nts + 3 indels (to C. confirmatus) / 3.1 %
C. saturninus + or – 0, ca, g 7.10 8.38 9.59 4.38 4.78 5.39 1.76 Salix, Betula, Corylus, Tilia, Fagus, Quercus, Populus, Carpinus, Picea, Abies 4 nts + 1 indel / 0.8 % (7 nts + 3 indels / 1.6 %) 3 nts + 2 indels (to C. cyprinus) / 0.8 %
C. stuntzii (+) 0 9.60 11.50 14.40 5.90 6.70 8.50 1.72 Salix na 3 nts + 5 indels (to C. saturninus) / 1.3 %

nt = nucleotide change; indel = insertion or deletion; na = not applicable (single sequence) or not available.

a Brackets mark uncertainty because of single collections (column ‘Blue hues’) or lack of available trace files for public sequences (column ‘Dintra max’).

b 0 = odourless; b = burnt keratin; ca = camphorated; ce = cedar wood; co = coconut; e = earth-like; g = grass-like; i = iodine; p = plum; r = radish. Upper/lower case relates to odour intensity. Bold indicates the most frequent odour.

c Bold indicates proven interaction (ectomycorrhizal sequences, column ‘Reported host’) or species with Dinter min > Dintra max (column Dinter min).

d Names are in the order of citation frequency.

As sampled here, /Saturnini includes 6 species in Europe and North America, each represented by 1 to 44 sequences (Fig. 3, Table 2). Sequencing existing type material revealed a much higher rate of synonymy when compared to species in /Bicolores, with 17 binomials identified as later names for C. confirmatus, C. imbutus, C. lucorum or C. saturninus. A comparatively wider species concept has emerged in this section, as illustrated by the case of C. saturninus, which merged not less than 9 holotypes previously reported to belong in unrelated sections. The considerable rise in species polymorphism resulting from such finding has been dealt with at the infraspecific taxonomic level in the last release of the ADC (Bidaud et al. 2015). In order to stabilize the nomenclature and fix the concept of species widely accepted as genuine members of the Saturnini section – or interpreted by some authors in sect. Bicolores, we designated neotypes for C. saturninus, C. imbutus and C. lucorum (see Taxonomy). Our work also positioned C. stuntzii and a morphogenetic, widened concept of C. confirmatus in the revised section, and it unravelled C. cyprinus as an overlooked species in sect. Saturnini (Fig. 3, Table 2, 3).

Intraspecific phylogenetic distances were considerably larger in /Saturnini when compared to /Bicolores, with a Dintra max up to 6 substitutions plus 1 indel, representing 1.2 % of sequence divergence, only considering sequences with trace files (Table 3). The interspecific genetic distance within the clade is of 3 substitutions plus up to 5 indels, representing 0.5–1.3 % of sequence divergence, except for C. lucorum, which is more distantly related to the other species (Dinter min = 16 substitutions plus 3 indels to C. confirmatus, representing 3.1 % of sequence divergence). Although not significantly lower than in /Bicolores, these distances exceed Dintra max values only for C. cyprinus and C. lucorum (Table 3). The topology of the phylogenetic tree depicted in Fig. 3 indicates that C. lucorum represents an early-diverging lineage in the section and it supports C. saturninus, C. cyprinus and C. stuntzii as part of a distinct lineage within /Saturnini.

The wide survey of subg. Telamonia depicted in Fig. 1 also allows phylogenetic positioning of morphological Bicolores and Saturnini, i.e., of those species that have been included in the two sections based on purely morpho-anatomical criteria, but which evolutionary history is unrelated to that of /Bicolores and /Saturnini. Eight binomials usually treated in Bicolores could be assigned to five morphogenetic species (Fig. 1, Table 1): C. cinnamoviolaceus (incl. C. parevernius, C. subparevernius, C. basicyaneus and C. imbutus sensu CFP), C. mattiae, C. parevernioides, C. salicinus and C. disjungendus. Similarly, ten species formerly treated in Saturnini based on morphology, turned out to be phylogenetically distant from /Saturnini. Six of them could further be assigned to other known sections: C. cypriacoides, C. subfirmus and C. illepidus in sect. Bovini, C. saturninoides in sect. Sciophylli, C. oxytoneus in sect. Duracini and C. sciophylloides in sect. Brunneotincti (Fig. 1, Table 1).

TAXONOMY

Each morphogenetic (i.e., defined by both morpho-anatomic features and unique molecular signature) species that belongs in the two revised sections is here introduced. To keep the present survey reasonably short, taxonomic descriptions are restricted to the new C. dolabratoides species, and major changes relative to the current use of the other names are highlighted in the notes. Because of its intricate taxonomic relationships with C. imbutus and C. dolabratus, we also provide below a taxonomic update of C. cinnamoviolaceus, even though the species is not part of sect. Bicolores nor sect. Saturnini dealt with here. A key to species treated in the present work is proposed at the end of the article.

Cortinarius cinnamoviolaceus M.M. Moser, Nova Hedwigia 14: 514. 1967 — MycoBank MB#329008

  • = Cortinarius basicyaneus Rob. Henry & Trescol ex Bidaud & Eyssart., Bull. Semestriel Féd. Assoc. Mycol. Méditerranéennes 25: 38. 2004.

  • = Cortinarius contractus Rob. Henry, Doc. Mycol. 16, 61: 27. 1985.

  • = Cortinarius cylindratus Rob. Henry, Bull. Soc. Mycol. France 99: 91. 1983.

  • = Cortinarius subparevernius Rob. Henry, Bull. Soc. Mycol. France 85: 442. 1970.

  • [= Cortinarius parevernius Rob. Henry, Fl. Anal. Champ. Sup.: 303. 1953, nom. inval. (no diagnosis, no type designated)].

Type. Austria, Tirol, near Hötting, in mixed forest, 18 Sept. 1948, M. Moser, IB 48/590, holotype. MycoBank MBT#372783. ITS (partial) sequence deposited in GenBank under KX964412.

Misapplied names

  • Cortinarius dolabratus Fr., Epicr. Syst. Mycol.: 311. 1838, sensu Bidaud et al. (2008).

  • Cortinarius imbutus Fr., Epicr. Syst. Mycol.: 306. 1838, sensu Brandrud et al. (1998).

  • Cortinarius evernius Fr., Epicr. Syst. Mycol.: 294. 1838, sensu auct.

Illustrations — Bidaud et al. 2008: pl. 639 (as C. dolabratus); Brandrud et al. 1998: pl. D60 (as C. imbutus).

Taxonomic descriptions — Bidaud et al. 2008: f. 817 (as C. dolabratus); Brandrud et al. 1998: pl. D60 (as C. imbutus).

Notes — This is C. evernius sensu Konrad & Maublanc (1930) and sensu Henry (1937), with smaller spores and raphanoid smell. Our phylogenetic analysis reveals a much wider range of chromatic variability for this species, making it compatible with both sect. Bicolores and Duracini. In addition, the /C. cinnamoviolaceus clade here delineated sheds new lights on the intricate links between these two sections and sect. Saturnini (Fig. 1). Indeed, as redefined here, the species falls outside the three sections but it merges:

  1. typical Bicolores concepts – C. parevernius and C. cinnamoviolaceus;

  2. typical Duracini concepts – C. subparevernius, C. cylindratus and C. contractus;

  3. a species defined by its author as intermediate between these two sections – C. basicyaneus;

  4. a Duracini concept hiding a phylogenetic BicoloresC. dolabratus; and

  5. a Saturnini binomial interpreted by contemporary Nordic authors as a Bicolores species – C. imbutus.

When displaying blue tinges, C. cinnamoviolaceus may be confused with C. evernius but the spores of the latter are larger, gills lack reddish hues and the smell is weak or indistinct. Cortinarius mattiae may fruit in the same places and is similar in appearance but the pileus is less dark coloured, not glabrous and almost not hygrophanous, while lamellae display even deeper red tinges. When blue pigments are absent, C. cinnamoviolaceus looks like a Duracini with reddish lamellae and is nearly identical to C. dolabratus, from which it can fortunately be distinguished by larger spores (9.7 × 5.2 μm vs 8.6 × 4.9 μm, respectively) and stronger smell (Table 3).

Cortinarius sect. Bicolores (M.M. Moser) Melot, Doc. Mycol. 20, 77: 97. 1989, emend.

Type. Cortinarius cagei Melot, Doc. Mycol. 20, 80: 58. 1990.

Notes — As phylogenetically revised here, Cortinarius sect. Bicolores has been redefined to a rather severe extent, with well-known representative species excluded from the revised section and half of its new content previously described outside Bicolores. The original diagnosis of the section should be emended as follow: young basidiomata usually (but not always) with violet tinges outside and/or in the context. Pileus strongly hygrophanous, yellowish brown, chocolate brown to reddish brown. Stipe cylindrical, often attenuate to rooting, usually with remnants of the white universal veil. Smell indistinct, weakly raphanoid, of cedar-wood, rarely of geosmin (earth-like, dusty). Spores amygdaloid to ellipsoid, sometimes fusiform, (6.5–)7–12(13) × (4–)4.3–7(–7.2) μm (on average: 9.3 × 5.4 μm), verrucose. Widely distributed in the Northern Hemisphere, fruiting solitary or gregarious, rarely cespitose, mostly under coniferous trees.

In its current sampling, it includes 12 species, 10 of which have been or can be assigned a Latin binomial.

Cortinarius cagei Melot, Doc. Mycol. 20, 80: 58. 1990 — MycoBank MB#129526

  • Cortinarius bicolor Cooke, Grevillea XVI: 45. 1873, nom. illeg.

  • Cortinarius minicolor Rob. Henry, Bull. Soc. Mycol. France 104, 4: 300. 1989 ‘1988’, sensu Bidaud et al. (2014).

  • [= Cortinarius periodolens Carteret & Reumaux ad int., Atlas des Cortinaires XXII: f. 1417. 2014, nom. inval. (no diagnosis, no type designated)].

Type. Sweden, Gotland, Lummelunda, Prästänget, under broadleaf trees, 1 Oct. 1994, T.E. Brandrud, H. Lindström, H. Marklund, S. Muskos CFP1260, S, neotype designated here. MycoBank MBT#373139. ITS sequence deposited in GenBank under KX964295.

Illustrations — Bidaud et al. 2014: pl. 959 (as C. minicolor and C. periodolens); Brandrud et al. 1998: pl. D48.

Taxonomic descriptions — Bidaud et al. 2014: f. 1419 (as C. minicolor) but also f. 1417 (as C. periodolens); Niskanen et al. 2012: 864; Brandrud et al. 1998: pl. D48.

Notes — Historically, C. cagei was introduced to fix the nomenclatural issue associated with C. bicolor Cooke, an illegitimate name because of an earlier use of the name for another, unrelated taxon. However, by omitting to designate a holotype or other voucher specimen for his new name, Melot did not clarify the taxonomic ambiguity of C. bicolor. Indeed, C. bicolor was initially described as a species with medium-sized spores (10 × 5–6 μm) fruiting under deciduous trees. However, five years later, it was attributed much larger spores (12–14 × 6–7 μm), and also a broader ecology – mixed woods. It is likely that Cooke actually lumped together two phylogenetically distinct, but morphologically very similar species, in his latest diagnosis, making C. bicolor a nomen dubium. As such, the name may just be discarded but the authors of the CFP proposed an interpretation of C. cagei that fits very well the initial concept of C. bicolor. Because:

  1. the CFP plate D48 is well-known and widely recognized as a good illustration of C. cagei;

  2. our work considerably extends our morphogenetic, biogeographical and ecological knowledge of this species; and

  3. there is so far no convincing candidate for the second C. bicolor, even though C. plumulosus has been postulated to represent that one by the authors of the ADC (cf. notes under C. plumulosus), we fix here the species in its primary concept through designating the sequenced CFP1260 collection of plate D48 to neotypify C. cagei.

In these new morphogenetic boundaries, C. cagei is described in the ADC under C. minicolor, an obvious lookalike that, however, fruits under coniferous trees. Unfortunately, the holotype of C. minicolor could not be located in PC, preventing phylogenetic placement of the species within /Bicolores. Cortinarius cagei also includes C. periodolens, a Bicolores species described ad interim in the ADC, as a C. obtusus with violaceous stipe and strong iodine smell. Phylogenetically, C. cagei is well resolved due to the absence of any intraspecific sequence polymorphism and of a minimal distance to its sister species C. evernius of 3 substitutions plus 3 indels (Table 3). In the field, confusions are possible with C. refectus and C. plumulosus but spore shape ratios and host trees of the three species should prevent misidentification (Table 3).

Cortinarius dolabratoides Kytöv., Carteret, Bidaud, Liimat., Niskanen, Bellanger, Dima, Reumaux & Ammirati, sp. nov. — MycoBank MB#818596; Fig. 4

Etymology. The name refers to the close phylogenetic and morphological affinities with C. dolabratus.

Type. Finland, Koillismaa, Taivalkoski, Loukusa, the nature reserve of Loukusanharju, dry Pinus forest on the esker, with some Picea and Betula, some Picea-dominated depressions, 30 Aug. 2008, I. Kytövuori 08-465, H:6033567 (holotype H; isotype K). ITS sequence deposited in GenBank under KX964302.

Pileus 2–7 cm, conical when young, later expanding to plain with a distinct button-like umbo, clay brown to purplish brown, hygrophanous. Lamellae moderately distant, strongly emarginate, at first bluish then brown. Stipe 5–12 cm cylindrical to weakly clavate, sometimes slightly routing, white, with pale lavender blue top. Veil white, as a thin coating or obscure bands or patches on the stipe. Context whitish to purplish in the pileus, watery whitish bluish in the stipe. Exsiccated pileus dark blackish greyish brown, stipe much paler. Smell weakly grass-like or stronger, of cedar wood. Macrochemistry (on the context of the French collection only): Gaïac: ++; phénolaniline: +++; FMP: +++; AgNO3: 0. Spores 7–8.3–9.5 × 3.5–4.6–5.0 μm, Q = 1.68–1.82–1.96, (250 spores, 7 specimens), narrowly fusoid (to almost cylindrical), with a low suprahilar depression, often somewhat elongated at apex, fairly finely, densely verrucose, often prominently more strongly at the very apex, somewhat dark-coloured, faintly dextrinoid. Lamellar trama hyphae pale olive brownish, smooth to very finely densely scabrous. Basidia distinctly darker, olive brown (in MLZ). In damp to dryish boreal or alpine Picea abies forests, sometimes in dry Pinus sylvestris-dominated forests mixed by Picea abies.

Distribution — Fairly poorly known, but considered occasional.

Other specimens examined (sequenced collections marked with an asterisk, see Table 2 for GenBank accession numbers). Finland, Varsinais-Suomi, Kisko, Kaukuri, mesic Picea forest, 16 Aug. 2000, T. Niskanen & I. Kytövuori, H:6033518; Etelä-Häme, Juupajoki, Hyytiälä, mesic Picea forest, 18 Aug. 2004, I. Kytövuori H:6033615*; Virrat, Monoskylä, Korpijärvi E, mesic Picea forest, 15 Oct. 2001, I. Kytövuori 01-062*, H; Pohjois-Häme, Laukaa, Äijälä, Heinäaho, mesic Picea forest, 10 Sept. 2004, I. Kytövuori 04-051*, H; Kainuu, Paltamo, Kontiomäki, Tololanmäki W, Kylmänpuro, W sloping, mesic Picea forest with some Pinus, Betula, Populus tremula and Salix, 14 Sept. 2008, I. Kytövuori 08-1771*, H:6033570; Koillismaa, Taivalkoski, Metsäkylä SW, Katajavaara, N sloping, old, mesic Picea forest with damp depressions, some Pinus, Betula and Populus tremula, 2 Sept. 2008, I. Kytövuori 08-788*, H:6033575. – France, Haute-Savoie, Tanninges, cespitose under Picea abies on a decalcified substrate, elev. 1500 m, 17 Aug. 2007, A. Bidaud & R. Fillion AB 07-08-48*, personal herbarium of A. Bidaud.

Notes — Morphologically, C. dolabratoides is reminiscent of its sister phylogenetic species C. dolabratus. Fortunately, the two species can be distinguished microscopically, C. dolabratoides delivering the narrowest spores in the section (width = 3.5–4.6–5.0 μm, Av Q = 1.82, Table 3). By comparison, the spores of C. dolabratus are distinctly wider (width = 4.4–4.9–5.5 μm, Av Q = 1.76, Table 3) and strongly verrucose throughout (Fig. 4b–c). Finnish collections consistently smelled of cedar wood, but this criterion, as a diagnostic feature, may be used with caution since the French material displayed only a weak grass-like odour. At the molecular level, C. dolabratoides differs from C. dolabratus by 3 substitutions only, but is not polymorphic at the ITS locus across its pan-European distribution range, making it well resolved within sect. Bicolores (Fig. 2, Table 3).

Cortinarius dolabratus Fr., Epicr. Syst. Mycol.: 311. 1838 — MycoBank MB#216747; Fig. 5a

Fig. 5.

Fig. 5

Type material designated here. — a. Plate ined. 181 directed/approved by Fries, S, neotype (iconotype) of C. dolabratus; b. Atl. Tab. 377, f. 202 (1890), lectotype (iconotype) of C. refectus; c. A. Bidaud 96-09-73, epitype of C. refectus; d. I. Kytövuori 97-1162, neotype of C. imbutus.

  • = Cortinarius imbutoides Bidaud & Carteret, Atlas des Cortinaires XXII: 1887. 2014.

  • = Cortinarius phaeoruber Chevassut & Rob. Henry, Doc. Mycol. 12, 47: 52. 1982.

Types. Plate ined. 181 directed/approved by Fries, S, neotype (iconotype) designated here (Fig. 5a), MycoBank MBT#373156. Sweden, Jämtland, Östansjö, Håsjö, under coniferous trees, 2 Sept. 1990, T.E. Brandrud, H. Lindström, H. Marklund, S. Muskos CFP990, S, epitype designated here, MycoBank MBT#373157. ITS sequence deposited in GenBank under KX964309.

Illustrations — Bidaud et al. 2014: pl. 951 (as C. imbutoides); Brandrud et al. 1998: pl. D52.

Taxonomic descriptions — Bidaud et al. 2014: f. 1409 (as C. imbutoides); Niskanen et al. 2012: 863; Brandrud et al. 1998: pl. D52.

Notes — The original description of C. dolabratus is apparently not a critical one and a plate later approved by Fries further defined the species as a Duracini with reddish gills. Consistently, the authors of the CFP and of the ADC delivered very similar interpretations of C. dolabratus, both in good accordance with the protologue and compatible with the unpublished plate. However, sequencing the French and Scandinavian materials of this species, unexpectedly, revealed that they are actually phylogenetically distinct and unrelated to sect. Duracini (Fig. 1, 2). Homoplasy is reinforced by our finding that both species encompass collections with or without blue pigments (Table 3). The CFP version of C. dolabratus is part of /Bicolores and is phylogenetically conspecific with C. imbutoides, a species with obvious blue hues described as a typical Bicolores in the ADC. Conversely, the version of C. dolabratus published in the ADC falls, together with three other Duracini binomials, in the clade of C. cinnamoviolaceus, of which it represents a collection lacking blue colour (cf. above). The name is stabilized here in its strict – and original – Nordic sense, through its neotypification with the unpublished plate 181 and by epitypifying it with the widely known and sequenced collection CFP990, illustrated on plate D52 of the Scandinavian monograph. The intraspecific polymorphism of C. dolabratus is the highest in the section (3 substitutions, Table 3) but it should be considered with respect to its wide biogeographical distribution and thorough sampling (23 sequences analysed, Fig. 2). Its sister species, C. dolabratoides, is distant by 3 substitutions (Table 3). Cortinarius dolabratus and C. cinnamoviolaceus share similar ecological niches and can both produce basidiomata with or without blue hues. Fortunately, the distinction of the species is usually fairly easy – the latter has a strong smell of radish, its spores are, on average, larger than those of C. dolabratus, and it is often also more robust than C. dolabratus (Table 3). Cortinarius cinnamoviolaceus has so far been only found in Europe whereas C. dolabratus displays a wide distribution extending to western North America.

Cortinarius evernius (Fr.) Fr., Epicr. Syst. Mycol.: 294. 1838 — MycoBank MB#233378

  • Basionym. ≡ Agaricus evernius Fr., Observ. Mycol. 2: 79. 1818: sanctioned in Fr., Syst. Mycol. 1: 212. 1821.

  • Hydrocybe evernia (Fr.) M.M. Moser, Kleine Kryptogamenflora von Mitteleuropa II: 161. 1953.

  • Telamonia evernia (Fr.) Ricken, Die Blätterpilze. 1915.

  • = Cortinarius evernius f. fragrans M.M. Moser ex Bidaud & Carteret, Atlas des Cortinaires XXII: 1887. 2014.

  • = Cortinarius evernius f. pseudoscutulatus Rob. Henry ex Bidaud & Reumaux, Atlas des Cortinaires XXII: 1887. 2014.

  • [= Cortinarius evernius var. insignis Fr., Atlas des Cortinaires XXII: f. 1405. 2014, nom. inval. (no diagnosis, no type designated)].

  • [= Cortinarius parvulior Bidaud ad int., Atlas des Cortinaires XXII: f. 1418. 2014, nom. inval. (no diagnosis, no type designated)].

Type. Sweden, Ångermanland, Specksta, Härnösand, under coniferous trees, 22 Sept. 1988, T.E. Brandrud, H. Lindström, H. Marklund, S. Muskos CFP792, S, neotype designated in Cortinarius Flora Photographica I (French version), pl. A11 (1990), MycoBank MBT#372785. ITS sequence deposited in GenBank under KX964331.

Illustrations — Bidaud et al. 2014: pl. 946–949 but also pl. 959 (as C. parvulior); Brandrud et al. 1990: pl. A11.

Taxonomic descriptions — Bidaud et al. 2014: f. 1404–1407 but also f. 1418 (as C. parvulior); Niskanen et al. 2012: 863; Brandrud et al. 1990: pl. A11.

Notes — All contemporary authors seem to interpret this widespread Friesian species the same way and, not considering infraspecific taxa and species described ad interim, no later synonym of C. evernius has been introduced – however, older authors like Konrad and Henry misapplied the name to C. cinnamoviolaceus (see above). Phylogenetically, the species displays very low intraspecific polymorphism despite its wide biogeographical distribution (1 substitution plus one length polymorphism out of 22 available sequences) and is separated from its sister species C. cagei by 3 substitutions plus 3 length polymorphisms (Table 3). In Europe, the species may be confused only with C. cinnamoviolaceus, but the latter strongly smells of radish, has smaller spores and displays a much broader ecological range.

Cortinarius glaphurus Chevassut & Rob. Henry, Doc. Mycol. 12, 47: 78. 1982 — MycoBank MB#109708

  • = Cortinarius tubulosus Bidaud, Atlas des Cortinaires XXII: 1888. 2014.

  • = Cortinarius cedriosmus Bidaud, Atlas des Cortinaires XIX: 1510. 2010.

  • = Cortinarius violaeolens Carteret & Reumaux, Atlas des Cortinaires XIX: 1509. 2010.

  • = Cortinarius paranomalus Rob. Henry, Atlas des Cortinaires IV: 105. 1992.

  • Cortinarius turibulosus (Jul. Schäff. & E. Horak) Bon & G. Garnier, Doc. Mycol. 21, 83: 10. 1991, sensu auct.

Type. France, Hérault, La Salvetat-sur-Agout, Lac de la Raviège, under Picea, cespitous, 29 Oct. 1978, R. Henry 71421, PC, holotype, MycoBank MBT#70172. ITS sequence deposited in GenBank under KX964352.

Illustrations — Bidaud et al. 2014: pl. 957 (as C. tubulosus); 2010: pl. 795 (as C. turibulosus), pl. 796 (as C. violaeolens) and pl. 807 (as C. cedriosmus); 1992: pl. 83 (as C. paranomalus).

Taxonomic descriptions — Bidaud et al. 2014: f. 1414 (as C. tubulosus) and 2010: f. 1108 (as C. turibulosus); Kühner & Romagnesi 1953: 305 (as C. paranomalus); Chevassut & Henry 1982: 78.

Notes — As redefined here, the concept of C. glaphurus should be substantially widen so as to include those of C. cedriosmus, C. paranomalus, C. tubulosus and C. violaeolens, as well as C. turibulosus sensu Bidaud et al. (2010). The protologue should then be edited as follows: pileus diameter up to 55 mm, pileus dark chocolate-brown to reddish brown, not glabrous and hygrophanous. Stipe not always straight nor isodiametric but often (always?) hollow, with or without blue pigments and with variable amounts of veil remnants that may form a membranous ring. Often cespitose. Odour weakly raphanoid or of cedar wood or viola. Associated with coniferous trees as well as broad-leaved trees (Pinus, Quercus and Fagus confirmed as hosts by ectomycorrhizal sequences). Phylogenetically, the species is a bit polymorphic but is still well separated from its sister species C. tortuosus (Table 3). When collected under Picea abies on calcareous soils and weakly smelling of cedar wood, C. glaphurus may be difficult to distinguish from C. hircinosmus, but the latter produces slightly smaller spores (Table 3). When collected in hygrophilic and acidic soils under coniferous trees, the species may be confused with C. tortuosus, but the latter displays obvious blue tinges on the stipe, blood-red hues in the gills, and is never cespitose.

Cortinarius hircinosmus Moënne-Locc., Atlas des Cortinaires XII: 692. 2002 — MycoBank MB#489854

Type. France, Haute-Savoie, Les Puisots, in Picea forest, elev. 700 m, 15 Sept. 1986, P. Moënne-Loccoz 334, PC, holotype, MycoBank MBT#101337. ITS sequence deposited in GenBank under KX964368.

Illustrations — Bidaud et al. 2015: pl. 991 (as C. livor); 2002: pl. 389.

Taxonomic descriptions — Bidaud et al. 2015: f. 1459 (as C. livor); 2002: f. 575; Niskanen et al. 2012: 850.

Notes — This species has been initially described in subsect. Hircini because of the strong smell of C. hircinus and C. camphoratus of the holotype specimens. However, five additional collections from France and Scandinavia, lacking such odour, were later identified in the same clade. As revised here and at least in France, C. hircinosmus fruits under Picea abies on calcareous soils and includes the French concept of C. livor and pro parte, that of C. scriptor. The original binomial is obviously unfortunate for an odourless or weakly smelling species, so, provided additional collections confirm the strong smell of some populations, infraspecific taxa may be introduced to more adequately reflect the organoleptic diversity of the species. Phylogenetically, the species is well resolved (Table 3). In the field, C. hircinosmus may be confused with C. glaphurus (as redefined here), but the latter displays a much broader ecological niche, typically smells of cedar wood and has slightly larger spores (9.3 × 5.2 μm vs 9 × 5 μm, on average).

Cortinarius plumulosus Rob. Henry, Bull. Soc. Mycol. France 93, 3: 362. 1977 — MycoBank MB#312090

  • Cortinarius fundatus Britzelm., Ber. Naturhist. Vereins Augsburg 28: 127. 1885, sensu Bidaud et al. (2014).

Type. France, Vosges, Hennezel, in Abies forests, gregarious, 1972, R. Henry 3417, PC, holotype, MycoBank MBT#155523. ITS sequence deposited in GenBank under KX964374.

Illustrations — Bidaud et al. 2014: pl. 954 (as C. fundatus).

Taxonomic descriptions — Bidaud et al. 2014: f. 1411 (as C. fundatus); Henry 1977: 359.

Notes — This conifer-associated species has been treated in the ADC as C. fundatus, and suspected by French authors, on the basis of frequent macrospores up to 12 μm long observed in some collections, to represent the second C. bicolor of Cooke – the one with large spores and possible fruiting under coniferous trees (cf. notes under C. cagei). Phylogenetically, C. plumulosus is well separated from its closest neighbour C. evernius (7 substitutions plus 3 indels, Table 3). Morphologically, the species resembles C. refectus and C. cagei but the former produces ovoid spores (Av Q = 1.5), the latter fruits under deciduous trees and the cap of C. plumulosus is typically covered by small flakes that are not found on that of its two lookalikes.

Cortinarius refectus Britzelm., Ber. Naturhist. Vereins Augsburg 28: 127. 1885 — MycoBank MB#560269; Fig. 5b–c

  • Cortinarius reflectus Britzelm., Ber. Naturhist. Vereins Augsburg 28: 127. 1885.

  • Cortinarius scriptor Kühner, Doc. Mycol. 20, 77: 92. 1989, sensu Bidaud et al. (2010) p.p.

Misapplied name

  • Cortinarius testaceoviolaceus Rob. Henry, Bull. Soc. Mycol. France 73, 1: 51. 1957, sensu Bidaud et al. (2014).

Type. Atl. Tab. 377, f. 202 (1890), lectotype (iconotype) designated here (Fig. 5b), MycoBank MBT#373158. Germany, Lombach, in Picea and Abies forest, on calcareous soil, elev. 600 m, 24 Sept. 1996, A. Bidaud 96-09-73, epitype designated here (Fig. 5c), MycoBank MBT#373159. ITS sequence deposited in GenBank under KX964385.

Illustrations — This study: Fig. 5c; Bidaud et al. 2014, pl. 952, 953 but also pl. 945 (as C. testaceoviolaceus).

Taxonomic descriptions — Bidaud et al. 2014: f. 1410 but also 2010: f. 1109 (as C. scriptor).

Notes — No original material was kept by Britzelmayr to assign C. refectus a molecular signature. The diagnosis is not very elaborate but the atypical reported ovoid spores (8–9 × 5–6 μm, Av Q = 1.5) prompted the authors of the ADC to resurrect this old binomial as their best candidate to the original – i.e., the one with short spores (cf. notes under C. cagei) – C. bicolor. Although the latter hypothesis cannot be supported here for ecological reasons, the French interpretation of C. refectus does not contradict the protologue and it is compatible with the original plate – although spore drawings on that plate do not really support the protologue. We thus stabilize here the name by lectotypifying it with plate n° 202, and epitypifying it with the sequenced AB 96-09-73 collection from Germany. As delineated here, C. refectus includes the ADC interpretations of C. scriptor (p.p.) and C. testaceoviolaceus. The latter name is, however, misapplied because the holotype of C. testaceoviolaceus falls outside Telamonia (in subg. Myxacium, data not shown). Phylogenetically, C. refectus is well resolved but in the field, it could easily be confused with C. plumulosus and C. cagei until spores examination and host trees are carefully considered (Table 3).

Cortinarius tortuosus (Fr.) Fr., Epicr. Syst. Mycol.: 305. 1838 — MycoBank MB#165676

  • Basionym. ≡ Agaricus tortuosus Fr., Syst. Mycol. 1: 235. 1821.

  • Hydrocybe tortuosa (Fr.) Wünsche, Die Pilze. Eine Anleitung zur Kenntniss derselben: 121. 1877.

  • = Cortinarius flabelloides Carteret, Atlas des Cortinaires XIX: 1510. 2010.

  • = Cortinarius laetior P. Karst., Bidrag Kannedom Finlands Natur Folk 32: 387. 1879.

Type. Sweden, Smoland, Femsjö, Södra Färgen, Gatebäck, among Sphagnum in spruce forest, 11 Sept. 1979, D. Lamoure, IB 79/533, neotype designated in Opera Botanica 100: 182. 1989, MycoBank MBT#372784. ITS sequence deposited in GenBank under KX964391.

Illustrations — Bidaud et al. 2014: pl. 955–956 but also 2010: pl. 804 (as C. flabelloides); Brandrud et al. 1990: pl. A06.

Taxonomic descriptions — Bidaud et al. 2014: f. 1413 but also 2010: f. 1136 (as C. flabelloides); Niskanen et al. 2012: 863; Brandrud et al. 1990: pl. A06.

Notes — This Friesian name has been interpreted in rather similar ways by past and modern mycologists – with the notable exception of J. Favre, who referred to this species as C. plumbosus – so that C. tortuosus taxonomy is not a problematic issue. The species can be diagnosed by its narrow ecological niche (hygrophilous and acidic soils, with conifer trees) and the special purple-red tinges of the gills that tend to darken upon bruising. The odour is usually reported as null or weak of cedar wood but the conspecificity with C. flabelloides, revealed in this work, indicates that basidiomata can also smell of geosmin (i.e., of earth or dust, as C. variecolor for instance). Phylogenetically, the species is remarkably stable at the ITS locus and is well separated from its sister species C. glaphurus (Table 3).

Cortinarius turgidipes Rob. Henry ex Rob. Henry, Atlas des Cortinaires XVII, 1: 1179. 2008 — MycoBank MB#533088

Type. France, Creuse, Lavaud, under Picea, on granitic soil, subcespitose, 19 Oct. 1993, A. & E. Bidaud, AB 93-10-425, PC, holotype, MycoBank MBT#372786. ITS sequence deposited in GenBank under KX964409.

Illustration — Bidaud et al. 2008, pl. 672.

Taxonomic description — Bidaud et al. 2008: f. 885.

Notes — More collections of this species, originally described in sect. Damasceni by its authors, are required to better assess its morphogenetic variability as well as to define its ecological niche. In its current sampling – limited to the holotype, C. turgidipes is closest to C. dolabratus, from which it differs by 3 substitutions and 4 indels at the ITS locus (Table 3).

Cortinarius sect. Saturnini Rob. Henry ex Möenne-Locc. & Reumaux, Atlas des Cortinaires I: 21 (1990), emend.

Type. Cortinarius saturninus (Fr.) Fr., Epicr. Syst. Mycol.: 306. 1838.

  • Cortinarius subsect. Saturnini Bidaud, Moënne-Locc. & Reumaux, Doc. Mycol. 24, 95: 41. 1994.

  • Cortinarius sect. Firmiores (Fr.) Henn., in Engler & Prantl, Naturl. Pfanzenf. I, 181: 246. 1900, p.p.

Notes — As revised here, sect. Saturnini is widely distributed in the Northern Hemisphere and includes 6 species. They are medium-sized, rarely stout Telamonia species, pale ochraceous, brown to reddish brown, lilac-violet, hygrophanous, with or without blue tinges in young lamellae and the upper part of the stipe, with various amounts of veil remnants on the stipe and on the pileus margin where it often forms a continuous covering or discontinuous patches. Smell indistinct or weak. Spores broadly or narrowly ellipsoid, (6–)6.5–11(–14.4) × (3–)4–7(–8.5) μm (on average: 8.6 × 4.9 μm), verrucose. Gregarious to densely cespitose, rarely solitary, typically fruiting under hygrophilous deciduous trees (Salix, Populus, Betula) but also under Quercus and Cistus in the Mediterranean area, rarely under coniferous trees.

Cortinarius saturninus (Fr.) Fr., Epicr. Syst. Mycol.: 306. 1838 — MycoBank MB#177635

  • Basionym. ≡ Agaricus saturninus Fr., Syst. Mycol. 1: 219. 1821.

  • = Cortinarius fulvorimosus Carteret & Reumaux, Atlas des Cortinaires XVII, 1: 1178. 2008.

  • = Cortinarius cohabitans var. urbicoides Bidaud & Fillion, Bull. Soc. Mycol. France 119, 1–2: 70. 2004.

  • = Cortinarius urbicus var. sporanotandus Bidaud & Fillion, Atlas des Cortinaires XII: 695. 2002.

  • = Cortinarius denseconnatus Rob. Henry, Bull. Soc. Mycol. France 99, 1: 65. 1983.

  • = Cortinarius gramineus Rob. Henry, Bull. Soc. Mycol. France 99, 1: 64. 1983.

  • = Cortinarius rastetteri Rob. Henry, Bull. Soc. Mycol. France 97, 3: 177. 1981.

  • = Cortinarius dissidens Reumaux, Bull. Soc. Mycol. France 96, 3: 356. 1980.

  • = Cortinarius marginatosplendens Reumaux, Bull. Soc. Mycol. France 96, 3: 356. 1980.

  • = Cortinarius salicis Rob. Henry, Bull. Soc. Mycol. France 93, 3: 364. 1977.

  • = Cortinarius umbrinoconnatus Rob. Henry, Bull. Soc. Mycol. France 73, 1: 53. 1957.

  • [= Cortinarius dionisiae Bidaud ad int., Atlas des Cortinaires XXIII: f. 1451. 2015, nom. inval. (no diagnosis, no type designated)].

  • Cortinarius subtorvus Lamoure, Schweiz. Z. Pilzk. 47, 9: 169. 1969, sensu auct.

  • Cortinarius bresadolae Schulzer, Hedwigia 24, 4: 138. 1885, sensu Lamoure (1978).

  • Cortinarius cohabitans P. Karst., Bidrag Kannedom Finlands Natur Folk 32: 388. 1879, sensu auct.

  • Cortinarius urbicus (Fr.) Fr., Epicr. Syst. Mycol.: 293. 1838, sensu Bidaud et al. (2002) p.p.

Type. Sweden, Västergötland, Eggby, Drottningkullen, deciduous forest on calcareous ground (Corylus, Tilia, Quercus), 17 Sept. 1986, T.E. Brandrud, H. Lindström, H. Marklund, S. Muskos CFP514, S, neotype designated here, MBT#373160. ITS sequence deposited in GenBank under KX964584.

Illustrations — Bidaud et al. 2015: pl. 983–989; Brandrud et al. 1994: pl. C09, but also 1990: pl. A04 (as C. subtorvus).

Taxonomic descriptions — Bidaud et al. 2015: f. 1448–1457; Niskanen et al. 2012: 847–848; Brandrud et al. 1994: pl. C09, but also 1990: pl. A04 (as C. subtorvus).

Notes — All contemporary and past authors agree on the fact that C. saturninus is a collective species, that Fries himself contributed to confuse through multiple diagnoses across his successive monographs, which, in addition, do not fit the plates he later directed. The French mycologist Robert Henry devoted decades of his life trying to sort out this complex, adding to the literature many new names and interpretations (for review, see Bidaud et al. 2015). The simplest way to clarify this issue would undoubtedly be to consider C. saturninus as a nomen dubium and readily discard it. However, the wide use of the name that pertained throughout modern literature and the general consensus about the species illustrated on the plate C09 of the CFP, prompted us to fix C. saturninus in its current, Nordic concept, through the neotypification of the name with the CFP514 collection. Our phylogenetic analysis reveals a tremendously polymorphic species, with no less than 9 holotypes previously thought to be unrelated to sect. Saturnini, falling as later synonyms of C. saturninus. Cortinarius subtorvus and C. cohabitans, usually considered as akin to C. saturninus, are most likely two additional synonyms, although their respective type material could not be sequenced to ascertain conspecificity. This work also establishes that C. oxytoneus, considered by Henry as the most typical form of C. saturninus, is evolutionarily unrelated to sect. Saturnini (sect. Duracini; Fig. 1). As revised here, C. saturninus displays highly apparent ITS sequence polymorphism (Dintra max = 7 substitutions + 3 indels; Table 3) but the latter is essentially driven by two Norwegian (Svalbard) sequences for which no trace file is available. In addition, the one substitution segregating a subclade within the lineage (see * in Fig. 3) could demonstrably be attributed to intra-individual polymorphism. Thus, the unbiased Dintra max in C. saturninus is actually of 4 nt changes, a value that stems from three French collections (PML 75 in one hand and AB 04-10-344 and XC 2002-167 in the other) which may deserve taxonomic autonomy – at the infraspecific rank – when more thoroughly sampled (Table 3, Fig. 3). Although its suspected association with Salix is here demonstrated by the presence in the clade of several ectomycorrhizal sequences isolated from willow roots (within SH094324.07FU, Table 2, Fig. 3), C. saturninus may also be associated with other deciduous, but also coniferous trees. Morphologically, the species displays unprecedented levels of variability that represent a serious issue for field diagnosis. Practically, one should consider C. saturninus as a possible hit – and check the numerous aspects of this species in the last release of the ADC for instance (Bidaud et al. 2015) – whenever collecting a cespitose or gregarious medium-size Telamonia: i) under Salix spp. or other hygrophilous deciduous trees (and Dryas octopetala in the alpine zone), with or without blue hues at the stipe apex and with veil remnants ranging from none to white patches or covering at the cap margin, to copious and web-like covering the whole young fruit body; or ii) under coniferous trees and in this case with a ring and with short (L < 10 μm), ellipsoid spores. Highest risks of confusion are with other members of the revised sect. Saturnini (see notes under C. confirmatus, C. cyprinus and C. imbutus), and, for blue-lacking and densely veiled basidiomata collected under Salix spp. (referred to as C. saturninus ‘aspect’ salicis, ‘aspect’ urbicoides and ‘aspect’ sporanotandus in the ADC), with C. urbicus. The latter species displays more whitish hues on the fresh pileus and is typically less hygrophanous than C. saturninus, with no ‘Kuehneromyces-like’ dehydration.

Cortinarius confirmatus Rob. Henry, Bull. Soc. Mycol. France 99, 1: 67. 1983 — MycoBank MB#818598 (var. confirmatus); MycoBank MB#818597 (var. plesiocistus)

  • = Cortinarius assiduus var. plesiocistus A. Ortega et al., Mycotaxon 101: 140. 2007.

  • = Cortinarius assiduus Mahiques, A. Ortega & Bidaud, Bull. Féd. Mycol. Dauphiné-Savoie 162: 42. 2001.

  • = Cortinarius bulbosovolvatus Rob. Henry & Contu, Doc. Mycol. XVI, 61: 32. 1985.

  • [= Cortinarius kuehneri Bidaud ad int., Atlas des Cortinaires XXIII: f. 1440. 2015, nom. inval. (no diagnosis, no type designated)].

  • [= Cortinarius spurcatocephalus Carteret ad int., Atlas des Cortinaires XXIII: f. 1439. 2015, nom. inval. (no diagnosis, no type designated)].

  • [= Cortinarius paracohabitans Bidaud ad int., Atlas des Cortinaires XXIII: f. 1437. 2015, nom. inval. (no diagnosis, no type designated)].

  • [= Cortinarius subcylindratus Carteret ad int., Bull. Soc. Mycol. France 128(3–4): 280. 2014, nom. inval. (no diagnosis, no type designated)].

  • [= Cortinarius cistoadelphus Bidaud ad int., Bull. Féd. Assoc. Mycol. Méditerranéennes 6: 41 (1994), nom. inval. (no diagnosis, no type designated)].

  • Cortinarius cypriacus Fr., Epicr. Syst. Mycol.: 307. 1838, sensu Consiglio (1999) non Moënne-Loccoz & Reumaux (1989).

Type. France, unknown locality and collection date, under Quercus ilex, R. Henry 3195, PC, holotype, MycoBank MBT#69663. ITS sequence deposited in GenBank under KX964438.

New combination. Cortinarius confirmatus var. plesiocistus (A. Ortega, Vila & Bidaud) Carteret, Bidaud, Reumaux & Bellanger, comb. nov.

Basionym. Cortinarius assiduus var. plesiocistus A. Ortega, Vila & Bidaud in Ortega et al., Mycotaxon 101: 140. 2007. ITS sequence deposited in GenBank under AM713178.

Illustrations — Bidaud et al. 2015: pl. 970–973; Ortega et al. 2007: pl. 2; Mahiques et al. 2001.

Taxonomic descriptions — Bidaud et al. 2008: f. 1434–1441; Ortega et al. 2007: 140; Mahiques et al. 2001: 42; Henry 1983: 67.

Notes — In its original concept, C. confirmatus is a cespitose species without blue tinges, fruiting in Mediterranean Quercus ilex woodlands, included by Henry in his sect. Damasceni. As phylogenetically redefined here, the species concept is dramatically widened both morphologically and ecologically, so as to encompass 7 former morphologically delimited species and one variety, caespitose or not, with or without blue hues, and occurring in the Mediterranean area under Quercus spp. or Cistus spp., but also in temperate continental forests, under various deciduous trees as well as under Picea abies. The presence of two ectomycorrhizal sequences from Northern Iran in the clade considerably extends the known geographic distribution of the species, that may occur across a broad Eurasiatic belt. The clade displays the highest sequence variability within the section (Dintra max = 6 nt changes, Table 3) and its topology delineates 3 supported subclades that may, in principle, deserve their own taxonomic autonomy, as well as C. cistoadelphus Bidaud ad int. (Fig. 3). The infraspecific rank should be favoured for such distal lineages because:

  1. electing these subclades at the species level would leave 8 basal sequences unresolved, in paraphyletic relationships with the 3 recognized species;

  2. two of the resulting species would be totally cryptic, as none of the morphological, ecological or geographical features identified in the inclusive clade segregate into the two relevant subclades; and

  3. the third subclade, which overlaps with the cisticolous C. assiduus var. plesiocistus and C. bulbosovolvatus, has already been assigned a varietal rank, on morphogenetic bases (Ortega et al. 2007).

Thus, in a conservative approach and following an integrative method of species limits delineation, here we define C. confirmatus within the boundaries of its most inclusive clade and introduce C. confirmatus var. plesiocistus (A. Ortega, Vila & Bidaud) comb. nov. to accommodate the cisticolous populations. Future studies may unveil cryptic criteria to diagnose the two other subclades. When collected under meridional oaks or Cistus spp., C. confirmatus cannot be misidentified as one of the other Saturnini members, as none of the latter have so far been reported in the Mediterranean area. However, in more continental locations, especially in mixed deciduous forests, the species may co-occur with C. saturninus, C. imbutus and C. cyprinus and the risk of confusing these taxa is high. In this biome, C. confirmatus differs from its morphogenetic lookalikes by one of the following combinations of features:

  1. absence of veil remnants on the stipe and not fruiting densely cespitose; or

  2. abundant veil remnants on the stipe and densely cespitose under Populus alba (‘aspect’ paracohabitans); or

  3. reddish hues on the cap and densely cespitose under Betula pendula (‘aspect’ rubricosissimus).

Cortinarius cyprinus Bidaud, Carteret & Reumaux, Atlas des Cortinaires XXIII: 1981. 2015 — MycoBank MB#815172

  • [= Cortinarius saturninus var. bresadolae M.M. Moser, Kleine Kryptogamenflora von Mitteleuropa II: 162. 1953, nom inval. (ined.)].

  • Cortinarius cypriacus Fr., Epicr. Syst. Mycol.: 307. 1838, sensu Moënne-Loccoz & Reumaux (1989), non Consiglio (1999).

Type. France, Yvelines, Gambais, under deciduous trees, on calcareous soil, 3 Oct. 1993, G. Redeuilh, XC 2012-26, PC, holotype, MycoBank MBT#373189. ITS sequence deposited in GenBank under KX964463.

Illustration — Bidaud et al. 2015: pl. 973–976.

Taxonomic description — Bidaud et al. 2015, f. 1443.

Notes — This recently described species used to be called C. saturninus var. bresadolae or C. cypriacus by French authors but in the field, C. cohabitans (= C. saturninus) and C. circumvelatus (= C. lucorum) are likely the first names that come to the collectors’ mind, due to the crown-like veil remnants at the pileus margin, violet hues in young lamellae and gregarious fruiting under hygrophilous deciduous trees. However, molecular analysis of the large herbarium of the authors of the ADC unveiled phylogenetic autonomy of a subset of collections that differ from other Saturnini members by very reduced veil remnants on the stipe that never form a ring, and occurrence so far restricted to calcareous soils. As currently sampled, the species seems rather widespread in France but it has been rarely reported elsewhere, as it is represented by a single collection from southern Norway and possibly an additional one from Estonia (TAAM128765/UDB016164). Phylogenetically, C. cyprinus is sister to C. saturninus, from which it differs by 3 substitutions and 2 indels (Table 3). The ITS sequence of the French collections and of the Norwegian collection are 100 % identical, and they differ from the Estonian sequence by substitutions. The lack of publically available trace file for UDB016164 prevents us from critically examining these polymorphisms and the possible conspecificity of TAAM128765 with C. cyprinus. Further taxon sampling and sequencing of Estonian Saturnini collections will be necessary to clarify this issue and to better estimate the intraspecific variability of the species at the ITS locus.

Cortinarius imbutus Fr., Epicr. Syst. Mycol.: 306. 1838 — MycoBank MB#233557; Fig. 5d

  • = Cortinarius laccatus Reumaux, Bull. Soc. Mycol. France 98, 4: 348. 1982.

  • = Cortinarius betulaecomes Rob. Henry, Bull. Soc. Mycol. France 93, 3: 347. 1977.

  • [= Cortinarius saturnalis Reumaux ad int., Atlas des Cortinaires XXIII: f. 1446. 2015, nom. inval. (no diagnosis, no type designated)].

Type. Finland, Perä-Pohjanmaa, Tornio, Arpela, Runteli, rich grass-herb spruce forest with deciduous bushes and some pines, slightly paludified depressions, calcareous ground, 10 Sept. 1997, I. Kytövuori 97-1162, H, neotype designated here, MycoBank MBT#373161 (Fig. 5d). ITS sequence deposited in GenBank under KX964498.

Illustrations — This study: Fig. 5d; Bidaud et al. 2015: pl. 976–982.

Taxonomic descriptions — Bidaud et al. 2015: f. 1445–1447.

Notes — The two major contemporary interpretations of C. imbutus are in marked contrast, as the CFP authors consider the species in sect. Bicolores, while those of the ADC place it in sect. Saturnini. The Friesian diagnosis of C. imbutus is, as often with old names, not precise enough to support a single, unequivocal interpretation. However, Fries described his species between C. saturninus and C. cypriacus, indicating that the original concept would be naturally placed in sect. Saturnini. Our work reveals that the French version of C. imbutus is one of the morphogenetic Saturnini, widely distributed across the northern hemisphere, whereas the CFP one corresponds to a blue-pigmented collection of C. cinnamoviolaceus (and is then conspecific with the French C. dolabratus, see notes under this species). We thus here stabilize the name in the revised sect. Saturnini, by neotypifying it with the sequenced IK97-1162 collection from Finland. Phylogenetically, C. imbutus is rather polymorphic at the ITS locus (Dintra max = 3 substitutions + 1 indel) and simultaneously very close from its closest species C. confirmatus (Dinter min = 3 nt changes, Table 3). Morphologically, C. imbutus is quite variable, especially regarding the colour of the pileus and the intensity of blue tinges in basidiomata. Typically, the species fruits under deciduous trees in hygrophilous places but collections (referred to as C. imbutus ‘aspect’ laccatus in the ADC) have been reported in pure coniferous forests. In the field, C. imbutus may easily be confused with C. confirmatus, C. cyprinus and most notably C. saturninus, which can occur in similar habitats. Combining the 3 following criteria – not diagnostic on their own – should help identifying C. imbutus from its evolutionary siblings:

  1. the lilac-greyish, not violaceous, hues of young lamellae;

  2. elongated spores (Av Q > 1.8, Table 3); and

  3. copious veil remnants on the stipe.

Macrochemistry may be useful as well to distinguish C. imbutus from C. confirmatus (gaïacol and silver nitrate), although the reliability of these reactions is still questionable.

Cortinarius lucorum (Fr.) Berger, Cat. Herb. III: 89. 1846 — MycoBank MB#818604

  • Basionym. ≡ Cortinarius impennis var. lucorum Fr., Epicr. Syst. Mycol.: 294. 1838.

  • Hydrocybe lucorum (Fr.) M.M. Moser, Kleine Kryptogamenflora von Mitteleuropa II: 162. 1953.

  • Cortinarius lucorum (Fr.) Mussat: 101. 1901.

  • Cortinarius impennis subsp. lucorum (Fr.) Sacc.: 951. 1887.

  • = Cortinarius incarnatolilascens Rob. Henry, Bull. Soc. Mycol. France 97, 3: 170. 1981.

  • = Cortinarius montis-dei Reumaux, Bull. Soc. Mycol. France 96: 357. 1980.

  • = Cortinarius circumvelatus Reumaux, Bull. Soc. Mycol. France 96: 355. 1980.

  • ? = Cortinarius umidicola Kauffman, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 32, 6: 322. 1905.

Type. Norway, Vestfold, Moss, Jelöy, under Populus tremula, 13 Sept. 1986, T.E. Brandrud, H. Lindström, H. Marklund, S. Muskos CFP490, S, neotype designated here, MycoBank MBT#373173. ITS sequence deposited in GenBank under KX964585.

Illustrations — Bidaud et al. 2015: pl. 967–969; Brandrud et al. 1994: pl. C10.

Taxonomic descriptions — Bidaud et al. 2015: f. 1428–1431; Niskanen et al. 2012: 847; Brandrud et al. 1994: pl. C10; Matheny & Ammirati 2006.

Notes — In Nordic countries, this widespread species is tightly associated with Populus spp. and it is well known, in large part thanks to the plate C10 published in the CFP. North American mycologists, following Kauffman’s footsteps, sometimes name this species C. umidicola, even though the latter binomial has been originally applied to a mushroom fruiting in conifer forests, e.g., Tsuga (Kauffman 1932). French authors described it repeatedly, as C. circumvelatus, C. incarnatolilascens and C. montis-dei, on the basis of deviating macro-morphological or ecological features while oddly, their initial – pre-molecular – concept of C. lucorum does not belong to /Saturnini (cf. C. cypriacoides in Fig. 1). Fries does not mention violaceous tinges on the stipe nor the typical crown-like veil in the protologue and he does not give much detail about the lamellae. However, his concept does not contradict the contemporary one in use in Nordic countries, so in order to stabilize C. lucorum, we here neotypify the name with the sequenced Norwegian collection CFP490 of plate C10. Our phylogenetic analysis slightly alters the morphological definition of the species (see above) and provide information on its biogeography and its extended ecological niche. Indeed, as revised here, C. lucorum can be collected under Populus spp. – with proven association through ectomycorrhizal sequences found in the clade – on both continents, but it also fruits under other hygrophilous deciduous trees, at least in France and, more surprisingly, under Tsuga and Picea. Phylogenetically, the species is well separated from the rest of Saturnini members, with a Dinter min far exceeding Dintra max (Table 3). Interestingly, the topology of the clade segregates, by a 1 substitution each; i) North American populations from European ones; and ii) European populations fruiting under deciduous trees from the ones fruiting under coniferous trees – referred to as C. lucorum ‘aspect’ incarnatolilascens in the ADC. Such finding, if confirmed by further sampling, would support the autonomy of concerned collections at an infraspecific rank. The identity of C. umidicola with C. lucorum remains provisional because the sequence we obtained from Kauffman’s syntype encompasses only the ITS1 domain. Thus, although 100 % identical to the Populus-associated Canadian collection TN10-002 along this part of the ribosomal locus (the basal-most and unsupported branch of the clade in Fig. 3 is artefactual and likely results from the shorter sequence of C. umidicola), one cannot preclude additional differences to take place in the ITS2 domain, splitting the two species apart. When occurring under Populus spp. or other hygrophilous broadleaved trees, and considering the massive fruiting and typical crown-like veil, C. lucorum might only be confused with C. cyprinus and C. saturninus, but these species are usually less robust and their spores are much smaller (Table 3).

Cortinarius stuntzii S.A. Rehner & Ammirati, Mycologia 80, 6: 903. 1988 — MycoBank MB#135248

Type. USA, Washington, Grant County, Crab Creek, 5 Nov. 1981, S.A. Rehner 394, WTU, holotype, MycoBank MBT#78780. ITS sequence deposited in GenBank under KX964558.

Illustration — Rehner et al. 1988: f. 1.

Taxonomic description — Rehner et al. 1988: 904–906.

Notes — This stout species densely fruiting under Salix exigua and S. rigida, so far known only from a small location of North-western USA, was compared to C. umidicola and C. subtorvus in the original publication, compatible with a placement into sect. Saturnini. However, a positioning elsewhere in subg. Telamonia, or even in subg. Sericeocybe – due to its low hygrophaneity – has also been invoked. The present work unambiguously establishes C. stuntzii as a genuine Saturnini, phylogenetically most closely related to C. saturninus, from which it differs by 3 substitutions and 5 indels (Table 3). Not considering biogeography, so far restricted to the type locality, the species is easily distinguished from other Saturnini members by its unusually large spores, up to 14.4 μm long and 8.5 μm wide (on average: 11.5 × 6.7 μm, Table 3).

KEY TO SPECIES TREATED IN THE PRESENT STUDY

  • 1. Alpine and arctic zone, under Salix spp. or Dryas octopetala . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C. saturninus

  • 1. Mediterranean thermophilic area, under Quercus ilex or Cistus spp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C. confirmatus

  • 1. Continental zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

  • 2. Coniferous trees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

  • 2. Deciduous trees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

  • 3. Acidic soils, in or near peatlands, Picea or Abies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

  • 3. Dry to mesic acidic woodlands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

  • 3. Basic to neutral, often calcareous woodlands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

  • 4. Average spore length > 10 μm, blue tinges obvious, usually odourless . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C. evernius

  • 4. Average spore length < 10 μm, usually smelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

  • 5. Average spore width > 5.2 μm, smell of cedar wood or earthy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C. tortuosus

  • 5. Average spore width < 5.2 μm, smell of coconut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C. dolabratus [with raphanoid smell, cf. C. cinnamoviolaceus]

  • 6. Average spore width ≤ 5 μm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

  • 6. 5 μm < average spore width < 6 μm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

  • 6. Average spore width > 6 μm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C. refectus

  • 7. Spores narrowly fusoid (Av Q > 1.8) and finely verrucose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C. dolabratoides

  • 7. Spores elongated (1.7 < Av Q < 1.8) and strongly verrucose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C. dolabratus

  • 7. Spores ellipsoid (Av Q = 1.6) and strongly verrucose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C. saturninus

  • 8. Tsuga, Pseudotsuga (North America) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C. lucorum

  • 8. Picea, Abies, Pinus (Europe) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

  • 9. Spores ovoid to ellipsoid (Av Q < 1.7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

  • 9. More elongated spores (Av Q > 1.7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

  • 10. Average spore size < 9 × 5.5 μm, smooth pileus . . . . . . . . . . . . . .C. turgidipes

  • 10. Average spore size > 9 × 5.5 μm, fibrillose pileus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C. lucorum

  • 11. Average spore size < 9 × 5 μm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C. saturninus

  • 11. Average spore size > 9 × 5 μm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

  • 12. Average spore width < 5.5 μm, smooth pileus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C. glaphurus

  • 12. Average spore width ≥ 5.5 μm, pileus covered with flakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C. plumulosus

  • 13. Cespitose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

  • 13. Not cespitose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

  • 14. Strong veil remnants on the stipe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

  • 14. Naked silky stipe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C. glaphurus

  • 15. Average spore length < 8 μm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C. saturninus

  • 15. Average spore length > 8 μm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C. confirmatus

  • 16. Average spore length < 9 μm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C. imbutus

  • 16. Average spore length ≥ 9 μm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

  • 17. Average spore width > 6 μm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C. refectus

  • 17. Average spore width < 6 μm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

  • 18. Average spore length > 9.5 μm, pileus covered with flakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C. plumulosus

  • 18. Average spore length < 9.5 μm, smooth pileus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

  • 19. Smell of cedar wood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C. glaphurus

  • 19. Smell weak or different . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C. hircinosmus

  • 20. Average spore width > 6 μm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

  • 20. 5 μm < average spore width < 6 μm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

  • 20. Average spore width ≤ 5 μm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

  • 21. Average spore length > 10.5 μm, Salix, USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C. stuntzii

  • 21. Average spore length < 10.5 μm, Fagaceae, Europe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C. refectus

  • 22. Spores elongated (1.7 < Av Q < 1.8), smell of cedar wood or Viola . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C. glaphurus

  • 22. Spores ovoid to ellipsoid (Av Q ≤ 1.7), smell null or different . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

  • 23. Stout basidiomata, average spore size > 9.5 × 5.7 μm, hygrophilous . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C. lucorum

  • 23. Small to medium-size basidiomata, average spore size ≤ 9.5 × 5.7 μm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C. cagei

  • 24. Smell of cedar wood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C. dolabratus

  • 24. Smell null or different . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

  • 25. Spores ovoid (Av Q ≤ 1.6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

  • 25. Spores ellipsoid (1.6 < Av Q < 1.7), orange hues on the pileus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C. imbutus

  • 25. Spores elongated to subcyndrical (1.7 ≤ Av Q ≤ 1.9) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

  • 26. Naked silky stipe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C. confirmatus

  • 26. Persistent veil remnants on the stipe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C. saturninus

  • 27. Densely cespitose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

  • 27. Gregarious or loosely cespitose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

  • 28. Populus alba . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C. confirmatus

  • 28. Other deciduous trees, mostly Salix spp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C. saturninus

  • 29. Persistent veil remnants on the stipe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C. imbutus

  • 29. Naked silky stipe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

  • 30. Average spore length < 8.3 μm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C. imbutus

  • 30. 8.3 μm < average spore length < 8.6 μm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

  • 30. Average spore length > 8.6 μm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C. confirmatus

  • 31. AgNO3: – . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C. confirmatus

  • 31. AgNO3: + . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C. cyprinus

DISCUSSION

The present work significantly updates our knowledge of Cortinarius, by revealing the number and the limits of species within sections Bicolores and Saturnini. It also places phylogenetically the morphological species described in these sections that do not belong in /Bicolores or /Saturnini, illustrating the homoplasic nature of morphological traits traditionally used to delineate boundaries of these sections and their relations to other sections such as Bovini, Disjungendi, Duracini, Hydrocybe and Sciophylli.

What do we learn about species?

The major advanced molecular tools bring to taxonomy the ability to identify natural relationships between taxa, including those previously regarded as unrelated, to reveal cryptic species, and to correct species boundaries which were based on the use of non-diagnostic morphological traits. Sequencing numerous materials from sect. Bicolores and sect. Saturnini as well as species falling outside these sections, we identified 10 morphogenetic species and 2 phylogenetic species in sect. Bicolores, and 6 morphogenetic species in sect. Saturnini, including C. cyprinus as a cryptic species. The sequencing of type materials showed that 25 binomials are later synonyms of the 15 revised names.

The limits of only two species – C. glaphurus and C. dolabratus – in sect. Bicolores have been significantly altered after phylogenetic analysis, whereas all previously known species in sect. Saturnini have been severely redefined following molecular revision, except C. stuntzii, represented by only the holotype collection. In most cases, several morphological species are nested in single evolutionary units as a result of overreliance in the past on often non-diagnostic morphological traits. The presence of blue hues and the detection of a specific odour are among the most misleading taxonomic features unveiled in this work, as they have led to the erroneous autonomy of C. assiduus, C. denseconnatus, C. gramineus, C. imbutoides, C. phaeoruber, C. rastetteri, C. umbrinoconnatus, and C. cedriosmus, C. flabelloides, C. periodolens and C. violaeolens, respectively. Pigments and volatiles of basidiomata, as the products of the fungal secondary metabolism, are expected to display some levels of variability in response to environmental cues. Similarly, differences in the habit or abundance of veil tissue on fruit bodies, that was used to segregate e.g., C. circumvelatus, C. fulvorimosus, C. parvulior or C. salicis from their evolutionary lineages, might be explained by soil features or weather conditions at, or preceding fruiting.

More surprising is our finding that spore size and ecology also can be misleading, as illustrated by the lack of phylogenetic autonomy of C. sporanotandus, which produces much smaller spores than other C. saturninus collections, and C. deceptivus, C. incarnatolilascens, C. laccatus or C. umidicola, which are all associated with different host trees within their respective clades. Spores and host plants are usually considered as reliable elements for taxonomic purposes because anatomy of the reproductive structures and the complex molecular machinery involved in mycorrhizal recognition are expected to have higher selective pressure when compared to macroscopic features, which are more prone to homoplasia. Part of our findings may be explained by abnormal individuals or spectacular ecological plasticity of species in sect. Saturnini, but the relatively high levels of polymorphism revealed in C. confirmatus rather support on-going and cryptic speciation in this lineage. Thus, we believe species limits delineated in the present work, especially in the revised sect. Saturnini, are more conservative than what short interspecific phylogenetic distances may suggest.

What do we learn about sections limits?

The segregation of sect. Saturnini within Cortinarius has been intricately linked to that of separating subg. Hydrocybe from subg. Telamonia, on the basis of the presence or absence of veil remnants on the stipe (Moënne-Loccoz & Reumaux 1990). However, such splitting is not phylogenetically supported, making Hydrocybe an artificial grouping and stipe ornamentation a confounding taxonomic criterion within Telamonia. As a result, species previously described in sect. Saturnini are not expected to form a single monophyletic lineage but are rather likely to share evolutionary history with members of other sections in the subgenus, especially the blue-coloured species from sect. Bicolores. Consistently, only 5 out of the 14 species recently described in sect. Saturnini in the ADC belong in that section. The remaining morphological species are distributed across Telamonia and illustrate the overlap of the original section with sect. Sciophylli (C. saturninoides), defined to accommodate very similar blue taxa, but more hygrophanous than genuine Saturnini, and revised sect. Bovini (C. cypriacoides, C. illepidus and C. subfirmus), so far not supposed to include blue Telamonia species. Species previously included in sect. Saturnini also displayed obvious common features with sect. Duracini, as assessed by the presence of C. oxytoneus, considered by Henry as one of Fries’ C. saturninus, in sect. Duracini (Fig. 1). Similar but somewhat reversed cases are the presence in the revised sect. Saturnini of C. confirmatus, C. denseconnatus and C. fulvorimosus, originally described in sect. Duracini. The expected overlap of morphological characters in sect. Saturnini and sect. Bicolores is best illustrated by the case of C. laetior P. Karst., placed by its author in the trilogy saturninus-imbutus-cypriacus, but shown here to belong in sect. Bicolores (Fig. 2).

Interestingly, the present work yields strong phylogenetic support to the prospective placement or overlap of the morphologically defined sect. Bicolores and sect. Duracini. Natural relationships or transitions between these two sections have long been commented on by classical authors, on the basis of very similar habits and the suspected weakness of the ‘blue colour’ criterion in Cortinarius systematics (Melot 1990, Frøslev et al. 2007). However, the issue was virtually impossible to address in the absence of molecular data and the revision of C. cinnamoviolaceus here sheds decisive light on this issue. Indeed, although not part of /Bicolores and phylogenetically unrelated to sect. Duracini, this species is built from concepts that typically belong in traditional Bicolores (C. cinnamoviolaceus, C. parevernius, and C. imbutus sensu CFP), in traditional Duracini (C. contractus, C. cylindratus, C. subparevernius and C. dolabratus sensu ADC), or somewhere in between the two sections (C. basicyaneus). This unexpected assemblage within a single evolutionary species somehow cracks the code of the secret dialog between the two sections, revealing the totally artificial nature of their main diagnostic feature, i.e., the presence/absence of blue pigments in fruit bodies. Knowing C. cinnamoviolaceus natural boundaries is instrumental in considering the revised concept of C. dolabratus, here epitypified in the revised sect. Bicolores despite the fact that all authors have initially placed the species in sect. Duracini. The case of C. turgidipes also illustrates this overlap of traditional sections, as the holotype of this morphological Duracini nests within /Bicolores.

It should be concluded from these examples that the presence/absence of blue pigments has been overemphasized in the definition of all morphospecies cited above but also in that of sections Bicolores, Saturnini and Duracini.

Strength and limits of integrative taxonomy

Higher Fungi systematics has been entirely built on the identification and hierarchical organization of visible characteristics – both macroscopic and microscopic, that were supposed to be stable within a given taxon and which in combination were supposed to be diagnostic of each species. The necessarily subjective nature of the selection process involved in this approach has led to highly artificial groupings at multiple taxonomic levels (i.e., Aphyllophorales, Clavariaceae, Clitocybe, Gasteromycetes) and to divergences in the concept of species that culminate in the genus Cortinarius. Unravelling evolutionary history of Fungi through molecular phylogenies had tremendously impacted taxonomy, in part because characteristics that delinate a lineage with high taxonomic value can now be distinguished from those, less valuable and taxonomically overemphasized, which have appeared repeatedly in distant branches of the fungal tree of life. However, if more natural, the alternate organization of taxa that emerges from these molecular analyses brings contemporary mycologists the major challenge to uncover phylogenetically supported sets of features that will be diagnostic of each morphogenetic taxon. This process, especially in the species-richest genus Cortinarius, is certainly the most time-consuming part of the revision work and importantly, it heavily relies on the skills of expert field taxonomists, not phylogeneticists.

Acknowledgments

We are grateful to the curators of PC (Bart Buyck), IB (Ursula Peintner, Regina Kuhnert) and S (Jens Klackenberg) for making several reference collections available to us, as well as Karl Soop, Josep Ballarà and Tor-Erik Brandrud for providing material from their personal herbaria. Part of the molecular work (DNA extraction and PCR amplifications) was done at the genetic markers in the ecology facility (SMGE) of the CEFE. The visit of Bálint Dima in PC was financially supported by SYNTHESYS, the European Union-funded Integrated Activities grant (application FR-TAF-4253). This work was supported by the Ministry of Environment, Finland (YM38/5512/2009) and the Swedish Taxonomy Initiative (dha 165/08 1.4).

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