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. 2022 Oct 6;13:968617. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.968617

Multiple evidences reveal new species and a new record of smelly Gymnopus (Agaricales, Omphalotaceae) from China

Jia-Jun Hu 1,2,3,†, Li-Ru Song 4,†, Yong-Lan Tuo 1,3, Gui-Ping Zhao 1, Lei Yue 1, Bo Zhang 1,3,5,*, Yu Li 1,2,*
PMCID: PMC9582999  PMID: 36274737

Abstract

Gymnopus sect. Impudicae is a poorly studied group around the world. However, it is well known for its pungent smell—a total of five species from China belonging to sect. Impudicae were recorded, and included four species new to science—G. epiphyllus, G. cystidiosus, G. subdensilamellatus, and G. subpolyphyllus—which were delimited and proposed based on morphological and molecular evidences, and one new record from Henan, Jiangxi, and Gansu Province, China—G. densilamellatus. Detailed descriptions and illustrations were presented as well as comparisons to similar species. Phylogenetic analysis inferred from the ITS and nLSU dataset supported the Gymnopus as a monophyletic genus which was defined by Oliveira et al., and the novel species grouped as separate lineages within it. A Key to the reported species of Gymnopus sect. Impudicae is also provided.

Keywords: foetid smell, Gymnopus sect. Impudicae, new species, phylogenetic analysis, taxonomy

Introduction

Gymnopus (Pers.) Roussel (Omphalotaceae, Agaricales) is a widely spread and controversial genus. In the conception of Antonín and Noordeloos (2010), Gymnopus was composed of sect. Impudicae (Antonín and Noordel.) Antonín and Noordel., sect. Androsacei (Kühner) Antonín and Noordel., sect. Levipedes (Quél.) Halling, and sect. Vestipedes (Fr.) Antonín, Halling, and Noordel. Later, the definition of Gymnopus is modified constantly. Sect. Perforanita (Singer) R.H. Petersen was combined into Gymnopus (Petersen and Hughes, 2016). Recently, Oliveira et al. (2019) redefined the genus Gymnopus more strictly based on combined ITS + nLSU phylogenetic analysis. In their conception, the key features of the genus Gymnopus including collybioid basidiomata, rarely tricholomatoid or marasmioid, free, emarginate or adnate lamellae that are usually crowded, and insititious stipe or not, usually with a strigose base, a white spore print; basidiospores ellipsoid to short-oblong, inamyloid; cheilocystidia usually present and variety; a cutis or ixocutis pileipellis with radially arranged cylindrical hyphae or interwoven more like a trichoderm or ixotrichoderm, made up of irregularly coralloid terminal elements (‘Dryophila structures')—often incrusted, diverticulate hyphal elements, mixed with broom cells and coralloid hyphae; and clamp connections present in all tissues. Therefore, sect. Vestipedes was segregated and placed within Collybiopsis (J. Schröt.) Earle (=Marasmiellus Murrill), and sect. Perforanita was proposed as a new genus—Paragymnopus J.S. Oliveira. In addition, some Gymnopus species were transferred to two new genera—Paramycetinis R.H. Petersen and Pseudomarasmius (Petersen and Hughes, 2020).

Gymnopus sect. Impudicae was treated as a subsection of sect. Vestipedes initially, then Antonín and Noordeloos (2010) raised it to a section rank based on the morphology and molecular evidence. Additionally, some previously assigned species as Micromphale Gray, Marasmiellus sect. Gloeonemae (Kühner) Antonín and Noordel., and Marasmius sect. Gloeonemae Kühner was transferred to this section. Sect. Impudicae is characterized by most species with a strong and usually unpleasant smell, reminding of rotten cabbage or onion, pileipellis with diverticulate terminal elements, and typically inconspicuous cheilocystidia (Antonín and Noordeloos, 1993, 1997; Antonín and Noordeloos, 2010). Until now, about 300 species belonging to Gymnopus s. str. were described worldwide, and 26 species were included in sect. Impudicae (Kirk et al., 2008). In China, the species diversity, taxonomy, and phylogeny of macrofungi have been investigated in recent years, thus many new species have been discovered (Zhong et al., 2018; Cui et al., 2019; Sun et al., 2020, 2022; Zhang et al., 2020; Cao et al., 2021a,b; Hu et al., 2021b; Liu et al., 2021, 2022a,b; Ji et al., 2022; Tuo et al., 2022; Wang et al., 2022). However, research on sect. Impidicae in China lags behind the studies in Europe, the United States, or South Korea (Ryoo et al., 2016) and lacks systematic analysis. Only eight species were recorded from China in sect. Impidicae (Li et al., 2021a). Furthermore, only G. densilamellatus Antonín, Ryoo, and Ka (Li et al., 2021a) , G. foetidus (Sowerby) J.L. Mata and R.H. Petersen (Deng, 2016), and G. polyphyllus (Peck) Halling (Ding, 2017) were recorded from northern China.

Gymnopus species are found to have economic value: for example, G. erythropus (Pers.) Antonín, Halling and Noordel. and G. ocior (Pers.) Antonín & Noordel. are edible macrofungi (Wu et al., 2019). However, some species belongs this genus were found to be poisonous fungi, e.g., G. densilamellatus was also discovered from Hunan, Guizhou, and Hebei Province, and resulted in several poisoning incidents with gastroenteritis symptoms (Wu et al., 2019; Li et al., 2021c, 2022).

This paper aims to describe and illustrate five species of Gymnopus sect. Impudicae—four species new to science and one new record for Henan, Jiangxi, and Gansu Province, China—based on morphology and molecular evidence.

Materials and methods

Sampling and morphological studies

The studied specimens were photographed in situ. The size of the basidiomata was measured when fresh. After examining and recording the fresh macroscopic characters, the specimens were dried in an electric drier at 40–45°C.

The macroscopic characteristics were based on field notes and photographs, with the color descriptions corresponding to the Flora of British Fungi: color identification chart (Royal Botanic Garden, 1969). The dried specimens were rehydrated in 94% ethanol for microscopic examination. And then mounted in 3% potassium hydroxide (KOH), 1% Congo red solution (0.1 g Congo red dissolved in 10 mL distilled water), and Melzer's reagent (1.5 g potassium iodide, 0.5 g crystalline iodine, and 22 g chloral hydrate dissolved in 20 mL distilled water) (César et al., 2018); they were then examined with a Zeiss Axio lab. A1 microscope at magnifications up to 1,000×. All measurements were taken from the sections mounted in the 1% Congo red. For each specimen, a minimum of 40 basidiospores, 20 basidia, 20 cheilocystidia, and 20 hyphal elements of pileipellis were measured from two different basidiocarps. When reporting the variation in the size of the basidiospores, basidia, cheilocystidia, and hyphal elements of the pileipellis, 5% of the measurements were excluded from each end of the range and are given in parentheses. The basidiospore measurements are length × width (L × W). Q denotes the variation in the ratio of L to W among the studied specimens, Qm denotes the average Q value of all the basidiospores ± standard deviation. The specimens examined are deposited in the Herbarium of Mycology of Jilin Agricultural University (HMJAU).

DNA extraction, PCR amplification, and sequencing

According to the manufacturer's instructions, the total DNA was extracted from dried specimens using the NuClean Plant Genomic DNA Kit (Kangwei Century Biotechnology Company Limited, Beijing, China). Sequences of the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region, and nuclear large ribosomal subunits (nLSU) were used for phylogenetic analysis. The ITS sequence was amplified using the primer pair ITS1-F (CTT GGT CAT TTA GAG GAA GTA A) and ITS4-B (CAG GAG ACT TGT ACA CGG TCC AG) (Gardes and Bruns, 1993). The nLSU sequence was amplified using the primer pair LR0R (GTA CCC GCT GAA CTT AAG C) and LR7 (TAC TAC CAC CAA GAT CT) (Vilgalys and Hester, 1990; Cubeta et al., 1991). PCR reactions (25 μL) contained 8 μL 2 × EasyTaq® PCR SuperMix (TransGen Biotech Co., Ltd., Beijing, China), 1 μL 10 μM primer L, 1 μL 10 μM primer R, 3 μL DNA solution, and 12 μL dd H2O (Hu et al., 2021a, 2022). The reaction programs were as follows: for ITS, initial denaturation at 94°C for 4 min, followed by 30 cycles at 94°C for 1 min, 54°C for 1 min and 72°C for 1 min, and a final extension of 72°C for 10 min (Coimbra et al., 2015); for nLSU, initial denaturation at 95°C for 3 min, followed by 30 cycles at 94°C for 30 s, 47°C for 45 s, and 72°C for 90 s, and a final extension of 72°C for 10 min (Ryoo et al., 2016; Hu et al., 2021b). The PCR products were visualized via UV light after electrophoresis on 1% agarose gels stained with ethidium bromide and purified using the Genview High-Efficiency Agarose Gels DNA Purification Kit (Gen-View Scientific Inc., Galveston, TX, USA). The purified PCR products were then sent to Sangon Biotech Limited Company (Shanghai, China) for sequencing using the Sanger method. The new sequences were deposited in GenBank (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genbank; Table 1).

Table 1.

Voucher/specimen numbers, Country, and GenBank accession numbers for the specimens of Gymnopus and related genera used in the study; sequences produced in this study are bold.

Scientific name Country Voucher/specimen numbers GenBank accession numbers Reference
ITS LSU
Gymnopus alliifoetidissimus China GDGM76695 MT023344 MT017526 Li et al., 2021a
G. androsaceus France CBS239.53 MH857174 MH868713 Vu et al., 2019
G. androsaceus Russia TENN-F-59594 KY026663 KY026663 Petersen and Hughes, 2016
G. atlanticus Brazil URM87728 KT222654 KY302698 Coimbra et al., 2015
G. barbipes USA TENN67858 KJ416269 KY019642 Petersen and Hughes, 2014
G. brassicolens Russia TENN55550 DQ449989 Mata et al., 2006
G. ceraceicola New Zealand PDD87181 KC248405 Cooper and Leonard, 2013
G. cystidiosus China HMJAU60992 ON259024 ON259036 This study
G. cystidiosus China HMJAU60993 ON259025 ON259037 This study
G. cystidiosus China HMJAU60994 ON259026 ON259035 This study
G. densilamellatus China HMJAU49128 MT023351 MT017529 Li et al., 2021a
G. densilamellatus China HMJAU61015 ON259034 ON259045 This study
G. densilamellatus Republic of Korea BRNM714927 KP336685 KP336694 Ryoo et al., 2016
G. dryophilus Czech Republic BRNM695586 JX536143 Antonín et al., 2013
G. dryophilus Germany BRNM737691 JX536139 Antonín et al., 2013
G. dryophioides Republic of Korea BRNM781447 MH589967 MH589985 Ryoo et al., 2020
G. dysodes Republic of Korea BRNM766741 KP336693 KP336701 Ryoo et al., 2016
G. epiphyllus China HMJAU60990 ON259030 ON259038 This study
G. epiphyllus China HMJAU60991 ON259029 ON259039 This study
G. erythropus Czech Republic BRNM714784 JX536136 Antonín et al., 2013
G. erythropus USA JFA12910 DQ449998 Mata et al., 2006
G. foetidus USA TENN-F-69323 KY026739 KY026739 Petersen and Hughes, 2016
G. fusipes Austria TENN59300 AF505777 Mata et al., 2006
G. fusipes France TENN59217 AY256710 AY256710 Mata et al., 2004
G. graveolens France FF17084 MH422573 MH422572 Unpublished
G. hakaroa New Zealand PDD87315 KC248410 Cooper and Leonard, 2013
G. imbricatus New Zealand PDD95489 KC248390 Cooper and Leonard, 2013
G. impudicus USA BRNM714849 LT594119 LT594119 Ryoo et al., 2016
G. inusitatus Spain SCMB-4058 JN247553 JN247557 Antonín et al., 2013
G. iocephalus USA TENN52970 DQ449984 KY019630 Mata et al., 2006
G. montagnei Brazil URM87715 KT222652 Coimbra et al., 2015
G. pallipes China GDGM81513 MW582856 Li et al., 2021b
G. polyphyllus USA TENN59455 AY256695 Ryoo et al., 2016
G. pygmaeus Brazil URM90003 KX869966 KY088273 Crous et al., 2016
G. salakensis Indonesia SFSUAWW29 AY263447 Wilson et al., 2004
G. similis China GDGM78308 MT023352 MT017530 Li et al., 2021a
G. similis Republic of Korea BRNM766739 KP336692 KP336699 Ryoo et al., 2016
G. subdensilamellatus China HMJAU60997 ON259032 ON259042 This study
G. subdensilamellatus China HMJAU60998 ON259033 ON259041 This study
G. subpolyphyllus China HMJAU60999 ON259028 ON259043 This study
G. subpolyphyllus China HMJAU61006 ON259027 ON259044 This study
G. talisiae Brazil URM87730 KT222655 KX958401 Coimbra et al., 2015
G. trabzonensis Turkey KATO Fungi 3375 KT271754 Vizzini et al., 2015
G. variicolor Republic of Korea BRNM714959 LT594121 KP348011 Ryoo et al., 2016
Mycetinis alliaceus Russia TENN-F-55630 KY696784 KY696752 Petersen and Hughes, 2017
M. opacus USA TENN-F-59451 KY696755 Petersen and Hughes, 2017
Paragymnopus foliiphilus USA TENN-F-68183 KY026705 KY026705 Petersen and Hughes, 2016
P. perforans Sweden TENN-F-50319 KY026625 KY026625 Petersen and Hughes, 2016
P. pinophilus USA TENN-F-69207 KY026725 KY026725 Petersen and Hughes, 2016
Rhodocollybia butyracea Sweden TENN53580 AY313293 Mata et al., 2006
R. maculata Dominican Republic TFB11720 KT205402 Mata et al., 2016
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Data analysis

Based on the BLAST results and morphological similarities, the sequences obtained and related to these samples were collected and are listed in Table 1. A dataset of ITS and nLSU resigns comprised sequences from this study, with 45 representative sequences showing the highest similarity to Gymnopus spp. This dataset included all Gymnopus s. str. sections (sect. Androcacei, sect. Levipedes, sect. Impudicae, and sect. Gymnopus) to explore further the relationships of the newly sequenced Chinese specimens within the genus Gymnopus. Moreover, species from allied genera Rhodocollybia Singer and Paragymnopus J.S. Oliveira were also employed in our phylogenetic analysis. Mycetinis alliaceus (Jacq.) Earle ex A.W. Wilson and Desjardin and Mycetinis opacus (Berk. and M.A. Curtis) A.W. Wilson & Desjardin were selected as outgroups (Petersen and Hughes, 2016).

Of the dataset, each gene region was aligned using Clustal X (Thonpson, 1997), or MAFFT 7.490 (Katoh and Standley, 2013), and then manually adjusted in BioEdit 7.0.5.3 (Hall, 1999). The datasets first were aligned, and then the ITS and nLSU sequences were combined with Phylosuite v1.2.2 (Zhang et al., 2020). The best-fit evolutionary model was estimated using Modelfinder (Kalyaanamoorthy et al., 2017). Bayesian inference (BI) algorithms were used following the models to perform the phylogenetic analysis. BI was calculated with MrBayes 3.2.6 with a general time-reversible DNA substitution model and a gamma distribution rate variation across the sites (Ronquist and Huelsenbeck, 2003). Four Markov chains were run for two runs from random starting trees for two million generations until the split deviation frequency value was <0.01; the trees were sampled every 100 generations. The first 25% of the sampled trees were discarded as burn-in, while all remaining trees were used to construct a 50% majority consensus tree and calculate the Bayesian posterior probabilities (BPPS). RaxmlGUI 2.0.6 (Edler et al., 2021) was used for maximum likelihood (ML) analysis along with 1,000 bootstraps (BS) replicates using the GTRGAMMA algorithm to perform a tree inference and search for the optimal topology (Vizzini et al., 2015). Then FigTree v1.3.1 was used to visualize the resulting trees.

Results

Phylogenetic analysis

In the combined dataset, 65 sequences derived from two gene loci (ITS and nLSU) from 41 samples were used to build phylogenetic trees; 20 were newly generated with 10 ITS sequences and 10 nLSU sequences. Modelfinder selected the best fit model for the combined dataset, and the best fit model for BI is HKY+I+G+F. The phylogenetic construction performed via ML and BI analysis for the two combined datasets showed a similar topology.

After trimming, the combined ITS and nLSU dataset represented 39 taxa and 2,407 characters. The Bayesian analysis was run for two million generations and resulted in an average standard deviation of split frequencies of 0.006186. The same dataset and alignment were analyzed using the ML method. Four clades were revealed corresponding to Gymnopus, Rhodocollybia, Mycetines, and Paragymnopus (Figure 1). Nine sampled specimens formed four new species and were clustered in a clade comprising the species of the Gymnopus sect. Impudicae. At the same time, one sampled specimen—clustered with G. densilamellatus with solid support—was confirmed as a new record for Henan, Jiangxi, and Gansu Province, China.

Figure 1.

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Maximum likelihood phylogenetic tree generated from the ITS and nLSU dataset for the studied Gymnopus species and related genera. Two sequences of Mycetinis species are selected as outgroups. Bootstrap values (BS) ≥ 70% from ML analysis and Bayesian posterior probabilities (BPPS) ≥ 0.70 are shown on the branches. Newly sequenced collections are indicated in bold.

The phylogeny inferred from ITS and nLSU sequence revealed Gymnopus s. str. as a monophyletic genus divided into four clades: sect. Androcacei clade, sect. Levipedes clade, sect. Impudicae clade, and sect. Gymnopus clade (Figure 1). The sect. Impudicae clade was subsequently divided into four clades. Four new species described in this study and G. densilamellatus were gathered into clade 5 with high support.

Taxonomy

Gymnopus epiphyllus J.J. Hu, B. Zhang & Y. Li sp. nov.

Figure 2.

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Fresh basidiomata of Gymnopus species. (A,B) Gymnopus epiphyllus; (C–E) Gymnopus cystidiosus; (F–H) Gymnopus subdensilamellatus; (I,J) Gymnopus subpolyphyllus; (K–N) Gymnopus densilamellatus. Scale bars: 1 cm (A–N).

Figure 3.

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Morphological characteristics of Gymnopus epiphyllus (HMJAU 60990, holotype). (A) Basidiomata; (B) Pileipellis elements; (C) Basidospores; (D) Caulocysidia; (E) Basidia; (F) Cheilocystidia; Scale bars: 1 cm (A); 10 μm (B); 5 μm (C,E,F); 20 μm (D).

Etymology: The epithet “epiphyllus” means “on leaves,” referring to the species that grows on the decayed leaves in broad-leaved forests.

Diagnosis: This species can be distinguished by its small-sized basidiomata, tomentose pileus with an umbo at disk, smaller basidiospores, and cylindrical terminal elements of pileipellis.

Type. China. Jilin Province, Tonghua City, Ji'an County, Wunvfeng National Forest Park, 13 July 2020, Jia-Jun Hu and Yong-Lan Tuo, HMJAU 60990 (collection no. Hu 556).

Basidiomata small-sized, gregarious. Pileus convex to planate, 1.2–2.2 cm wide, tomentose, nearly white to light brown, with an umbo at disk and light brown to brown; margin nearly white to light brown, entire, involute, covered with dense tomentum. Context thin, fresh, with a strong smell reminding of rotten cabbage or onion. Stipe central, cylindrical, slightly expanded at base, 2.0–3.2 cm long and 0.2–0.3 cm wide, white, covered with pubescence entirely and tomentum at the base, hollow, fibrous. Lamellae adnexed to subfree, light brown, close, unequal.

Basidiospores oblong ellipsoid to cylindrical, 6.0–8.0 × 3.0–3.8(4.0) μm, as the Q = (1.72)1.88–2.30(2.32), Qm = 2.04 ± 0.15, smooth, hyaline, inamyloid, thin-walled. Basidia clavate, (13)17–31(32) × 4–6(7) μm, two or four spored, thin-walled, hyaline. Cheilocystidia irregularly clavate, with a mucro becoming elongated filiform with age, or with a projection at apex, 15–32(37) × 3–5 μm, thin-walled, hyaline. Caulocystidia numerous, clavate or irregularly clavate to branched, 40–65(75) × (3)4–6 μm, thin-walled, hyaline. Pileipellis a cuits; hyphal elements branched, hyaline, (3)5–12(13) μm wide; clamp connections abundant.

Habitat. Saprophytic on fallen leaves in broad-leaved forests.

Other specimens examined. China. Jilin Province, Tonghua City, Ji'an County, Wunvfeng National Forest Park, 13 July 2020, Jia-Jun Hu and Yong-Lan Tuo, HNJAU 60991 (collection no. Hu 560).

Note. Gymnopus epiphyllus is characterized by small-sized basidomata with a yellowish-brown umbo and tomentose pileus, light khaki lamellae, white and tomentose stipe, and small basidiospores. Morphologically, G. epiphyllus is similar to Gymnopus atlanticus V. Coimbra, Pinheiro, Wartchow and Gibertoni with pale brown pileus and light khaki lamellae. However, G. epiphyllus differs from G. atlanticus in a tomentose pileus with a brown umbo at disk, nearly white and tomentose stipe, not pyriform, lageniform to somewhat sphaeropedunculate, versiform, or moniliform rostrum terminal elements of pileipellis (Coimbra et al., 2015), and smaller basidiospores.

Gymnopus cystidiosus J.J. Hu, B. Zhang & Y. Li sp. nov.

  • Figures 2C–E, 4

  • MycoBank: MB 843738

  • Etymology: The epithet “cystidiosus” refers to the species having pleurocystidia.

  • Diagnosis: This species can be distinguished from other species by its small basidiomata, glabrous pileus with a dark brown umbo, close and white lamellae, presence of pleurocystidia, and smaller basidiospores.

  • Type. China. Jilin Province, Tonghua City, Ji'an County, Wunvfeng National Forest Park, 21 July 2020, Jia-Jun Hu and Yong-Lan Tuo, HMJAU 60992 (collection no. Hu 577).

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Morphological characteristics of Gymnopus cystidiosus (HMJAU 60992, holotype). (A) Basidiomata; (B) Pileipellis elements; (C) Basidospores; (D) Caulocystidia; (E) Pleurocystidia; (F) Basidia; (G) Cheilocystidia; Scale bars: 1 cm (A); 10 μm (B,E); 20 μm (D); 5 μm (C,F,G).

Basidiomata small-sized, solitary to gregarious. Pileus convex to applanate, or reflex, 1.8–3.6 cm wide, glabrous, hygrophanous, brown to dark brown at the disc, yellow to light brown outwards; margin nearly white to light yellow then becoming light brown, straight at first then becoming reflex. Context thin, fresh, with a strong smell reminding of rotten cabbage or onion. Stipe central, cylindrical, tapering downwards sometimes, 2.4–4.5 cm long and 0.2–0.4 cm wide, yellow or fresh-colored to pink-fresh, covered with pubescence entirely, tomentose at the base, hollow, fibrous. Lamellae adnexed to free, white, becoming dark brown when old, close, unequal.

Basidiospores ellipsoid to oblong ellipsoid, (5.1)5.2–6.4(7.0) × (2.8)3.0–4.0 μm, as the Q = (1.50)1.55–2.00(2.14), Qm = 1.79 ± 0.16, smooth, hyaline, inamyloid, thin-walled. Basidia clavate, 18–28 × 3–7 μm, usually 2-spored, occasionally 4-spored, thin-walled, hyaline. Cheilocystidia irregularly clavate, with a mucro that becomes elongated filiform with age, or projections like at apex, (15)19–32(34) × 3–5 μm, thin-walled, hyaline. Pleurocystidia scattered, pyriform to broadly fusoid-ventricose, 20–32 × (5)8–12(13) μm, thin-walled, hyaline. Caulocystidia clavate to branched, (15)27–50 × 3–5 μm, thin-walled, hyaline. Pileipellis a cuits, branched, hyaline, 7–15 μm wide; clamp connections abundant.

Habitat. Saprophytic on fallen leaves in broad-leaved forests.

Other specimens examined. China. Jilin Province, Tonghua City, Ji'an County, Wunvfeng National Forest Park, 21 July 2020, Jia-Jun Hu and Yong-Lan Tuo, HMJAU 60993 (collection no. Hu 578); Tonghua City, Ji'an County, Wunvfeng National Forest Park, 21 July 2020, Jia-Jun Hu and Yong-Lan Tuo, HMJAU 60994 (collection no. Hu 579); Tonghua City, Ji'an County, Wunvfeng National Forest Park, 21 July 2020, Jia-Jun Hu and Yong-Lan Tuo, HMJAU 60995 (collection no. Hu 581); Tonghua City, Ji'an County, Wunvfeng National Forest Park, 5 August 2020, Jia-Jun Hu and Yong-Lan Tuo, HMJAU 60996 (collection no. Hu 644).

Note. Gymnopus cystidiosus is characterized by its small basidiomata, glabrous pileus with a dark brown umbo, dark brown spots when old, crowded, and nearly white lamellae, fresh to pink and glabrous stipe, presence of pleurocystidia, and smaller basidiospores. Gymnopus cystidiosus is closely related to G. epiphyllus in morphology and phylogeny because of the pileus with an umbo. However, G. cystidiosus differs from G. epiphyllus by its glabrous pileus with brown spots when old, white and crowded lamellae, glabrous and fresh to pink stipe, presence of pleurocystidia, projection cheilocystidia, and smaller basidiospores.

Gymnopus subdensilamellatus J.J. Hu, Y.L. Tuo, B. Zhang & Y. Li sp. nov.

  • Figures 2F–H, 5

  • MycoBank: MB 843743

  • Etymology: sub = near; the epithet “subdensilamellatus” refers to this species closely related to G. densilamelatus.

  • Diagnosis: This species is differentiated from others by its brown, and none spotted pileus, crowded lamellae, striate stipe, and small basidiospores and Qm.

  • Type. China. Jilin Province, Tonghua City, Ji'an County, Wunvfeng National Forest Park, 4 September 2020, Yong-Lan Tuo, HMJAU 60997 (collection no. Hu 675).

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Morphological characteristics of Gymnopus subdensilamellatus (HMJAU 60997, holotype). (A) Basiaiomata; (B) Pileipellis elements; (C) Basidospores; (D) Caulocystidia; (E) Basidia; (F) Cheilocystidia; Scale bars: 1 cm (A); 10 μm (B); 20 μm (D); 5 μm (C,E,F).

Basidiomata small- to medium-sized, gregarious. Pileus convex to applanate, 2.5–5.0 cm wide, glabrous, dark brown and slightly depressed at the center, pale colored outwards at first, yellow to brown, dark brown when mature; margin nearly white to light yellow, entire, involute, wavy sometimes. Context thin, fresh, with a strong smell reminding of rotten cabbage or onion. Stipe central, cylindrical to clavate, 5.0–7.2 cm long and 0.2–0.7 cm wide, nearly white to dirty white, almost white to light reddish brown at apex, pruinose, covered with white tomentose at the base, with longitudinal striate, hollow, fibrous. Lamellae adnexed to subfree, white, extremely close, unequal.

Basidiospores oblong ellipsoid to cylindrical, 6.0–7.2(7.4) × 3.0–3.8(4.0) μm, as the Q = (1.75)1.82–2.07(2.19), Qm = 1.95 ± 0.10, smooth, hyaline, inamyloid, thin-walled. Basidia clavate, (16)17–28(30) × 4–6 μm, two to four spored, thin-walled, hyaline. Cheilocystidia irregularly clavate, with a mucro that becomes elongated filiform with age, or with projections sometimes, 20–28(30) × 4–7 μm, thin-walled, hyaline. Caulocystidia numerous, irregularly clavate, branched, (12)15–50 × 4–10(11) μm, thin-walled, hyaline. Pileipellis a cuits, branched, brown, 6–7(13) μm wide; clamp connections abundant.

Habitat. Saprophytic on fallen leaves in coniferous forest.

Other specimen examined. China. Jilin Province, Tonghua City, Ji'an County, Wunvfeng National Forest Park, 4 August 2020, Yong-Lan Tuo, HMJAU 60998 (collection no. Hu 667).

Note. Gymnopus subdensilamellatus is characterized by its unchangeable brown pileus with white to light brown margin, crowded lamellae, white stipe with light reddish brown at apex, and smaller Qm. Gymnopus subdensilamellatus differs from G. densilamellatus by its unchangeable brown pileus (G. densilamellatus have a brown then white pileus with an ochraceous brownish center; Ryoo et al., 2016), an irregularly clavate caulocystidia, and a mucro to projections cheilocystidia.

Gymnopus subpolyphyllus J.J. Hu, B. Zhang & Y. Li sp. nov.

  • Figures 2I, J, 6

  • MycoBank: MB 843744

  • Etymology: sub = near; the epithet “subpolyphyllus” refers to this species closely related to G. polyphyllus.

  • Diagnosis: This species can be distinguished from other species by its small basidiomata, pileus with an umbo, tomentose margin and stipe, branched or projected cheilocystidia, branched and long caulocystidia, and small basidiospores.

  • Type. China. Jilin Province, Tonghua City, Ji'an County, Wunvfeng National Forest Park, 13 July 2020, Jia-Jun Hu and Yong-Lan Tuo, HMJAU 60999 (collection no. Hu 561).

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Morphological characteristics of Gymnopus subpolyphyllus (HMJAU 60999, holotype). (A) Basidiomata; (B) Pileipellis elements; (C) Basidospores; (D) Caulocystidia; (E) Basidia; (F) Cheilocystidia; Scale bars: 1 cm (A); 10 μm (B); 5 μm (C,E,F); 20 μm (D).

Basidiomata small-sized, gregarious. Pileus plano-hemispherical to convex, 1.4–2.3 cm wide, glabrous, with an umbo sometimes, hygrophanous and pinkish brown when young, then brown to fresh-pink at the disc, pale colored outwards; margin pinkish brown when young, then nearly white to light yellow, involute at first, then becoming straight, reflex sometimes, tomentum. Context thin, fresh, with a strong smell reminding of rotten cabbage or onion. Stipe central, cylindrical, 2.2–3.0 cm long and 0.2–0.3 cm wide, pinkish brown when young, then pale reddish brown, glabrous at the upper part at first, then entirely tomentose, hollow, fibrous. Lamellae adnexed, cream, close, unequal.

Basidiospores ellipsoid to cylindrical, (5.1)5.2–7.0 × (2.9)3.0–4.0 μm, as the Q = (1.48)1.58–2.19(2.33), Qm = 1.84 ± 0.20, smooth, hyaline, inamyloid, thin-walled. Basidia clavate, 17–27 × 4–6 μm, two or four spored, thin-walled, hyaline. Cheilocystidia irregularly clavate, with a mucro that becomes elongated filiform with age, or with projections sometimes, 18–29(30) × 3–6(7) μm, thin-walled, hyaline. Caulocystidia abundant, long clavate, branched, 40–90(100) × 3–6 μm, thin-walled, hyaline. Pileipellis a cuits; hyphal elements branched, hyaline to light yellow, (5)6–10(11) μm wide; clamp connections abundant.

Habitat. Saprophytic on fallen leaves in broad-leaved forests.

Other specimens examined. China. Jilin Province, Tonghua City, Ji'an County, Wunvfeng National Forest Park, 17 July 2020, Jia-Jun Hu and Yong-Lan Tuo, HMJAU 61016 (collection no. Hu 566); Tonghua City, Ji'an County, Wunvfeng National Forest Park, 17 July 2020, Jia-Jun Hu and Yong-Lan Tuo, HMJAU 61000 (collection no. Hu 572).

Note. Gymnopus subpolyphyllus is characterized by its small basidiomata, glabrous pileus with a light brown umbo occasionally, tomentose margin and stipe, cheilocystidia branched or projection at apex, abundant, branched and long caulocystidia, and small basidiospores. Gymnopus subpolyphyllus is closely related to G. polyphyllus due to its similar appearance. However, G. subpolyphyllus differs from G. polyphyllus by its glabrous pileus, cream lamellae, tomentose stipe, different shape of cheilocystidia, and slightly wider basidiospores (Halling, 1983).

Gymnopus densilamellatus Antonín, Ryoo & Ka

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Morphological characteristics of Gymnopus densilamellatus (HMJAU 61015). (A) Basidiomata; (B) Pileipellis elements; (C) Basidospores; (D) Caulocystidia; (E) Basidia; (F) Cheilocystidia; Scale bars: 2 cm (A); 10 μm (B); 5 μm (C,E,F); 20 μm (D).

Basidiomata medium- to large-sized, usually gregarious. Pileus hemispherical or plano-hemispherical when young, then becoming convex, applanate when mature, 2.0–7.3 cm wide, usually brown, or white sometimes when young, then paler, fading to light brown or yellowish-brown at the center, whitish outwards, becoming white with a light brown center when mature, glabrous, hygrophanous; margin entire, inflexed then straight, white, or brown at first then fading to white when mature. Context thin, white, fresh, with a strong smell reminding of rotten cabbage or onion. Stipe central, cylindrical, 2.2–10.3 cm long and 0.2–0.3 cm wide, usually white, with brown tone sometimes, glabrous, tomentose sometimes, hollow, fibrous. Lamellae free, white to yellowish-white, brown when old, close to crowded, unequal.

Basidiospores oblong ellipsoid to cylindrical, (5.2)5.6–8.0 × 2.8–4.0 μm, as the Q = (1.78)1.80–2.35(2.67), Qm = 2.11 ± 0.23, smooth, hyaline, inamyloid, thin-walled. Basidia clavate, (17)20–25 × 4–6 μm, two or four spored, thin-walled, hyaline. Cheilocystidia irregularly clavate, with projections, 17–23 × 3–6 μm, thin-walled, hyaline. Caulocystidia abundant, long clavate, branched, 30–170 × 3–8 μm, thin-walled, hyaline. Pileipellis a cuits; hyphal elements branched, hyaline to brown, (6)7–13(15) μm wide; clamp connections abundant.

Habitat. Saprophytic on fallen leaves in coniferous and broad-leaved mixed forest.

Specimens examined. China. Jilin province, Baishan City, Fusong County, Yongqing Forest Farm, 7 July 2018, Jia-Jun Hu and Ao Ma, HMJAU 61002 (collection no. Hu 31); Baishan City, Fusong County, Beigang Town, 22 August 2021, Jia-Jun Hu, Gui-Ping Zhao, and Bo Zhang, HMJAU 61003 (collection no. Hu 881); Changchun City, Jingyuetan National Forest Park, 15 July 2018, Jia-Jun Hu, HMJAU 61004 (collection no. Hu 49), HMJAU 61005 (collection no. Hu 50); 31 August 2018, Jia-Jun Hu, HMJAU 61006 (collection no. Hu 72); Jilin City, Jiaohe county, Lafa mountain National Forest Park, 9 September 2018, Jia-Jun Hu and Bo Zhang, HMJAU 61007 (collection no. Hu 102); 19 August 2021, Jia-Jun Hu and Bo Zhang, HMJAU 61008 (collection no. Hu 866); Jilin City, Jiaohe county, Zhuque mountain National Forest Park, 18 August 2021, Jia-Jun Hu and Bo Zhang, HMJAU 61009 (collection no. Hu 841), HMJAU 61010 (collection no. Hu 845); Tonghua City, Ji'an County, Wunvfeng National Forest Park, 21 August 2021, Yong-Lan Tuo, HMJAU 61011 (collection no. Hu 361), HMJAU 61012 (collection no. Hu 363); Jiangxi Province, Ji'an City, Jinggangshan County, Jinggang Mountain, 19 July 2019, Bo Zhang, HMJAU 61013 (collection no. Hu 211); Gansu Province, Zhangye City, Xishui Nature Reserve Station, 14 August 2019, Jia-Jun Hu, Wang Yang, and Zhi-Hui Luo, HMJAU 61014 (collection no. Hu 258); Henan Province, Zhumadian City, Biyang County, Baiyun Mountain, 10 July 2021, Jia-Jun Hu, Gui-Ping Zhao, and Bo Zhang, HMJAU 61015 (collection no. Hu 772).

Note. Gymnopus densilamellatus was initially described in South Korea; then Li et al. (2021a) first recorded it in China in 2021. More than five specimens of G. densilamellatus were collected from Henan, Jiangxi, and Gansu Province, China.

There are some differences between the specimens we collected and the original descriptions. According to the original description, the pileus is brown to reddish-brown at first, then becoming paler, brownish orange to brown at the center and whitish outwards, later whitish, with an ochraceous brownish center when mature (Ryoo et al., 2016). While during our investigation, some white basidiomata specimens from young to mature were found, and the morphological characters were carefully examined.

Key to the reported species of Gymnopus sect. Impudicae

  • 1 Basidiomata typically collybioid or marasmioid............................ 2

  • 1 Basidiomata not typically collybioid or marasmioid .........................

  • ...................................................................... G. montagnei

  • 2 Cheilocystidia absence .................................................. 3

  • 2 Cheilocystidia presence ................................................. 5

  • 3 Caulocystidia presence .................................................. 4

  • 3 Caulocystidia absence ................................................. G. imbracatus

  • 4 Pileus and stipe are concolor, uniform color of stipe

  • ...................................................................... G. ceraceicola

  • 4 Pileus and stipe heterochromatic, light color at the base of stipe ............ G. hakaroa

  • 5 Pileus sulcate, lamellae adnexed to adnate, light yellow to brow ............. 6

  • 5 Pileus without sulcate or with inconspicuous sulcate ...................... 10

  • 6 Pileipellis Rameales structues........................................... G. atlanticus

  • 6 Pileipellis a cuits........................................................7

  • 7 Basidiomata are light colored—yellow to yellowish brown.................. 8

  • 7 Basidiomata are dark colored—reddish brown to dark brown

  • ....................................................................... 9

  • 8 Basidiomata grows on fallen leaves or ground ............................ G. talisiae

  • 8 Basidiomata grows on rotten wood ...................................... G. pygmaeus

  • 9 Basidiospores shorter than 7.5 μm G. brassicolens

  • 9 Basidiospores longer than 7.5 μm G. dysodes

  • 10 Lamellae moderately distant, cheilocystidia projection(s) at apex, and branched pileipellis elements .................................................... 11

  • 10 Lamellae closed to crowded, cheilocystidia clavate or projection(s) at apex ..12

  • 11 Lamellae yellow to brown .............................................. G. similis

  • 11 Lamellae brownish orange, sometimes with a light violaceous tinge......... G. variicolor

  • 12 Basidiomata small-sized, with a striped pileus ............................ 13

  • 12 Basidiomata usually medium- to large-sized, with a glabrous pileus......... 15

  • 13 Stipe mostly lilac or pinkish tinged with a dark colored base

  • ...................................................................... G. impudicus

  • 13 Stipe reddish brown.................................................... 14

  • 14 Basidiomata marasmioid ............................................... G. foetidus

  • 14 Basidiomata collybioid................................................. G. trabzonensis

  • 15 Pleurocystidia present.................................................. G. cystidiatus

  • 15 Pleurocystidia absent .................................................. 16

  • 16 Pileus covered with tomentose .......................................... 17

  • 16 Pileus glabrous ....................................................... 18

  • 17 Pileipellis hyaline in 3% KOH, basidiospores longer than 7 μm G. epiphyllus

  • 17 Pileipellis light yellow in 3% KOH, basidiospores shorter than 7 μm G. subpolyphyllus

  • 10 Color of pileus unchangeable, branched, or a mucro to projections cheilocystidia, basidiospores shorter than 7.2 μm

  • ...................................................................... G. subdensilamellatus

  • 18 Color of pileus in most species changeable from brown to nearly white, irregularly clavate, or finger-like cheilocystidia, basidiospores longer than 7.2 μm G. densilamellatus

Discussion

This study describes four new species belonging to Gymnopus from Northeast China. They are well-supported by molecular phylogenetic and morphological evidence. Our newly recognized and delimited species are occurring in broad-leaved or coniferous forests.

The phylogenetic studies on sect. Impudicae were started in recent 20 years and with poor focus. Wilson and Desjardin (2005) and Mata et al. (2006) indicated that subsect. Impudicae should be an independent section, not a subsection of sect. Vestipedes, although they shared a tomentose stipe and pileipellis as a simple cutis (Antonín and Noordeloos, 1993, 1997). Later, Antonín and Noordeloos (2010) revised the limits of this group and raised it to a sectional rank. Coimbra et al. (2015) studied on sect. Impudicae from Northern Brazil, based on ITS sequence, concluded that the species of sect. Impudicae were mainly divided into two subclades—subclade impudici and subclade foetidi. The diagnostic features of the section proposed by Antonín and Noordeloos (2010) do not reflect all the morphological variability of members of the sect. Impudicae.

Our combined phylogenetic result differs from Coimbra et al. (2015), while similar to Li et al. (2021a). In our phylogenetic analysis, sect. Impudicae consisted of four significant subclades: clade 2, clade 3, clade 4, and clade 5. Clade 2 includes five species—Gymnopus atlanticus V. Coimbra, Pinheiro, Wartchow and Gibertoni, Gymnopus brassicolens (Romagn.) Antonín and Noordel., Gymnopus dysodes (Halling) Halling, Gymnopus pygmaeus V. Coimbra, E. Larss., Wartchow and Gibertoni, and Gymnopus talisiae V. Coimbra, Pinheiro, Wartchow and Gibertoni—are characterized by pileus sulcate, lamellae adnexed to adnate, light yellow to brown. Clade 3 consists of Gymnopus graveolens (Pers.) Gray, Gymnopus iocephalus (Berk. and M.A. Curtis) Halling, Gymnopus similis Antonín, Ryoo and Ka, Gymnopus salakensis A.W. Wilson, Desjardin and E. Horak, and Gymnopus variicolor Antonín, Ryoo, Ka and Tomšovský. Clade 3 is characterized by the moderately distant lamellae, cheilocystidia projection(s) at the apex, and branched pileipellis elements. Gymnopus barbipes R.H. Petersen and K.W. Hughes, Gymnopus foetidus (Sowerby) J.L. Mata and R.H. Petersen, Gymnopus impudicus (Fr.) Antonín, Halling and Noordel., and Gymnopus trabzonensis Vizzini, Antonín, Sesli and Contu clustered into one branch, forming clade 4. Clade 4 is characterized by small-sized basidiomata with brown tones and striate pileus, clavate cheilocystidia, and sometimes rostrate or projection(s) at apex, 4-spored basidia. Gymnopus densilamellatus, G. polyphyllus, and our four new species form clade 5. All the species included in clade 5 are featured by the yellow to brown pileus disk, close to crowded lamellae, basidiospores 5–8 μm long, cheilocystidia with projection(s) at apex, and branched pileipellis elements.

However, two species—Gymnopus alliifoetidissimus T.H. Li and J.P. Li and Gymnopus montagnei (Berk.) Redhead form two independent clades respectively. These two species with strong smell were not morphologically typical species of sect. Impudicae. Besides, G. montagnei lacks lamellae. In addition, Gymnopus ceraceicola J.A. Cooper and P. Leonard, Gymnopus hakaroa J.A. Cooper and P. Leonard, and Gymnopus imbricatus J.A. Cooper and P. Leonard, described in New Zealand (clade 1), initially considered as the members of the sect. Impudicae, formed an independent clade close to the sect. Androsacei, sect. Gymnopus, and sect. Levipedes, far away from sect. Impudicae, which was different from Li et al. (2021a). The key features of these three species are small-sized and marasmioid basidiomata, growing on rotten wood, lacking of cheilocystidia and pleurocystidia, and presence of gelatinized pileipellis; in contrast, the species of sect. Impudicae are usually collybioid, presence of cheilocystidia. Furthermore, this section includes some species without distinct smell—G. atlanticus, Gymnopus barbipes, and G. salakensis. Thus, the morphological limits of sect. Impudicae needs to be reevaluated, and relationships within this section or among genus Gymnopus need to be further clarified.

Data availability statement

The datasets presented in this study can be found in online repositories. The names of the repository/repositories and accession number(s) can be found in the article/supplementary material.

Author contributions

YL and BZ: conceptualization and supervision. YL, BZ, L-RS, and J-JH: experimental design and methodology. J-JH and G-PZ: performance of practical work. J-JH, Y-LT, and LY: statistical analyzes. J-JH and BZ: validation. J-JH: writing—original draft preparation. BZ: writing—review and editing, project administration, and funding acquisition. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.

Funding

This study is funded by the Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 31970020 and 31860582), National Key R & D of the Ministry of Science and Technology (2019YFD1001905-33), Research on the Creation of Excellent Edible Mushroom Resources and High Quality & Efficient Ecological Cultivation Technology in Jiangxi Province (20212BBF61002), Modern Agricultural Scientific Research Collaborative Innovation Special Project (JXXTCXBSJJ202212), and 111 program (No. D17014).

Conflict of interest

The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

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Acknowledgments

The authors would like to give great thanks to Mr. Zhi-Hui Luo from Hexi University, Gansu Province for the help during specimen collection in Gansu Province.

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