Kahvena Tedersoo, 2024

Tedersoo, Leho, Magurno, Franco, Alkahtani, Saad & Mikryukov, Vladimir, 2024, Phylogenetic classification of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi: new species and higher-ranking taxa in Glomeromycota and Mucoromycota (class Endogonomycetes), MycoKeys 107, pp. 249-271 : 249-271

Kahvena Tedersoo gen. nov.

Type species.

Kahvena rebeccae Tedersoo.

Description.

Covers the monophyletic group in Kahvenaceae (Fig. 2 ). Phylogenetically delimited as the least inclusive clade covering sequence accessions EUK 1634339 and EUK 1630771 (Suppl. material 3).

Notes.

Recognised based on eDNA sequences only. Based on ITS sequences, Kahvena is comprised of two species; the other represented by sequences EUK 1630771 (GSMc plot G 4185, Picea - Pinus forest soil in Ristipalo, Estonia, 58.10241 ° N, 27.47874 ° E) and ON 963629 ( Pinus sylvestris forest soil, Lithuania).

Figures

Figure 2. Phylogenetic position of genera and genus-level groups of Endogonomycetes based on Maximum Likelihood analysis of SSU- 5.8 S-LSU sequences. The clades are collapsed, with the number of sequences included in parentheses. Question marks above branches indicate low ultra-rapid bootstrap support (< 95). Orders are highlighted in different colours. The uncollapsed phylogram is given in Suppl. material 3.