Nicolas Van Vooren

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Based on both molecular data obtained from databases and from new studies of type collections of species of Peziza described by Donadini and morphological characters, taxonomical changes are proposed. Some names are given based on lineages of the Pezizaceae previously assigned to Peziza. A new multigene phylogeny (LSu, RPB2, β-tubulin) is provided....

Ce livre est le premier manuel en français spécifiquement et entièrement dédié à l’étude des Ascomycètes appartenant principalement aux Pézizales, Hélotiales et Orbiliales, explorant tous les aspects de l’étude de ces champignons (traits de vie, morphologie, microscopie, étude génétique, etc.)

This fourth part of the exploration of Trichophaea-like discomycetes is focused on the genus Tri-chophaea s. str., especially the globose-spored species (i.e. T. brunnea and allies), and on the dark-coloured species of Anthracobia. A new species is proposed in the genus Trichophaea, T. ellipsoideospora, a lookalike of T. brunnea, also growing on bu...

The species of Malvipezia are presented in detail and illustrated based on recent European collections, including M. howsei, M. emileia, M. lividula, M. pauli, as well as three new species: M. pseudohowsei and M. similis, morphologically close to M. howsei, showing the difficulty to determine the latter, and M. violeopallens, a circumboreo-alpine s...

Iodomarcelleina obscura gen. nov., sp. nov. is described from Malta. This species is morphologically close to Marcelleina Brumm., Korf & Rifai but differs from species of this genus in the size and ornamentation of its ascospores and its amyloid asci, a taxonomic character lacking in species of Marcelleina. Ecologically I. obscura gen. nov., sp. no...

With the simultaneous growth in interest from the mycological community to discover fungal species and classify them, there is also an important need to assemble all taxonomic information onto common platforms. Fungal classification is facing a rapidly evolving landscape and organizing genera into an appropriate taxonomic hierarchy is central to be...

Fungi are one of the most diverse groups of organisms with an estimated number of species in the range of 2–3 million. The higher-level ranking of fungi has been discussed in the framework of molecular phylogenetics since Hibbett et al., and the definition and the higher ranks (e.g., phyla) of the ‘true fungi’ have been revised in several subsequen...

Presentation and illustration of a new species of the genus Paragalactinia, P. pseudomichelii, collected in Canada and the USA, based on morphological and molecular characters. An updated key to the genus Paragalactinia is also provided

Riassunto: Spaniodiscus fuckelii viene segnalato in Italia sulla base di cinque raccolte effettuate in tre diffe-renti comuni del Piemonte, nonché una effettuata nel Passo dello Stelvio, lato Trentino-Alto Adige. Viene fornita una descrizione delle caratteristiche macro-e microscopiche, della sua ecologia, corredata da foto a colori di esemplari fr...

A new Scutellinia species, Scutellinia albopilosa, is described and illustrated based on multiple collections from the same location in Germany. It is mostly characterised by its hyaline to light-brown hairs. The morphological features are compared with the most closely related species, especially Scutellinia hyalohirsuta. A phylogenetic analysis s...

During just over three weeks of fieldwork spanning over three years, carried out in Saül, French Guiana, as part of a multi-disciplinary fungal inventory, we revealed a very high level of diversity in the Hypoxylon genus. This diversity resulted mainly from the large number of previously unpublished species we encountered, and has significantly enr...

Description and illustration of the first Corsican collection of Pseudocoprotus catenipilus, a rare coprophilous discomycete

The name Octospora, applying to a genus of the Pezizales, is attributed to Johannes Hedwig. In modern taxonomy and in databases, the date of effective publication is the year 1789, based on the date printed in volume 2 of Hedwig's book, Descriptio et adumbratio microscopico-analytica muscorum frondoso-rum. New investigations showed this name was va...

Comparison of molecular data related to the type of Gyromitra microspora and a collection identified as G. melaleuca allows to synonymise these two names. The results of this comparison are presented through a simplified phylogeny, and the evocation of morphological features.

A new species of the genus Sowerbyella, called S. montana, discovered in spring in the French Alps, is described and illustrated. Its morphological characters, as well as its phylogenetic position, are discussed in detail, and an updated key to the genus Sowerbyella is also proposed.

Description, illustration, and new arrangement, in the genus Phaeopezia, of Peziza polarispinosa J. Moravec, an infrequent species, with a peculiar spore ornamentation

A new species of the genus Wilcoxina, called W. moynei, is described and illustrated based on collections from France and Spain. This species is compared to the other species, especially W. gregaria which shows the most affinities.

Five nomenclatural novelties, concerning new combinations, are proposed and justified. Gyromitra grandis is transferred to the genus Discina, Wynnella subalpina to the genus Midotis, Legaliana muscicola to the genus Galactinia, whilst Peziza phlebospora and P. danielii are combined in the genus Legaliana.

The Global Consortium for the Classification of Fungi and fungus-like taxa is an international initiative of more than 550 mycologists to develop an electronic structure for the classification of these organisms. The members of the Consortium originate from 55 countries/regions worldwide, from a wide range of disciplines, and include senior, mid-ca...

A collection of Psathyrella atomatoides from France is documented with macro and micro descriptions and images. Comments on its most prominent characters and comparisons with closest taxa are made.

Proposal of a new nomenclatural and taxonomic update of the Pezizomycetes species described and illustrated in the famous book Champignons de Suisse¸ volume 1, devoted to ascomycetes. More than 40 years after its publishing, this book remains a reference for many amateur mycologists

Tarzetta oblongispora is proposed as a new species collected in the Mediterranean basin (France, Italy and Spain). It is characterized by its distinct morphology and genetic profile. A discussion on its affinities with the other medium or small, non-stiped Tarzetta species is presented. An updated phylogeny of the genus, and new records for Austria...

The author presents a nomenclatural case study to fix the authorship of the name Sarcoscypha coccinea, through the history of some names taken from the ancient literature and the application of the nomenclature rules.

Description and illustration of some operculate discomycetes (Pezizomycetes) new to Corsica (France), collected and studied in fall 2022. The species presented are: Helvella phlebophora, H. platypodia, Tarzetta alnicola, Peziza rifaii and Lasiobolidium coprophilum.

Three nomenclatural novelties are proposed. The first one deals with Peziza tarembergensis, a urinophilous species, which occupies an isolated position within Pezizaceae; the new genus Urinopezia is proposed to accommodate it. The second one concerns the taxonomic placement of Sphaerosoma trispora inside the genus Delastria because of its molecular...

Humaria (Pyronemataceae, Ascomycota) is an ectomycorrhizal genus of fungi, mainly distributed in temperate forest. It is characterized by cupuliform to discoid apothecia that are covered with abundant hairs throughout the exterior of the brown ascomata, and by ellipsoid, hyaline, warty ascospores. There are 66 accepted species of which only one has...

Some taxonomic issues concerning some genera of Pezizales, as well as their nomenclatural implications , are discussed. The first issue concerns the status of Sphaerosporella, the second clarifies the taxo-nomic position of Trichophaea gregaria, and the third addresses the nomenclature of the Geopora lineage.

This note provides a list of non-lichenised ascomycetes considered as new for France. The taxa are presented as brief notes with indication of location, habitat, and some taxonomic data. This fourth series deals with the following species: Bryomyces velenovskyi, Bryostroma trichostomi, Lachnellula fuscosanguinea, Lepteutypa ulmicola, Nectria racovi...

Presentation and illustration of the Red List of endangered fungi of the French region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

The types of Tricharina groenlandica and T. ochroleuca are examined and documented. The species complex of T. hiemalis is discussed, and T. subhiemalis is proposed based on morphological and phylogenetic data. T. tophiseda which was currently only known from the type locality is also described and illustrated based on new collections. A new species...

The violet or purplish brown species of the genus Daleomyces are presented in detail and illustrated with recent European collections, including D. exogelatinosus, D. halophilus, D. petersii, as well as five new species: D. bicolor, D. briffae, D. brunneoviolaceus, D. brunnescens and D. stictisporus. The anamorphic species Peziza ligni is also comb...

Through two pezizalean collections made in Portugal and one in Corsica, the "Peziza succosa" complex is investigated here using molecular data (nrITS and nrLSU) and by reviewing the type specimen of Galactinia hypoleuca Boud. & Torrend. The aim of this paper is to redescribe G. hypoleuca and combine it into Paragalactinia based on the joined inform...

les espèces violettes du genre Paragalactinia, P. michelii et P. berthetiana, sont présentées en détail et illustrées à partir de nombreuses récoltes. Une phylogénie basée sur des séquences ITs centrée sur ce genre est également proposée et commentée. enfin, une clé des Paragalactinia connus en europe est four-nie. Mots-clés : Ascomycota, Pezizales...

This report gives the results of the mycological survey carried out in June 2021 in Auvergne (France), in the south of Cantal, and mainly centred on ascomycetes. The list of species observed and studied in each site is provided. Notes and illustrations are proposed for some of the most interesting species: Capronia pleiospora, Dendrostoma atlanticu...

The genus Parascutellinia is revised and amended, based on examinations of the type specimens from Humaria carneosanguinea, Lachnea violacea, Lachnea iuliana, Parascutellinia fuckelii, and Peziza arcte-spora. in addition, numerous collections of Parascutellinia carneosanguinea have been studied and sequen-ced. Phylogenetic analysis revealed that, c...

Two new tricharinoid species, Paratricharina confusa and Hellenicoscyphus hyalotrichus, are described and illustrated based on collections from Spain and Greece. The morphological features are compared with the most closely related species, especially Paratricharina poiraultii. A multigene analysis showing their taxonomic position is presented and...

The genus Morchella has gone through turbulent taxonomic treatments. Although significant progress in Morchella systematics has been achieved in the past decade, several problems remain unresolved and taxonomy in the genus is still in flux. In late 2019, a paper published in the open-access journal Scientific Reports raised serious concerns about t...

This is a point-by-point rebuttal of the paper entitled “High diversity of Morchella and a novel lineage of the esculenta clade from the north Qinling Mountains revealed by GCPSR-based study” by Phanpadith et al. (2019), published in the Open-Access journal Scientific Reports (2019, 9:19856). The present critique is published as supplementary to th...

New morphological and phylogenetic studies conducted on new Spanish collections of Trichophaea-like discomycetes allowed the description and illustration of three new species of Perilachnea: P. fallax, very close to P. flavobrunnea, distinguished by its ascospore characters, P. humarioides, looking like Humaria hemisphaerica but with pluriguttulate...

Report of the Alpine Zone Ascomycota 2020 foray in Tarentaise Abstract: Report of the foray dedicated to the Alpine Zone Ascomycota, in August 2020 in the Tarentaise valley (France, Savoie), including an inventory made in the National Park of Vanoise, around the "Montagne du Saut". The list of the taxa studied by the participants is provided

This article provides a list of non-lichenised ascomycetes considered as new for France. The taxa are presented as brief notes with indication of location, habitat, and some taxonomic data. This third series deals with the following species: Bryomyces caudatus, Calyptosphaeria collapsa, Cercidospora cecidiiformans, Cheilymenia sclerotiorum, Cryphon...

Based on recent taxonomic publications on Pezizales, an argued update of the names of species presented in the three volumes of the series "Contribution à la connaissance des Pézizales (Ascomycota) en Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes", published between 2014 and 2017, is proposed.

The revision of type material of Lasiobolidium spirale, type of the genus Lasiobolidium, is presented and illustrated with colour photographs for the first time. We also present the discovery of a new species, named Lasiobolidium mercantourense. Morphological and molecular data of this species are given, as well as a comparison with closest species...

The violet species of the genus Geoscypha are presented in detail and illustrated from recent collections , including G. montana described as a new species. A phylogeny based on ITS and LSU sequences focused on this genus is also proposed and commented. Finally, a key to the known Geoscypha is provided.

Three nomenclatural novelties are proposed. The first one corresponds to a change of the taxo-nomic position of Peziza badioides Donadini, erroneously placed in Daleomyces by us, and now combined in the genus Phylloscypha. We also propose to combine Peziza kallioi harmaja in the latter genus. The third one is the transfer of Peziza simplex Dougoud...

A detailed presentation and illustration of violet species belonging to different epigeous genera of Pezizaceae are provided, thanks to morphological, ecological, and molecular data. in this first introductory part we provide the methods, the systematics and introduce a general key to the genera present in Europe.

The violet species of the genus Phylloscypha, P. labessiana and P. boltonii, are presented in detail and illustrated from recent collections. A phylogeny based on ITS and LSu sequences focused on this genus is also proposed and commented. Finally, a key to the known Phylloscypha is provided.

Description and illustration of a new Paragalactinia species, P. benatii, especially characterised by its dark brown hymenium and its riparian habitat in mountains. A reminder of the taxonomy of this recent genus is proposed. A key to the European known species is also provided.

Three nomenclatural novelties are proposed. The first one consists in the definition of a new family Coprotaceae, based on the isolated position of the clade /Boubovia-Coprotus within the Pezizales. The second one is the combination of Peziza waltersii Seaver into the genus Elaiopezia based on molecular and morphological characters. The last one co...

Recent collections of unknown Trichophaea-like discomycetes made in Europe enabled the authors to explore the taxonomy of Trichophaea and allies, based on morphological, ecological and molecular data. Our 3-gene phylogeny confirms the paraphyly of the genus Trichophaea and designs a new systematics for this group of cup-fungi. Three new genera are...

This article provides a list of non-lichenised ascomycetes considered as new for France. The taxa are presented as brief notes with indication of location, habitat, and some taxonomic data. This first series deals with the following species: Pseudocercosporella aronicicola, Valsa viburni, Asteromella personatae, Belonium coroniforme, Cenangiopsis a...

The Gyromitra gigas species complex includes six morphologically similar taxa, several of which have a long history of segregation, synonymization, and rearrangement among different genera. These taxa occur throughout Asia, Europe, and North America and include G. gigas, G. khanspurensis, G. korfii, G. montana, G. pseudogigas, and G. ticiniana. ITS...

The type-collections of Pezizales species published by J.-C. Donadini were microscopically revised and phylogenetically analysed. The revision of the 50 taxa concerned is presented herein with detailed descriptions, illustration of ascospores, references of their sequences, comments, and macrophotographs. Peziza granularis invalidly published by Do...

The new species, Genea coronata, is proposed to accommodate specimens characterized by very small black fruitbodies growing in late spring, with spores smaller than 32 μm and ornamented with irregularly conical to fang-like, subcapitate or mucronate warts. The new species is described based on collections found in France, Germany and Spain, and com...

This report gives the results of the mycological survey done in April 2019 in Auvergne (France), mainly centered on freshwater ascomycetes. The list of species observed and studied in each site is provided. Notes and illustrations are proposed for some of the most interesting species: Cosmospora flavoviridis, Dialonectria diatrypicola, Endoxyla mun...

This report gives the results of the mycological survey done in June 2019 around Montgreleix, in Auvergne (France), mainly centred on spring ascomycetes. The list of species observed and studied in each site is provided. Notes and illustrations are proposed for some of the most interesting species: Hymenoscyphus salmanovicensis, H. scutuloides, Lac...

Report of the foray dedicated to the Alpine zone Ascomycota, in August 2019 in the massif of Oi-sans (France, Isère), including the inventory made in the reserve of Lauvitel, and listing of the taxa studied by the participants

Validation with molecular data of a Peziza s. str. species, already presented by the author in 2008 under the provisional name P. martinicae, characterized by a layer of gelatinized hyphae in the outermost part of the excipulum.

Species of Tarzetta are morphologically well-defined but their taxonomy is confused because of the multiple interpretations of the oldest names, i.e. T. catinus and T. cupularis. The exploration of this genus with molecular and ecological data gave us the opportunity to partially clarify its taxonomy and to propose typifications of names. The type...

Presentation and illustration of a recent collection of Morchella purpurascens, cited for the first time in the French department of Savoie. The species is especially compared to M. deliciosa (= M. conica s.auct.) to facilitate its determination.-Mots-clés Ascomycota, Morchellaceae, taxinomie.

A second series of species of the genus Tricharina is reviewed based on morphological and phy-logenetic data. The examination of Tricharina cretea in the sense of Thind & Waraitch resulted in its description as a new species, published herein as T. indica. T. hiemalis, T. japonica, and T. striispora are described and illustrated with new collection...

Helvella fastigiata and H. grandis are epitypified with material collected in the original area. Gyromitra grandis is proposed as a new combination and regarded as a priority synonym of G. fastigiata. The status of Gyromitra slonevskii is also discussed. photographs of fresh specimens and original plates illustrate the article

Pseudotricharina intermedia Van Vooren, Tello & M. Vega (2015) was invalidly published due to an ambiguity concerning the holotype designation. Because of this mistake, the genus Pseudotricharina is also invalid. The validation of these names is proposed in this note.

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A description and illustration is provided of the new genus Lasiocupulina and new species, L. mediterranea, recently discovered in a canyon during a field trip in Albania. The fringed margin is the most remarkable character of this small discomycete. The results of a rDNA analysis are also provided and confirm the novelty and phylogenetic position...

Lotinia verna is a particular cup-fungus, macroscopically close to the Trichophaea s.l., recently discovered in the Basque country. Its generic features placed it in the Pyronemataceae, precisely in the Scutellinia-Trichophaea lineage. The discovery of a new locality in the southern part of the Iberian Peninsula gave the opportunity to complete the...

Following the new classification of Pezizomycetes and its unique order Pezizales proposed by Jaklitsch et al. (2016) and Wijayawardene et al. (2017), a new system is proposed by Ekanayaka et al. (2018) based on a five-genes phylogeny, introducing five new families although these results had been previously suggested by the works of Perry et al. (20...

Gyromitra gigas and G. ticiniana are epitypified with modern collections with known genetic data. The taxonomy of both species is revisited on the basis of new morphological studies and phylogenetic reconstruction based on molecular data. results suggest that Gyromitra korfii could be a prioritary name for G. ticiniana. The replacement of the name...

The review of the type material of Trichophaea subalpina, combined with a molecular analysis, repositioned this species in the Pseudombrophila clade into the Pyronemataceae s. lato. The species is combined in the genus Pseudombrophila despite a taxonomy not totally resolved through the phylogenetic analysis

Report of the ascomycota Foray, organized by ascomycete.org, in the National Park of Vanoise (French Alps), in June 2018. The list of the 144 collected and studied taxa is also provided

The hypogeous fungi represent a wide group of subterranean species, sometimes poorly known due to the difficulty to collect them. A survey made in March 2017 allowed to complete the catalogue of known species in the Lyonnais area (France). Some historical data are also provided. The following species have been recorded for the first time in our dep...

Nomenclatural type definitions are one of the most important concepts in biological nomenclature. Being physical objects that can be re-studied by other researchers, types permanently link taxonomy (an artificial agreement to classify biological diversity) with nomenclature (an artificial agreement to name biological diversity). Two proposals to am...

Peziza tarembergensis is described as a new species based on its morphological, ecological and phylogenetic characters. Its growth on a substrate enriched by urine is discussed, compared with species growing on a similar medium. Its taxonomic position within the Peziza s. lato is also discussed

Our catalogue of Pezizales species, registered in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region (France), continues through the detailed presentation and illustration of new species. This third part includes 78 species and varieties

Presentation and illustration of Leucangium carthusianum, a hypogeous ascomycete of the family Morchellaceae considered as rare in France, but widespread in Europe and North America. Data on its known distribution and its taxonomic position are also provided.

A few Peziza species have multiguttulate ascospores. Our study of several collections made during the year 2015 allows us to improve our knowledge of these species morphologically and phylogenetically, especially P. retrocurvata. A new species, morphologically close to P. retrocurvata, is also described and illustrated under the name P. retrocurvat...

First record of the albino form of Sarcoscypha coccinea (Pezizales, Ascomycota) in the French department of Rhône. The discovery of some pure white specimens of Sarcoscypha coccinea in the south of Lyon (France), in an alluvial forest along the Rhône river, is an opportunity to present and illustrate this remarkable taxon, about 60 years after the...

Tricharina is one of the most difficult genera of Pezizales because it is hard to distinguish morphologically among species. To provide a more robust taxonomy, new investigations on the genus were conducted, both morphologically and phylogenetically. This study focuses on the four key species of the genus: T. ascophanoides, T. gilva, T. ochroleuca...

The authors describe and illustrate Octospora ithacaensis, newly recorded in Franche-Comté (France). This discomycete is characterized by its growth on the thallus of the liverwort Marchantia polymorpha. Some taxonomic considerations about its position in the genus Octospora or Neottiella are also exposed

Peziza perlata Fr., basionym of Gyromitra perlata, is the type-species of the subgenus Discina. As many old names attached to supposed well-known species, its type is not clearly defined. Based on a sample from Fries’ herbarium, we propose the neotypification of this name to fix the main morphological and microscopic characters of the species.

Proposal of new combinations of some pezizalean species. Galactinia hypoleuca is combined in the genus Peziza Fr. s. lato, and illustrated microscopically after the revision of the holotype; Pachyphloeus oleiferus is combined in the genus Pachyphlodes Zobel; Pulvinula ovalispora is combined in the genus Boubovia Svrček; and Aleuria latispora is com...

Report of the Ascomycota Alpine Zone 2015 Foray, organized by Ascomycete.org in the National Park of Vanoise (French Alps), from 23 to 30 August 2015. The list of the 98 collected and studied taxa is also provided.

A Trichophaea species collected in Alpine zone in France, with characters close to those of T. woolhopeia, offers the opportunity to confirm — after a morphological and phylogenetic analysis — that the latter represents a complex of mycorrhizal species difficult to split morphologically. The morphological differences seen on this collection, in par...

A modern description is provided for Geopyxis pallidus, a species described by L. Rodway in 1920, from the here selected lectotype and additional recent collections from Tasmania. Based on its morphology, we recombine G. pallidus into the genus Jafnea. Recent records of Jafnea pallida comb. nov. from Tasmania have been misnamed as the morphological...

Gibellula pulchra is a parasitic fungus on Arachnids, rather common and widely distributed worldwide. This notice provides a full description based on several collections, accompanied by illustrations in colors and SEM photographs of the main microscopic characters. A brief history of hyphomycetes growing on spiders is proposed. The systematics of...

We constructed a comprehensive phylogeny of the genus Genea, with new molecular data from samples collected in several countries in temperate and Mediterranean Europe, as well as North America. Type specimens and authentic material of most species were examined to support identifications. The molecular identity of the most common species in Genea w...

Three collections of a cup-fungus found in the Mediterranean basin in three different localities (southern Spain, southern Italy and Crete) are presented as a new genus and a new species of Pezizales. Its morphology is similar to that of Tricharina species, but some of its microscopic characters, i.e. ascospores structure, disagree with the usual c...

A recent collection of Lepidotia hispida (syn. Peziza quelepidotia), a very rare species, characterized in particular by stipitate ascomata, has been studied in depth. Description of macro- and micro-characters, illustrations, and comments are provided. Pure cultures have been obtained and deposited in the CBS Collection, and sequences deposited in...

Catalogue of Ascomycetes collected in the French department of Loire – 2nd addendum. This notice is the second addendum to the check-list of Ascomycetes collected in the French department of Loire. Some corrections are given to the initial catalogue and new data coming from collections made in 2013 are added.