title: Revision of taxonomic concept and systematic position of some Clavariaceae species.
abstract: A taxonomic and nomenclatural revision of some representatives of Clavariaceae is presented based on extensive collecting in central and western Europe. Five species originally described from Europe are identified, redescribed and delimited: Clavaria fragilis, Ramariopsis crocea, R. corniculata, R. helvola and R. pulchella. Lectotypes, epitypes or neotypes are designated for all these species. Descriptions are based on macro- and micromorphological characters and supplemented with DNA analyses of the nrLSU regions from 20 specimens. The molecular phylogenetic analyses reconstructed a phylogram showing relationships among the discussed species as well as some closely related taxa. The taxonomic value of the ratio of length and width of spores (Q-value) is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Slovak National Museum-Natural History Museum, Bratislava, Slovakia.
authors.forename: Ivona
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kautmanová
authors.forename: Slavomír
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Adamcík
authors.forename: Pavel
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lizon
authors.forename: Sona
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jancovicová
mesh_terms: D000363:Agaricales / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000648:ultrastructure; D001483:Base Sequence; D058893:DNA Barcoding, Taxonomic; D004271:DNA, Fungal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D005060:Europe; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D012331:RNA, Fungal / Q000235:genetics; D012339:RNA, Ribosomal, 28S / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D013172:Spores, Fungal / Q000648:ultrastructure
chemical_list: D004271:DNA, Fungal; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D012331:RNA, Fungal; D012339:RNA, Ribosomal, 28S