title: Kombocles bakaianagen. sp. nov. (Boletaceae), a new sequestrate fungus from Cameroon.
abstract: Kombocles bakaianagen. sp. nov. is described as new to science. This sequestrate, partially hypogeous fungus was collected around and within the stilt root system of an ectomycorrhizal (ECM) tree of the genusUapaca(Phyllanthaceae) in a Guineo-Congolian mixed tropical rainforest in Cameroon. Molecular data place this fungus inBoletaceae(Boletales,Agaricomycetes,Basidiomycota) with no clear relationship to previously described taxa within the family. Macro- and micromorphological characters, habitat, and DNA sequence data are provided. Unique morphological features and a molecular phylogenetic analysis of 304 sequences across theBoletalesjustify the recognition of the new taxa.Kombocles bakaianais the fourth sequestrateBoletaceaedescribed from the greater African tropics, and the first to be described from Cameroon.
authors.affiliation: United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station, 3200 Jefferson Way, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA.
authors.forename: Michael A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Castellano
authors.affiliation: Department of Integrative Studies, Warren Wilson College, Asheville, NC 28815, USA.
authors.forename: Todd F
authors.initials: TF
authors.lastname: Elliott
authors.affiliation: Department of Plant Pathology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA.
authors.forename: Camille
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Truong
authors.affiliation: Institute of Agricultural Research for Development, National Herbarium of Cameroon, PO Box 1601, Yaoundé, Cameroon.
authors.forename: Olivier
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Séné
authors.affiliation: Comparative Plant and Fungal Biology, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW9 3DS, UK; current address: Department of Biology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA.
authors.forename: Bryn T M
authors.initials: BT
authors.lastname: Dentinger
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA 95521, USA.
authors.forename: Terry W
authors.initials: TW
authors.lastname: Henkel
keywords: Guineo-Congolian rainforest; Uapaca; ectomycorrhizas; false truffle; hypogeous fungi