Five New Fungal Species from Southwest China with Phylogenetic Data

Five newly described species of fungi from the Agaricales and Russulales orders in Southwest China. The dataset includes morphological descriptions, illustrations, and phylogenetic analyses based on ITS and nrLSU DNA sequences. It was authored by yinglian Deng and published on figshare in May 2026.

Use Cases

• Taxonomic classification of fungi based on combined morphological and molecular data.
• Phylogenetic analysis of Agaricales and Russulales using ITS and nrLSU sequences.
• Biodiversity assessment of macrofungi in the Southwest China biodiversity hotspot.
• Reference for identifying novel fungal species based on described morphological characteristics.

Strengths

• Includes detailed morphological descriptions and illustrations for five new species.
• Phylogenetic analysis is based on two genetic loci (ITS and nrLSU).
• Data is openly licensed under CC-BY-4.0.

Limitations

• The dataset is small in size (898.8 KB), indicating limited scope.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred from the FASTA files.

Provenance

Source

figshare

Collection Method

Morphological observation and molecular phylogenetic analysis.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-13 06:35:41; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Southwestern China