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Orihara T (2018) Truffology 1(1): 5–8
Submitted: 24 June 2017
Accepted: 30 November 2017
Published: 31 March 2018
Submitted: 24 June 2017
Accepted: 30 November 2017
Published: 31 March 2018
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Abstract
A sequestrate, truffle-like bolete species, Rossbeevera yunnanensis was described in 2012 based on a single specimen
collected from Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China. I collected a second specimen from
Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. This is the first report of this truffle in Japan. The overall morphology of the Japanese
specimen was identical to the holotype from China, and the internal transcribed spacer region and 28S of the nuclear
ribosomal RNA gene between the Japanese and Chinese specimens showed 99.6% and 99.9% similarity, respectively. I
discuss the possibility of long-distance spore dispersal of the species.
collected from Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China. I collected a second specimen from
Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. This is the first report of this truffle in Japan. The overall morphology of the Japanese
specimen was identical to the holotype from China, and the internal transcribed spacer region and 28S of the nuclear
ribosomal RNA gene between the Japanese and Chinese specimens showed 99.6% and 99.9% similarity, respectively. I
discuss the possibility of long-distance spore dispersal of the species.
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