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Elaphomyces castilloi (Elaphomycetaceae, Ascomycota) and Entoloma secotioides (Entolomataceae, Basidiomycota), two new sequestrate fungi from tropical montane cloud forest from south Mexico
expand article infoJavier Isaac de la Fuente‡, Jesús García-Jiménez§, Tania Raymundo|, Marcos Sánchez-Flores§, Ricardo Valenzuela|, Gonzalo Guevara-Guerrero§, Erika Cecilia Pérez-Ovando, César Ramiro Martínez-González§
‡ Colegio de Postgraduados, Texcoco, Mexico
§ Instituto Tecnológico de Ciudad Victoria, Ciudad Victoria, Mexico
| Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico
¶ Universidad de Ciencias y Artes de Chiapas, Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Mexico

Corresponding author: Jesús García-Jiménez ( jgarjim@yahoo.com.mx )

Academic editor: Claudia Perini
© 2023 Javier Isaac de la Fuente, Jesús García-Jiménez, Tania Raymundo, Marcos Sánchez-Flores, Ricardo Valenzuela, Gonzalo Guevara-Guerrero, Erika Cecilia Pérez-Ovando, César Ramiro Martínez-González.
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Citation: de la Fuente JI, García-Jiménez J, Raymundo T, Sánchez-Flores M, Valenzuela R, Guevara-Guerrero G, Pérez-Ovando EC, Martínez-González CR (2023) Elaphomyces castilloi (Elaphomycetaceae, Ascomycota) and Entoloma secotioides (Entolomataceae, Basidiomycota), two new sequestrate fungi from tropical montane cloud forest from south Mexico. MycoKeys 96: 127-142. https://doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.96.98320
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Abstract

Two new species of sequestrate fungi are described from south Mexico based on morphological and molecular evidences. Here we describe Elaphomyces castilloi characterized by the yellowish mycelial mat, dull blue gleba and ascospores of 9.7–11.5 µm; Entoloma secotioides is characterized by the secotioid basidiomata, sulcate, pale cream pileus, and basidiospores of 7–13 × 5–9 µm. Both species grow in montane cloud forest under Quercus sp. in the state of Chiapas, Mexico. Descriptions, photographs, and multilocus phylogeny for both species are presented.

Keywords

Chiapas, hypogeous fungi, mycorrhizal fungi, phylogeny, truffle-like fungi

Introduction

Sequestrate fungi are characterized by producing hypogeous sporome, protected by a thick peridium to avoid desiccation, changes in temperature, and humidity (Thiers 1984). Due to this morphological modification, these species are not capable of dispersing their spores through the air, so they use other strategies such as producing aromas to attract animals that consume and disperse them through their feces (Castellano et al. 1986; Caiafa et al. 2021). Many species are ectomycorrhizal and are associated with the roots of angiosperms and gymnosperms, mainly trees and shrubs of the genera Abies, Coccoloba, Dycimbe, Eucalyptus, Quercus, and Pinus (Trappe et al. 2009). Some saprobic species are also known, mainly from tropical forests (de la Fuente et al. 2021). This diversity in the tropics is just beginning to be discovered and, according to Sulzbacher et al. (2016), there are more than 1,500 described species in the world with more being regularly added.

Hypogeous fungi have been studied in Mexico since the 1970’s and the studies of García-Romero et al. (1970) and Trappe and Guzmán (1971), although the first record of a hypogeous fungus was Melanogaster umbriniglebus Trappe & Guzmán, recorded in Chihuahua by Lumbholz in the late 1800’s (Cázares et al. 2008). Since the 2000’s, species have been regularly described, mainly species from temperate forests. Approximately 100 species of hypogeous fungi are currently known, mainly from northeastern Mexico and the Neovolcanic axis, areas where more studies have been carried out (Trappe and Guzmán 1971; Cázares et al. 1992; Guevara-Guerrero et al. 2014; Gómez-Reyes et al. 2018);however, many Mexican states and different types of vegetation have been under-explored.

The state of Chiapas is located in southern Mexico and is an important reservoir of montane cloud forest (Williams-Linera 1991). This type of vegetation represents less than 1% of the national coverage and is declining alarmingly (SEMARNAT 2010). This kind of forest is located between 1500 to 2500 m above sea level. Annual precipitation exceeds 1500 mm. The most common trees in this forest type include Pinus, Quercus, Lyquidambar and Magnolia (González-Espinoza et al. 2012). Due to several species of fungi growth associated with the roots of trees, it is possible to carry out successful reforestation experiments with native species. Hence knowing the native fungi of the forest becomes a priority in their conservation (Martínez-Reyes et al. 2012). In this study, two new species of hypogeous fungi are described: Elaphomyces castilloi, characterized by the blackish ascoma covered with yellow mycelial mat and bluish gleba, and Entoloma secotioides, characterized by its pale-colored secotioid basidiome. Both species grow in montane cloud forest under Quercus species. Photographs, descriptions and multiloci phylogeny are presented for both species.

Materials and methods

Sampling data

Mycological explorations were carried out in the state of Chiapas, southern Mexico (Fig. 1). The dominant vegetation in the sampling site corresponds to a tropical montane cloud forest. For the collection of the specimens, the protocols proposed by Castellano et al. (1986) were followed. The specimens were registered and herborized. A color chart was used for color terminology (Kornerup and Wanscher 1978). Hand cuts were made on dried specimens and temporal preparation was mounted in order to observe microstructures. KOH 5% and Melzer’s reagent were used to observe amyloid reactions. At least 30 spores and other microstructures were measured using an optical microscope (Motic ba310, San Antonio, USA) to obtain the average length (L), average width (W) and Q ratio (Q). The scanning electron microscope (Hitachi Su 1510, Hitachi, Japan) of IB-UNAM (Mexico City, Mexico) was utilized to observe spore ornamentation. The collected specimens were deposited in ITCV.

Figure 1. 

Montane cloud forest at La Trinitaria, Chiapas, Mexico.

DNA extraction, amplification, and sequencing

The DNA was obtained from herbarium specimens (Tables 1, 2). The CTAB protocol of Martínez-González et al. (2017) was used to extract genomic DNA. The DNA was quantified with a Nanodrop 2000c (Thermo ScientificTM, Wilmington, USA). We prepared dilutions from each sample at 20 ng/µL to amplify the Internal Transcribed Spacer rDNA-ITS1 5.8S rDNA-ITS2 (ITS), the nuclear large subunit ribosomal DNA (LSU) and the second largest subunit of the RNA polymerase II gene (rpb2). The reaction mixture for PCRs was performed on a final volume of 15 µL containing 1× buffer, 0.8 mM dNTPs mix, 20 pmol of each primer, 2 units of GoTaq DNA (Promega, USA) and 100 ng of template DNA. The PCR products were verified by agarose gel electrophoresis. The gels were run for 1 h at 95 V cm−3 in 1.5% agarose and 1× TAE buffer (Tris Acetate-EDTA). The gel was stained with GelRed (Biotium, USA) and the bands were visualized in an Infinity 3000 transilluminator (Vilber Lourmat, Eberhardzell, Germany). The amplified products were purified with the ExoSAP Purification kit (Affymetrix, USA), following the manufacturer’s instructions. They were quantified and prepared for the sequence reaction using a BigDye Terminator v.3.1 (Applied Biosystems, USA). These products were sequenced in both directions with an Applied Biosystem model 3730XL (Applied BioSystems, Foster City, USA), at the Instituto de Biología of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM). The sequences obtained were compared with the original chromatograms to detect and correct possible reading errors. The sequences of both strands of each of the genes were analyzed, edited and assembled using the BioEdit v. 7.0.5 (Hall 1999) to generate a consensus sequence which compared with those deposited in GenBank using the tool BLASTN v. 2.2.9 (Zhang et al. 2000).

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GenbBank accession numbers corresponding to the sequences used in the phylogenetic analyses for Elaphomyces castilloi. In bold the accessions of the new species.

Species name Isolate/Voucher/strain Locality GenBank Accessions
ITS nrLSU
Elaphomyces aculeatus 16952 Italy JF907985 –
Elaphomyces adamizans TH9660 (Type) Guyana KT694133 KT694144
Elaphomyces aff. decipiens GO-2009-211 Mexico KC152093 –
Elaphomyces castilloi García 18640 (Holotype) Mexico OP821418 OP824738
Guevara 1162 (Paratype) Mexico OP821419 OP824739
Elaphomyces citrinus 16955 Spain JF907986 –
LIP0001141 Spain – KX238822
Elaphomyces compleximurus TH8880 Guyana JN711441 –
TH8880 Guyana NR121522 –
Elaphomyces decipiens Trappe 12436 USA EU837229 –
Trappe 28269 USA EU846311 –
Elaphomyces digitatus MCA1923 Guyana – JN713148
Elaphomyces favosus TH10015 Cameroon KT694134 KT694145
TH9859 (type) Cameroon KT694138 KY694149
TH9897 Cameroon KT694136 KT694146
Elaphomyces granulatus KM47712 UK EU784197 –
Elaphomyces guangdongensis KT-TW09-030 Taiwan HM357249 –
KT-TW09-031 Taiwan HM357250 HM357248
Elaphomyces iupperticellus TH9934 Cameroon KT694141 KT694142
THDJA 39 (type) Cameroon KT694139 KT694143
Elaphomyces labryinthinus TH9918 (type) Cameroon KT694137 KT694148
Elaphomyces leveillei 16960 Italy JF907987 –
Elaphomyces maculatus 16961 Italy JF907988 –
Elaphomyces muricatus Hy14 Finland GU550112 –
HA38 Latvia KR019869 –
Elaphomyces sp. HB1 Indonesia – LC010285
YM144 Japan – AB848482
AM3GA3A4 USA – JQ272414
LM5570B Hungary – KM576391
73812 UK – FJ876187
GM1332 USA – KF359559
Uncultured Elaphomyces 141A Canada KM403019 KM403019
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GenbBank accession numbers corresponding to the sequences used in the phylogenetic analyses for Entoloma secotioides. The accessions of the new species are in bold.

Species name Isolate/Voucher/strain GenBank Accessions
ITS nrLSU rpb2
Entoloma aff. prunuloides 628 – – KC710159
Entoloma aff. sinuatum TRTC156542 JN021020 – –
Entoloma albidum 620 KC710102 KC710151 –
Entoloma albomagnum 427 KC710065 KC710137 –
Entoloma araneosum 14 GQ289153 GQ289255 GQ289293
Entoloma asterosporum TENN064538 JF706309 – JF706312
Entoloma baronii L644 KC710093 – –
Entoloma caccabus 17 KC710063 GQ289155 GQ289227
Entoloma caesiolamellatum 626 KC710126 KC710157 –
Entoloma callidermum 512 KC710115 KC710153 –
Entoloma secotioides García 18817 (Holotype) OP821420 OP824740 KC265752
Guevara 1173 (Paratype) OP821421 OP824741 KC265753
Entoloma cf. griseoluridum LNM221111 KC710118 – –
Entoloma chilense MES 1012 KY462399 – –
Entoloma clypeatum 41 KC710059 KC710136 –
Entoloma coeruleogracilis 216 KC710069 – –
Entoloma conferendum 30 KC710055 KC710133 KC710191
Entoloma corneri 607 KC710058 KC710135 –
Entoloma cretaceum 2010039 KC710090 – –
Entoloma flavifolium 621 KC710097 KC710150 –
Entoloma fumosobrunneum MEN 2005113 KC710124 KC710155 –
Entoloma gracilior 2011043 KC710079 – –
Entoloma hypogaeum K382 NR119416 – AB692019
Entoloma kermandii 222 – GQ289173 GQ289244
Entoloma lividoalbum 233 KC710114 KC710152 –
Entoloma luridum 2005108 KC710091 KC710146 KC710192
Entoloma madidum 221 KC710127 KC710158 –
67195 KC710130 – –
Entoloma manganaense 215 KC710085 KC710143 –
Entoloma myrmecophilum 231 KC710120 – –
Entoloma ochreoprunuloides 15721 KC710111 – –
632 KC710092 KC710147 –
Entoloma ochreoprunuloides f. hyacinthinum 6 KC710105 – –
Entoloma perbloxamii 2010037 KC710095 – –
Entoloma prismaticum K381 AB691998 – AB692016
Entoloma prunuloides 40 KC710073 GQ289184 GQ289255
Entoloma pseudoprunuloides 627 KC710078 KC710140 –
Entoloma sequestratum MFLU 12-2045 MH323431 MT344186 MT349886
Entoloma sinuatum 182 KC710116 KC710154 –
Entoloma sordidulum 1 KC710062 GQ289194 GQ289265
Entoloma sphagneti 209 KC710061 GQ289195 –
Entoloma subsinuatum YL2269 KC710096 KC710149 –
Entoloma trachyosporum 405 KC710088 GQ289198 –
Entoloma turbidum 27 KC710060 GQ289201 GQ289269
Entoloma whiteae 629 KC710084 KC710142 –
Entoloma alcedicolor 210 KC710123 GQ289152 GQ289224
Entocybe nitidum 24 KC710122 GQ289175 GQ289246

Phylogenetic analyses

To explore the phylogenetic relationships of the new species of Elaphomyces, an alignment was made based on the taxonomic sampling employed by Paz et al. (2017). Outgroup was selected according to Paz et al. (2017). Each gene region was independently aligned using the online version of MAFFT v. 7 (Katoh et al. 2002, 2017; Katoh and Standley 2013). Alignment was reviewed in PhyDE v.10.0 (Müller et al. 2005), followed by minor manual adjustments to ensure character homology between taxa. The matrix was formed for ITS by 24 taxa (697 characters), while LSU by 19 taxa (845 characters). The aligned matrices were concatenated into a single matrix (32 taxa, 1542 characters). Two partitioning schemes were established: one for the ITS and one for the LSU, which were established using the option to minimize the stop codon with Mesquite v3.70 (Maddison and Maddison 2017).

To explore the phylogenetic relationships of the new species of Entoloma, an alignment was made based on the taxonomic sampling employed by Elliott et al. (2020). The outgroup was selected according to Elliott et al. (2020). Each gene region was independently aligned using the online version of MAFFT v. 7 (Katoh et al. 2002, 2017; Katoh and Standley 2013). Alignment was reviewed in PhyDE v.10.0 (Müller et al. 2005), followed by minor manual adjustments to ensure character homology between taxa. The matrix was formed for ITS by 45 taxa (700 characters), for LSU by 31 taxa (831 characters), while rpb2 consisted of 17 taxa (670 characters). The aligned matrices were concatenated into a single matrix (47 taxa, 2201 characters). Five partitioning schemes were established: one for the ITS, one for the LSU and three for rpb2 gene region, which were established using the option to minimize the stop codon with Mesquite v3.70 (Maddison and Maddison 2017).

Phylogenetic inferences were estimated with maximum likelihood (ML) in RAxML v. 8.2.10 (Stamatakis 2014) with a GTR + G model of nucleotide substitution. To assess branch support, 10,000 nonparametric rapid bootstrap pseudoreplicates were run with the GTRCAT model. For Bayesian posterior probability (PP), the best evolutionary model for alignment was sought using Partition Finder (Frandsen et al. 2015; Lanfear et al. 2014, 2017). Phylogeny analyses was performed using MrBayes v. 3.2.6 ×64 (Huelsenbeck and Ronquist 2001). The information block for the matrix includes two simultaneous runs, four Montecarlo chains, temperature set to 0.2 and sampling 10 million generations (standard deviation ≤ 0.1) with trees sampled every 1000 generations. The first 25% of samples were discarded as burn-in, and stationarity was checked in Tracer v. 1.6 (Rambaut et al. 2014). Trees were visualized and optimized in FigTree v. 1.4.4 (Rambaut 2014), and then edited in Adobe Illustrator vCS4 (Adobe Systems, Inc., San Jose, CA).

Results

Phylogenetic analyses

The ITS and LSU sequences obtained from Elaphomyces castilloi and ITS, LSU and rpb2 from Entoloma secotioides were deposited in GenBank. The two simultaneous Bayesian runs continued until the convergence parameters were met, and the standard deviation fell below 0.001 after 10 million generations for Elaphomyces castilloi and 0.002 for Entoloma secotioides. No significant changes in tree topology trace or cumulative split frequencies of selected nodes were observed after about 0.33 million generations for E. castilloi and 0.45 million generations for E. secotioides, so the first 2,500,000 sampled trees (25%) were discarded as burn-in. Both the Bayesian analyses and Maximum Likelihood (Figs 2, 3) recovered Elaphomyces castilloi supporting the existence of one new taxon distinctive from related species of Elaphomyces (1 Bayesian Posterior Probability and 100% bootstrap proportion for Maximum Likelihood) and Entoloma secotioides, supporting the existence of one new taxon distinctive from related species of Entoloma (1 Bayesian Posterior Probability and 100% bootstrap proportion for Maximum Likelihood).

Figure 2. 

Bayesian inference phylogram of ITS-LSU sequences data for Elaphomyces castilloi. Posterior probability (left of slash) from Bayesian analysis and Bootstrap support (right of slash).

Figure 3. 

Bayesian inference phylogram of ITS-LSU-RPB2 sequences for Entoloma secotioides. Posterior probability (left of slash) from Bayesian analysis and Bootstrap support (right of slash).

Taxonomy

Elaphomyces castilloi J. García, Guevara & de la Fuente, sp. nov.

MycoBank No: MB842037
GenBank: LSU: OP824738, ITS: OP821418. Fig. 4A–G

Type material

Holotype. Mexico. Chiapas: la Trinitaria Municipality, Lagunas de Monte bello, alt. 1004 m, 16°53'N, 93°27'W, 16 August 2019, J. García 18640 (Holotype-ITCV).

Diagnosis

Elaphomyces castilloi differs from other species of the genus by the following combination of characteristics: ascomata embedded in a yellow mycelial mat, dull blue powdery gleba, and globose reticulate ascospores (9.7–11.5 µm).

Etymology

The species was named castilloi in honor of José Castillo Tovar (ad memoriam), a Mexican pioneer mycologist dedicated to studying the fungi from northeast Mexico.

Description

Ascomata globose to ellipsoid, 14–32 mm, embedded in a thick, yellowish orange (4A7) to deep yellow (4A8), with a membranous mycelial mat, occasionally incorporating soil particles, and debris, loose but compacted near the peridium, easily detachable. Peridium surface black, slightly rough, carbonaceous, inner peridium grayish brown (8D3), sometimes with white mycelial strand, near the gleba forming a discontinuous layer. Gleba powdery, dull blue (23D5), compacted when young, becoming loose when mature, with scattered grey hyphae (25C1); odor and taste fungoid.

Mycelial mat hyphae cylindrical, 2–6 µm diameter, septate, hyaline, thin-walled, loosely arranged. Epicutis: 125–200 µm diameter, composed of compacted hyphae, 3–8 µm diameter, strongly interwoven, subglobose to irregular, black in 5% KOH, thick-walled. Subcutis 500–650 µm diameter, composed by prostrated and compacted hyphae, 8–15 µm in diameter, hyaline to dull grey in 5% KOH (25D4), becoming irregular near the gleba, thin-walled. Asci subglobose, 32–38 × 25.8–30.1 µm, 5 to 8-spored, hyaline, thin-walled. Ascospores 9.7–11.5 µm (n = 30), globose, rarely subglobose, reticulated, projecting up to 1.9–2.7 µm, forming small bridges (less than 2 µm), with obtuse tips, golden brown color (5D7), thick-walled.

Additional material examined

Mexico. Chiapas: la Trinitaria Municipality, Lagunas de Monte bello, alt. 1004 m, 16°53'N, 93°27'W, 16 August 2011, Guevara 1102 (Paratype-ITCV). ITS: OP821419, LSU: OP824739.

Distribution

Known only from the Mexican state of Chiapas, growing scattered, and hypogeous under Quercus sp. in montane cloud forest.

Notes

Elaphomyces castilloi is phylogenetically close to Elaphomyces aculeatus Vittad. from Italy, the last one with similar ascospore color and ornamentation. It was previously reported from Mexico by Gómez-Reyes et al. (2012). Elaphomyces aculeatus has a reddish peridium and dark-brown gleba; meanwhile, E. castilloi has dark peridium and bluish gleba. The yellow mycelial mat and the small ascospores resemble those of Elaphomyces citrinus Vittad. (Section Malacodermei). However, it differs by the smaller ascocarp (less than 10 mm), the brownish peridium in young specimens, and by its geographic distribution (Europe) (Pegler et al. 1993). Although the morphological features of the new species are typical in the Malacodermei, these are also seldom observed in the Ceratogaster (Paz et al. 2017).

Figure 4. 

Elaphomyces castilloi (Holotype) A ascomata B mycelial mat hyphae C subcutis D asci E, F ascospores in KOH G detail of ascospore ornamentation in SEM.

Entoloma secotioides J. García, Guevara & de la Fuente, sp. nov.

MycoBank No: MB842038
GenBank: ITS: OP821420; LSU: OP824740; RPB2: KC265752. Fig. 5A–F

Type material

Holotype. Mexico. Chiapas: la Trinitaria Municipality, Lagunas de Monte bello, alt. 1004 m, 16°53'N, 93°27'W, 16 August 2019, J. García 18817 (Holotype-ITCV).

Diagnosis

Entoloma secotioides is characterized by cream colored, sulcate, secotioid basidiomata, not anastomosed gills, and angular basidiospores (7–13 × 5–9 µm).

Etymology

Named secotioides due to the secotioid basidiomata.

Description

Pileus 12–15 mm, subglobose, flattened when young, becoming depressed when mature, sulcate, pale yellow (4A3) to light yellow (4A5), slightly velvety, margin incurved enclosing the hymenium, dry in appearance, sometimes with brownish fibrils. Hymenophore lamellate, slightly irregular, pale orange to orange white (5A2) to light yellow (4A5), not exposed even in mature specimens. Stipe 4–9 × 3–4 mm, cylindrical or absent, light yellow (4A5), smooth or finely fibrillose. Taste and odor fungoid, mild.

Figure 5. 

Entoloma secotioides (Holotype) A, B basidiomata showing the pileus, hymenia, and stipe C peridium D, E details of the hymenium F basidiospores in KOH.

Peridium 70–300 µm composed of loosely interwoven or horizontally arranged hyphae, 4–7 µm in diameter, septate, bifurcate, hyaline to pastel green in 5% KOH (27A4), not reacting with Melzer, with clavate terminal cells, thin-walled. Hymenophoral trama 45–110 µm in diameter, composed of interwoven compacted hyphae, 4–9 µm in diameter, light orange in 5% KOH (5A4), thin-walled. Basidia 27–35 × 5–10 µm forming palisades, clavate, hyaline, thin-walled, embedded by a layer of loosely interwoven hyphae which arise from the trama, 6–11 µm diameter, sometimes branched, inflate at the septum, sometimes with terminal cells cystidioid or cylindrical, thin-walled. Basidiospores 7–13 × 5–9 µm, (L = 10.2, W = 7.1, Q = 1–2.2, n = 30), angular, rare nodulose, with 6–8 sides, some with conspicuous hilar appendix up to 3 µm, hyaline to pastel green (27A4), not reacting with Melzer reagent, smooth, thin-walled.

Distribution

Known only from the state of Chiapas, growing sub hypogeous under Quercus sp. and Pinus sp. in montane cloud forest.

Additional material studied

Mexico. Chiapas: la Trinitaria Municipality, Lagunas de Monte bello, alt. 1004 m, 16°53'N, 93°27'W, 16 August 2019, Guevara 1173 (Paratype-ITCV). ITS: OP821421; LSU: OP824741; RPB2: KC265753.

Notes

Entoloma secotioides is characterized by pale-cream basidiomata, enclosed, not anastomosed gills, and angular basidiospores 7–13 × 5–9 µm. Entoloma calongei (E. Horak & G. Moreno) Noordel. & Co-David has gray-brown pileus, loculate gleba, and basidiospores 6–10 µm (Horak and Moreno 1998); Entoloma chilensis (E. Horak) Noordel. & Co-David also has grayish pileus, loculate gleba, and basidiospores 9–11 × 6.5–7.5 µm (Horak 1963). Both species differ from E. secotioides mainly in the basidiomata color (pale-cream vs. grayish-brown) and hymenophore shape (slightly irregular vs. locules). The new species is phylogenetically close to E. asterosporum (Coker & Couch) T.J. Baroni & Matheny, differing from E. secotioides by having the globose sporome, pungent odor and smell, and larger spores (up to 16 µm) (Baroni and Matheny 2011).

Discussion

Hypogeous fungi in Mexico have been scarcely studied compared to epigeous fungi; however, from the 2000s, new species have been regularly described, mainly from temperate forests (Guevara-Guerrero et al. 2014; Gómez-Reyes et al. 2018). In the case of Elaphomyces, it is one of the best represented genera in the country because it is associated with a large number of hosts, mainly Pinus and Quercus (Trappe and Guzmán 1971; Cázares et al. 1992; Castellano et al. 2012; Gómez-Reyes et al. 2012). Some species of Elaphomyces have even been described as culturally important. Elaphomyces muricatus has been reported for ritual or medicinal use (Trappe et al. 1979). For Entoloma secotioides, this is the first record of a sequestrate Entoloma in Mexico, these being mostly of the previously recorded species pileate-stipitate. Although the species has been described growing under Quercus species, there are no data on its ecological habits and these are presented here as putatively associated with Quercus.

Chiapas is one of the states with the greatest biological richness in Mexico, only surpassed by Oaxaca (López-Guzmán et al. 2017). The diversity of fungi in this state spans approximately 850 species. Recent research suggests a fungal diversity between 20,000 and 49,000 species (Chanona-Gómez et al. 2007; Ruan-Soto et al. 2013; Kong et al. 2018). Efforts are currently being made to document this diversity, which is threatened by land use change. Elaphomyces castilloi represents the first record of the genus Elaphomyces in Chiapas and represents the southernmost distribution of the genus in Mexico. Another species reported in southern Mexico is E. maculatus, which has been reported in north Oaxaca in oak forests (Trappe et al. 1979).

The sequestrate fungi have been studied mostly in the temperate regions of the north and center of the country; Elaphomyces castilloi and Entoloma secotioides are new contributions that represent the first findings of sequestrate fungi from the montane cloud forest in Chiapas, more than 50%; of which have unfortunately disappeared; montane cloud forest constitutes less than 1% of the Mexican territory. However, it is vital to carry out samplings that include taxa from this ecosystem considering that its losses are so high. Some localities are deemed critical for conservation of this ecosystem which is considered “endangered” under the definition of the Official Mexican Law (SEMARNAT 2010). The degradation of the montane cloud forests in Chiapas is high, therefore the level of threat to the habitat of the new two species is also high. So far, they are only known from the type locality and it is necessary to increase the sampling to assess the current status of the species. Keeping the taxonomical studies about the fungi from the montane cloud forest could help to encourage its conservation and management.

Acknowledgements

Sánchez-Flores, Martínez-González, Guevara-Guerrero, García-Jiménez and de la Fuente thank CONACYT, PRODEP, Tecnológico Nacional de México, Instituto Tecnológico de Ciudad Victoria for financial support; María Berenit Mendoza-Garfias, Head of the Laboratory of Scanning Electron Microscopy facility at IB-UNAM; Raymundo and Valenzuela thank the Instituto Politécnico Nacional with the project (SIP): 20230017 and 20230624. Also, we thank to reviewers and editors for their kind observations on the document.

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