Zhen-Chao Liu
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Zhen-Chao Liu has a total of 5 co-authors. Here are the top co-authors by number of shared publications:
- Guang-Mei Li
Yunnan Key Laboratory for Fungal Diversity and Green Development, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, China
2 shared publications - Jia Y. Lin
College of Plant Protection, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, Guangdong, China
2 shared publications - Kun-Long Yang
College of Forestry and Landscape Architecture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
2 shared publications - Zhu Liang Yang
Yunnan Key Laboratory for Fungal Diversity and Green Development, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, China
2 shared publications - Iqbal Hosen
Technology Transfer and Monitoring Unit Crops Division Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council Dhaka Bangladesh
1 shared publication
Latest Publications
- 7 May 2025
- Published by Magnolia Press in Phytotaxa
- Vol. 700 (1) , 73-86
Three new species of Acervus (Ascomycota, Pezizales) from South China
Some whitish, yellowish to orangish cup fungi collected in South China are described as three new species of Acervus based on morphological studies and four-locus (nrLSU, rpb1, rpb2 and tef-1α) phylogenetic analyses, namely A. aurorinus, A. crepusculinus and A. stellatus. A. aurorinus and A. crepusculinus have yellowish to orangish coloured ascomata and are similar to each other, but can be distinguished by the size of apothecium, colour brightness of hymenium surface, size of ascospores, shape of paraphyses and structure of medullary excipulum. A. stellatus represents the second Acervus taxon known to have whitish ascomata, similar to the earlier described A. epispartius f. albus, but can be distinguished from the latter by size of apothecium, shape of ascospores, asci and paraphyses, and structure of medullary excipulum and ectal excipulum.
- 7 May 2025
- Published by Magnolia Press in Phytotaxa
- Vol. 700 (1) , 73-86
Three new species of Acervus (Ascomycota, Pezizales) from South China
Some whitish, yellowish to orangish cup fungi collected in South China are described as three new species of Acervus based on morphological studies and four-locus (nrLSU, rpb1, rpb2 and tef-1α) phylogenetic analyses, namely A. aurorinus, A. crepusculinus and A. stellatus. A. aurorinus and A. crepusculinus have yellowish to orangish coloured ascomata and are similar to each other, but can be distinguished by the size of apothecium, colour brightness of hymenium surface, size of ascospores, shape of paraphyses and structure of medullary excipulum. A. stellatus represents the second Acervus taxon known to have whitish ascomata, similar to the earlier described A. epispartius f. albus, but can be distinguished from the latter by size of apothecium, shape of ascospores, asci and paraphyses, and structure of medullary excipulum and ectal excipulum.
- 10 July 2024
- Published by Magnolia Press in Phytotaxa
- Vol. 659 (2) , 112-164
Heinemannomyces, Hymenagaricus and Xanthagaricus revisited (Basidiomycota, Agaricaceae)
The taxonomy regarding three closely related genera of Agaricaceae, viz. Heinemannomyces, Hymenagaricus and Xanthagaricus, is updated based on morphological and four-locus molecular phylogenetic evidence from collections gathered in South China. Thirteen species identified from 122 collections are described, including Heinemannomyces splendidissimus, eight new species of Xanthagaricus, viz. X. boluoshanensis, X. chamaeleontinus, X. guangzhouensis, X. heinemannii, X. minimus, X. phylononcaeruleus, X. retisporus and X. scauinus, and four known species of Xanthagaricus, viz. X. erinaceus, X. ianthinus, X. necopinatus and X. purpureosquamulosus. Among them, He. splendidissimus is phylogenetically recognized as a Hymenagaricus species, namely Hy. splendidissimus, and Xanthagaricus heinemannii is morphologically similar to Hy. splendidissimus in floccose squamules on the pileus and stipe. Both species have pileus squamules composed of inflated cells in the lower layer and hyphae forming an irregular trichoderm in the upper layer. However, X. heinemannii differs from Hy. splendidissimus by the context not turning reddish after damaged, brownish lamellae, and usually without hymeniform elements in pileus squamules. These findings suggest that species of both Hymenagaricus and Xanthagaricus may present hyphae forming an irregular trichoderm in pileus squamules. Xanthagaricus erinaceus is rediscovered after 40 years, together with X. necopinatus and X. purpureosquamulosus are three newly recorded species in China.
- 10 July 2024
- Published by Magnolia Press in Phytotaxa
- Vol. 659 (2) , 112-164
Heinemannomyces, Hymenagaricus and Xanthagaricus revisited (Basidiomycota, Agaricaceae)
The taxonomy regarding three closely related genera of Agaricaceae, viz. Heinemannomyces, Hymenagaricus and Xanthagaricus, is updated based on morphological and four-locus molecular phylogenetic evidence from collections gathered in South China. Thirteen species identified from 122 collections are described, including Heinemannomyces splendidissimus, eight new species of Xanthagaricus, viz. X. boluoshanensis, X. chamaeleontinus, X. guangzhouensis, X. heinemannii, X. minimus, X. phylononcaeruleus, X. retisporus and X. scauinus, and four known species of Xanthagaricus, viz. X. erinaceus, X. ianthinus, X. necopinatus and X. purpureosquamulosus. Among them, He. splendidissimus is phylogenetically recognized as a Hymenagaricus species, namely Hy. splendidissimus, and Xanthagaricus heinemannii is morphologically similar to Hy. splendidissimus in floccose squamules on the pileus and stipe. Both species have pileus squamules composed of inflated cells in the lower layer and hyphae forming an irregular trichoderm in the upper layer. However, X. heinemannii differs from Hy. splendidissimus by the context not turning reddish after damaged, brownish lamellae, and usually without hymeniform elements in pileus squamules. These findings suggest that species of both Hymenagaricus and Xanthagaricus may present hyphae forming an irregular trichoderm in pileus squamules. Xanthagaricus erinaceus is rediscovered after 40 years, together with X. necopinatus and X. purpureosquamulosus are three newly recorded species in China.