Sebacina candida L. S. Olive 1898

Abstract

Sebacina candida L. S. Olive, Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 85: 21, 1958 Holotype. Tahiti • Faa Tautia Valley, corticated dead limbs, 9 Aug 1956, Olive T 442 (NY 00738349, studied). After studying the type specimen of S. candida, we concluded that it is most likely a member of Proterochaete and it probably belongs in the vicinity of P. latispora, another representative of the genus with distinctly ellipsoid basidiospores. However, the basidiospores of S. candida are clearly smaller than in P. latispora, 6.8–9.3 × 5.1–6.0 μm (n = 8). The identity of S. candida should be re-established based on sequenced material from Polynesia. Wells (1961) combined S. candida in Exidiopsis and reintroduced it based on a wider set of specimens from the neotropics. However, the conspecificity of this material with S. candida s. typi is questionable. Furthermore, Wells (ibid.) mentioned Tremella sordida Speg. originally described from Tierra del Fuego as an older name for S. candida which eventually could not have been combined in Exidiopsis, due to the existence of Exidiopsis sordida (S. L. Olive) K. Wells (= Sebacina sordida S. L. Olive). The latter species was compared by Wells with the European E. grisea (= Ulocolla grisea in the present study). No modern, sequenced material is known to us for either T. sordida or S. sordida.

Authors 13

1. Viacheslav Spirin

   University of Helsinki · Finnish Museum of Natural History

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   Finnish Museum of Natural History, University of Helsinki, PO Box 7, 00014 Helsinki, Finland

2. Vera F. Malysheva

   Komarov Botanical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences

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   Komarov Botanical Institute, Prof. Popova str. 2, 197022 St. Petersburg, Russia

3. Nathan Schoutteten

   Universität Hamburg

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   Organismic Botany and Mycology, Institute of Plant Science and Microbiology, Ohnhorststraße 18, 22609 Hamburg, Germany

4. Anton Savchenko Aachen Naturalis Biodiversity Center

   Naturalis Biodiversity Center

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   Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Darwinweg 2, 2333 CR Leiden, Netherlands

5. Bernard Rivoire
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   Société Linnéenne de Lyon, 33 rue Bossuet, 69006 Lyon, France

6. Jan Olsson
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   Österplana Skattegården 2, 53384 Hällekis, Sweden

7. Thomas Læssøe

   University of Copenhagen

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   Globe Institute, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 15, 2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark

8. Leif Ryvarden

   University of Oslo

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   Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Oslo, P. O. Box 1045, Blindern, N- 0316 Oslo, Norway

9. Django Grootmyers

   University of Tennessee at Knoxville

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   Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Tennessee, 1406 Circle Drive, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA

10. Matti Kulju

    University of Oulu

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    Ecology and Genetics Research Unit, University of Oulu, P. O. Box 3000, FI- 90014 Oulu, Finland

11. Josef Vlasák

    Czech Academy of Sciences, Biology Centre

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    Biology Centre, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Branišovská 31, CZ 37005, České Budějovice, Czech Republic

12. M. Victoria Vignale

    National University of Misiones

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    Instituto de Biotecnología Misiones (InBioMis), Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Químicas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Misiones, Ruta Nacional N 12, km 7.5, Posadas, Misiones, CP 3304, Argentina & Instituto Misionero de Biodiversidad (IMiBio), Ruta Nacional N 12, km 5, Puerto Iguazú, Misiones, CP 3370, Argentina

13. Ilya A. Viner

    University of Helsinki · Finnish Museum of Natural History

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    Finnish Museum of Natural History, University of Helsinki, PO Box 7, 00014 Helsinki, Finland