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Critical re-assessment of species diversity of marketed wild edible mushroom ‘dahongjun'
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Pei ZHANG1, 2, Yuwu LI3, Shuqin CAO2, Jing WANG4, Kaimei SU5, *, Shuhong LI5, Bart BUYCK6, Xianghua WANG2, *
Mycosystema | 2026, 45(2) : 250280
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Mycosystema | 2026, 45(2): 250280
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Critical re-assessment of species diversity of marketed wild edible mushroom ‘dahongjun'
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Pei ZHANG1, 2, Yuwu LI3, Shuqin CAO2, Jing WANG4, Kaimei SU5, *, Shuhong LI5, Bart BUYCK6, Xianghua WANG2, *
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  • 1 College of Life Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 101408, China
  • 2 Yunnan Key Laboratory for Fungal Diversity and Green Development, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, Yunnan, China
  • 3 Chuxiong Management Bureau of Yunnan Ailao Mountains National Nature Reserve, Chuxiong 675000, Yunnan, China
  • 4 Guizhou Institute of Biological Research, Guizhou Academy of Sciences, Guiyang 550009, Guizhou, China
  • 5 Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Kunming 650221, Yunnan, China
  • 6 Institut pour la Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB), Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, Sorbonne Université, CNRS, EPHE, Université des Antilles, F-75005 Paris, France
Published: 2026-02-22 doi: 10.13346/j.mycosystema.250280
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The informal term ‘dahongjun' or ‘big red mushroom' is a group of red-coloured russulas widely collected and consumed in southern China, originally mistakenly recognized as the European Russula vinosa. Russula griseocarnosa was described from China in 2009, and since then, it has become the only available scientific name for ‘dahongjun'. Nevertheless, several lineages exist within this complex, and whether these lineages represent real species is still an open question. Sampling in major producing areas of ‘dahongjun' and phylogenetic species recognition using multi-locus data were conducted. Besides R. griseocarnosa nine additional species were identified under the commercial name ‘dahongjun', including R. dhakuriana, R. quercina, R. purpureozonata, R. yanheensis and a new species sister to R. griseocarnosa here described as R. occulta. The others were undescribed species close to R. laricina, R. lepida, and R. purpureozonata respectively. Six evolutionary lineages within R. griseocarnosa were defined by genealogical concordance phylogenetic species recognition based on five-locus DNA data. Conflicts among different genealogies suggested that R. griseocarnosa is best considered as a single phylogenetic species, comprising several infraspecific taxa. Lower coverage whole genome sequencing of R. griseocarnosa holotype discovered that its three individuals belong to three different clades. Lectotypification was made using one of the three individuals. A new variety R. griseocarnosa var. ailaoshanensis is described to name one of the terminal clades that is mainly distributed in Ailao Mountains. This variety differs morphologically from the type variety in its nearly white context, bigger spores and more inflated hyphae in the pileipellis. The morphological and molecular data provided in this study are helpful to identify wild edible mushrooms of Russula subgen. Russula.

China  /  lectotype  /  new species  /  phylogenetic species recognition  /  Russula  /  wild edible fungi
Pei ZHANG, Yuwu LI, Shuqin CAO, Jing WANG, Kaimei SU, Shuhong LI, Bart BUYCK, Xianghua WANG. Critical re-assessment of species diversity of marketed wild edible mushroom ‘dahongjun'[J]. Mycosystema, 2026 , 45 (2) : 250280 - . DOI: 10.13346/j.mycosystema.250280
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  • National Natural Science Foundation of China(32170022)
  • 2023 Biodiversity Monitoring-special Investigation of Wild Fungi Issued by Chuxiong Management Bureau of Yunnan Ailao Mountains National Nature Reserve, the Biodiversity Survey and Assessment Project(2019HJ2096001006)
  • The “Investigation of Macrofungi of Maguan County” Issued by Ministry of Ecology and Environment of the People's Republic of China
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doi: 10.13346/j.mycosystema.250280
  • Receive Date：2025-09-26
  • Online Date：2026-04-29
  • Published：2026-02-22
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  • Received：2025-09-26
  • Accepted：2025-12-10
Funding
National Natural Science Foundation of China(32170022)
2023 Biodiversity Monitoring-special Investigation of Wild Fungi Issued by Chuxiong Management Bureau of Yunnan Ailao Mountains National Nature Reserve, the Biodiversity Survey and Assessment Project(2019HJ2096001006)
The “Investigation of Macrofungi of Maguan County” Issued by Ministry of Ecology and Environment of the People's Republic of China
Affiliations
    1 College of Life Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 101408, China
    2 Yunnan Key Laboratory for Fungal Diversity and Green Development, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, Yunnan, China
    3 Chuxiong Management Bureau of Yunnan Ailao Mountains National Nature Reserve, Chuxiong 675000, Yunnan, China
    4 Guizhou Institute of Biological Research, Guizhou Academy of Sciences, Guiyang 550009, Guizhou, China
    5 Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Kunming 650221, Yunnan, China
    6 Institut pour la Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB), Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, Sorbonne Université, CNRS, EPHE, Université des Antilles, F-75005 Paris, France

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*E-mail: SU Kaimei, ;
WANG Xianghua,
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表12种不同金属材料的力学参数
科
Family		 属数
Number of
genus		 种数
Number of
species		 占总种数比例
Percentage of
total species (%)		 属
Genus		 种数
Number of
species		 占总种数比例
Percentage of total
species (%)
鹅膏菌科Amanitaceae 2 11 5.26 鹅膏菌属 Amanita 10 4.78
小菇科 Mycenaceae 2 12 5.74 丝盖伞属 Inocybe 5 2.39
多孔菌科 Polyporaceae 8 14 6.70 蜡蘑属 Laccaria 5 2.39
红菇科 Russulaceae 3 23 11.00 小皮伞属 Marasmius 6 2.87
小菇属 Mycena 11 5.26
光柄菇属 Pluteus 5 2.39
红菇属 Russula 17 8.13
栓菌属 Trametes 5 2.39
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