Zhu L. Yang

TL;DR: The results indicated that the characters frequently used in the morphology-based taxonomy of Boletaceae, such as basidiospore ornamentation, the form of the basidioma, and the stuffed pores each had multiple origins within the family, suggesting that the use of such features for high-level classification ofBoletaceae should be de-emphasized and combined with other characters.

TL;DR: M morphological studies and phylogenetic analyses were conducted including species of Boletaceae from China and other parts of the world, indicating that seven subfamily-level major clades and 62 generic clades can be retrieved, 52 of which are found in China.

TL;DR: Of the 30 species in China, 20 appear to be endemic, nine were also represented in Europe, and four putatively fire-adapted species have disjunct distributions inChina, Europe and western North America.

TL;DR: The cryptic diversity found in this study indicates that the species diversity of lethal amanitas is strongly underestimated under the current taxonomy, and the importance of both dispersal and vicariance in shaping the intercontinental distributions of these ectomycorrhizal fungi is indicated.

TL;DR: DNA sequence variation in three gene markers from samples of these mushrooms from across China revealed fifteen novel phylogenetic species and a newly identified lineage represented by Boletus sp.