Taxonomy and phylogeny reveal new species of Volvariella (Volvariellaceae, Agaricales) and Volvopluteus (Pluteaceae, Agaricales) from eastern India Author Tarafder, Entaj 0000-0002-3680-3433 Center for Yunnan Plateau Biological Resources Protection and Utilization & Yunnan International Joint Laboratory of Fungal Sustainable Utilization in South and Southeast Asia, College of Biology and Food Engineering, Qujing Normal University, Qujing 655099, China Author Hoque, Enjamul https://orcid.org/0009-0004-3518-4839 Department of Botany, West Bengal State University, N. 24 Parganas, Barasat 700126, West Bengal, India Author Sherpa, Ang Rinzing 0000-0003-1488-3513 Department of Botany, West Bengal State University, N. 24 Parganas, Barasat 700126, West Bengal, India Author Karunarathna, Samantha C. 0000-0001-7080-0781 Center for Yunnan Plateau Biological Resources Protection and Utilization & Yunnan International Joint Laboratory of Fungal Sustainable Utilization in South and Southeast Asia, College of Biology and Food Engineering, Qujing Normal University, Qujing 655099, China Author Wang, Meimei 0000-0003-3747-5432 Center for Yunnan Plateau Biological Resources Protection and Utilization & Yunnan International Joint Laboratory of Fungal Sustainable Utilization in South and Southeast Asia, College of Biology and Food Engineering, Qujing Normal University, Qujing 655099, China Author Wijayawardene, Nalin N. 0000-0003-0522-5498 Center for Yunnan Plateau Biological Resources Protection and Utilization & Yunnan International Joint Laboratory of Fungal Sustainable Utilization in South and Southeast Asia, College of Biology and Food Engineering, Qujing Normal University, Qujing 655099, China & Germplasm Bank of Wild Species & Yunnan International Joint Laboratory of Fungal Sustainable Utilization in South and Southeast Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, China Author Li, Qiang 0000-0002-9735-8214 Center for Yunnan Plateau Biological Resources Protection and Utilization & Yunnan International Joint Laboratory of Fungal Sustainable Utilization in South and Southeast Asia, College of Biology and Food Engineering, Qujing Normal University, Qujing 655099, China Author Yu, Fuqiang 0000-0001-7931-080X Germplasm Bank of Wild Species & Yunnan International Joint Laboratory of Fungal Sustainable Utilization in South and Southeast Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, China Author Dai, Dong-Qin 0000-0001-8935-8807 Center for Yunnan Plateau Biological Resources Protection and Utilization & Yunnan International Joint Laboratory of Fungal Sustainable Utilization in South and Southeast Asia, College of Biology and Food Engineering, Qujing Normal University, Qujing 655099, China Author Watsuntorn, Wannapawn https://orcid.org/0009-0002-3196-4753 High-Value Food from Mushrooms and Bioactive Plants in the Green Economy Value Chain Research Group, The Institute of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, 254 Phayathai Road, Pathumwan, Bangkok, 10330, Thailand text MycoKeys 2026 2026-03-24 130 185 208 journal article 314643 10.3897/mycokeys.130.183859 39780c78-cc8b-4b7e-b565-104ba2d230db

Table 5. Comparison of Volvopluteus fibrillobrunneus (CAL 2385) and its closely related taxa. Abbreviations: NR = not reported.

Name of the taxon	Pileus color	Pileus diameter (mm)	Stipe (mm)	Basidiospore (µm)	Basidia (µm)	Pleurocystidia (µm)	Cheilocystidia (µm)	Reference
Volvopluteus fibrillobrunneus	Light brown to gaeyish brown when young, dark blonde center and birch grey sides after maturity	80–97	120–140 × 10–14	8.3–11.5 × 5.1–7.1	25.7–45.6 × 9.8–11.9	53–75 × 14–21	34–72 × 15–29	This study
Vp. earlei	White or ochraceous buff, light ochraceous at center	25–45	35–65 × 3–7	11.0–16.0 × 7–9.5	30–47 × 10–18	47–98 × 14–20	25–50 × 10–35	Montoya et al. (2021)
Vp. deliciosus	Surface usually grayish	50–110	80–140 × 8–27	12.5–16.5 × 7.5–10	42–65 × 13–16	62–88 × 12–33	50–65 × 18–32	Li et al. (2025 a)
Vp. diversisporus	Surface orange white	41–59	36–85 × 4–6	11.2–16.0 × 7.2–14.4	25.6–46.4 × 9.6–17.6	20.8–86.4 × 8.8–34.0	32.0–80.0 × 9.6–40.0	Kaur and Singh (2014)
Vp. earlei	Slightly darker or pale yellowish biscuit in center	20–50	40–70 × 5–10	12–15.5 × 7.3–9.5	35–51 × 10–14	31–85 × 15–38	30–75 × 11–24	Bougher and Barrett (2023)
Vp. gloiocephalus	Uniformly grayish beige except darker brownish at the umbo	30–110	35–120 × 5–22	12–17.5 × 7.5–10	42–56 × 12–16	45–60 × 20–40	32–70 × 10–25	Bougher and Barrett (2023)
Vp. longipes	Slightly brownish at center, grayish white to dirty white	48–70	130–150 × 4–10	14–20 × 8–11	35–60 × 16–23	NR	40 – 75 × 16–29	Zhu et al. (2025)
Vp. michiganensis	Gray to brownish gray	70–90	80–110 × 10–15	10.5–13.5 × 6.5–8	35–55 × 10–15	70–110 × 25–45	60–75 × 15–27	Justo et al. (2011 a)
Vp. platensis	Grayish white to dirty white, sometimes with a cream tinge	30–45	50–80 × 4–10	15.5–20 × 9–12	35–68 × 15–20	65–95 × 18–40	NR	Zhu et al. (2025)
Vp. shafferii	Surface grayish orange, orange grey at center, with pinkish tinge towards margin	10–112	70–165 × 18–25	11.2–16 × 7.2–12.8	17.6–34.0 × 8.9–16.0	NR	NR	Kaur and Singh (2014)
Vp. striatellus	Pale grey when young, transitioning to white with grayish tints at maturity	48–80	110–160 × 5–23	15.5–18.8 × 9.6–11.5	40.8–55 × 15.1–19.9	62–113.8 × 24.5–48.5	50.1–81.5 × 24.1–34.9	Li et al. (2025 b)
Vp. yunnanensis	Dark blonde center and birch grey sides	59–85	120–137 × 11–13	11.3–12.9 × 6.0–6.9	43–54 × 10–15	60–82 × 16–25	60–86 × 14–27	Zheng et al. (2025)