Elaphomyces readii (Elaphomycetaceae, Eurotiomycetes), a new medicinal species of hypogeous fungus with biocultural importance from Mexico Author Fuente, Javier Isaac De La 0000-0003-4667-1574 Colegio de Postgraduados, Campus Montecillo, Edafología, Km 36.5, Montecillo, Texcoco, Estado de México, 56230, Mexico. & jdelafuenteitcv @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 4667 - 1574 jdelafuenteitcv@gmail.com Author Pérez-Moreno, Jesús 0000-0001-9290-1460 Colegio de Postgraduados, Campus Montecillo, Edafología, Km 36.5, Montecillo, Texcoco, Estado de México, 56230, Mexico. & jepemo @ yahoo. com. mx; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 9290 - 1460 jepemo@yahoo.com.mx Author Martínez-Reyes, Magdalena 0000-0003-2352-917X Colegio de Postgraduados, Campus Montecillo, Edafología, Km 36.5, Montecillo, Texcoco, Estado de México, 56230, Mexico. & martinezreyes 2012 @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 2352 - 917 X martinezreyes2012@gmail.com Author Ayala-Vásquez, Olivia 0000-0002-8970-9571 Colegio de Postgraduados, Campus Montecillo, Edafología, Km 36.5, Montecillo, Texcoco, Estado de México, 56230, Mexico. & yootspooj @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 8970 - 9571 yootspooj@gmail.com Author Martínez-González, César Ramiro 0000-0002-0256-0840 Universidad Autónoma Chapingo, Instituto de Horticultura del Departamento de Fitotecnia, Carr. Federal México-Texcoco Km 38.5, 56230 Texcoco, Mexico. & cesar. ramiro. mg @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 0256 - 0840 cesar.ramiro.mg@gmail.com Author Aguirre-Acosta, Celia Elvira 0000-0003-1360-7859 Instituto de Biología. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Circuito exterior s / n. Ciudad Universitaria, 04510, Mexico City, Mexico. & caguirre @ ib. unam. mx; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 1360 - 7859 caguirre@ib.unam.mx text Phytotaxa 2023 2023-05-01 594 4 241 250 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.594.4.1 journal article 53594 10.11646/phytotaxa.594.4.1 6871580a-bc8a-45da-91e7-76e23b5fe944 1179-3163 7917021

TABLE 2 Comparative morphology of diagnostic characteristics of related species to Elaphomyces readii within Elaphomyces sect. Elaphomyces according to Paz et al. 20171 and Molia et al. 20202

Species	E. readii	E. asperulus 1	E. pusilus 2	E. roseoviolaceus 2
Ascospores (µm)	20–57	22–30	20–33	26–34
Asci (µm)	45–62 × 38–42	32–38 × 35–42	not measured	not measured
Distribution	North America	Europe	North Europe	North Europe
Ascoma size (mm)	20–45	20-40	4–18	13–25
Gleba color	whitish, purple, then dark purple	purple, then black purple	Greyish black, then violaceous to brownish black	black to violaceous
Plant hosts	Pinus	Corylus, Castanea, Picea, Quercus, Pinus	Picea	Picea and Pinus