Lycogala caviaroides Leontyev, Schnittler, S. L. Stephenson & G. Konstantinides, in Leontyev, Ishchenko & Schnittler, Mycologia 115 (4): 533 (2023)

Specimen examined.

NA.

Distribution.

Germany, Greece, United States (Leontyev et al. 2023 b), and China (this study).

Notes.

Lycogala caviaroides was separated from the L. epidendrum complex based on morphological characteristics and two-gene phylogenetic analysis (SSU and COI) by Leontyev et al. (2023 a, b). When retrieving GenBank data for our study, we found a COI sequence of specimen MCCNNU 0250, which was previously submitted to GenBank. This specimen originates from Tianmu Mountain National Nature Reserve, Zhejiang Province, subtropical China. Based on the COI sequences similarity, specimen MCCNNU 0250 can be attributed to L. caviaroides (Fig. 2). However, we could not obtain the specimen MCCNNU 0250 for the morphological study. Therefore, we cannot reliably confirm the occurrence of L. caviaroides in subtropical China at this time.