Nikkaluokta mahdiehiae Tedersoo, 2024

Tedersoo, Leho, Magurno, Franco, Alkahtani, Saad & Mikryukov, Vladimir, 2024, Phylogenetic classification of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi: new species and higher-ranking taxa in Glomeromycota and Mucoromycota (class Endogonomycetes), MycoKeys 107, pp. 249-271 : 249-271

Nikkaluokta mahdiehiae Tedersoo sp. nov.

Diagnosis.

Separation from other species of Nikkaluokta based on the ITS region (positions 97–116 cctgggcaaatttttttttc; one mismatch allowed) and LSU (positions 687–717 cttggatataagaagtggaatctacacaaat; one mismatch allowed) as indicated in Fig. 12 .

Type.

Soil eDNA sample TUE 100497 (holotype); eDNA sequence EUK 1203196 (lectotype); subarctic Pinus sylvestris forest (soil sample TUE 000497 ) in Nikkaluokta , Sweden, 67.85596 ° N, 19.47575 ° E .

Description.

Other sequences: EUK 1203537 (type locality) and EUK 1603797 (GSMc plot G 5003, Pinus sylvestris forest soil in Naissaare, Estonia, 59.56340 ° N, 24.54510 ° E).

Etymology.

Nikkaluokta (Sami) refers to type locality; and Mahdieh (Persian) refers to the first name of Mahdieh Hosseyni Moghaddam who sequenced the type materials using target capture protocols.

Notes.

Found in Sweden and Estonia, with ITS and LSU sequences displaying up to 1 % and 0.2 % differences, respectively.

Figures

Figure 12. Diagnostic barcodes for Nikkaluokta mahdiehiae relative to closely-related taxa in ITS 2 and LSU.