Original paper
Kneiffiella altaica and Kneiffiella subaltaica sp. nov. – a rare species found in European old-growth forests and a closely related new species from North America
Langer, Ewald; Běťák, Jan; Holec, Jan; Klug, Alexander; Riebesehl, Janett
Nova Hedwigia Band 115 Heft 1-2 (2022), p. 205 - 225
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published: Aug 15, 2022
manuscript accepted: Jun 23, 2022
manuscript received: May 20, 2022
DOI: 10.1127/nova_hedwigia/2022/0709
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Abstract
Abstract: After a revision of Kneiffiella specimens from European old-growth forests in Czech Republic, Slovakia, Croatia and Poland, Kneiffiella altaica was found to have a western distribution far from its type locality at Teletskoye lake in Altai mountains in Russia. Comparing further material from USA, we found a similar species, Kneiffiella subaltaica, which we describe as new to science based on molecular inference of the ITS and 28S DNA sequence and morphology.