Pierre-Arthur Moreau

Université de Lille · Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences and biology

We investigated whether the diversity, endemicity and specificity of alder symbionts could be changed by isolation in a Mediterranean glacial refugium. We studied both ectomycorrhizal (EM) fungi and nitrogen‐fixing actinobacteria associated with alders, and compared their communities in Corsica and on the European continent. Nodules and root tips w...

A revision of Resinicium collections (Basidiomycota, Hymenochaetales) from French Guiana and French West Indies is provided, and a new species, Resinicium grandisporum sp. nov., supported by morphological as well as phylogenetic analyses based on ITS rDNA sequences, is described and illustrated. An updated key of the genus Resinicium is also provid...

A revision of Resinicium collections (Basidiomycota, Hymenochaetales) from French Guiana and French West Indies is provided, and a new species, Resinicium grandisporum sp. nov., supported by morphological as well as phylogenetic analyses based on ITS rDNA sequences, is described and illustrated. An updated key of the genus Resinicium is also provid...

This survey deals with the Rosellinia taxa collected in the French West Indies in the course of an ongoing inventorial work on the mycobiota of these islands initiated in 2003. Based on the evaluation and comparison of their morphological characters, sixteen species are described, illustrated and discussed, including seven new taxa viz.: R. aciculi...

Calocybe hymenoderma is described as a new species, from sporocarps collected in Tarn-et-Garonne (France), based upon anatomical and molecular analyses. It belongs in the section Rugosomyces of the genus Calocybe, close to C. onychina and C. fallax, which share the hymenodermal pileipellis. Also, the identity of «Calocybe» juncicola is elucidated a...

Background Recent climatic history has strongly impacted plant populations, but little is known about its effect on microbes. Alders, which host few and specific symbionts, have high genetic diversity in glacial refugia. Here, we tested the prediction that communities of root symbionts survived in refugia with their host populations. We expected to...

Appendix S1 Additional Supporting Information may be found in the online version of this article: Appendix S1. Supplementary Tables. Table S1. Site characteristics, location, and occurrence of Frankia and EM MOTUs among sites. *putative endemic MOTUs Table S2. Matrix reporting occurrence of EM MOTU among sites located in Turkey, Iran and Georgia. T...

matK sequence from Georgia

ITS sequences for fungi

Plant ITS from Georgia

Hodophilus atropunctus is traditionally defined as the only species of this genus with dark brown or black dots on the stipe. Multi-locus phylogenetic reconstruction recognised two distinct clades morphologically corresponding to this species concept. The limited morphological description in the protologue of H. atropunctus and absence of a type sp...

Hodophilus atropunctus is traditionally defined as the only species of this genus with dark brown or black dots on the stipe. Multi-locus phylogenetic reconstruction recognised two distinct clades morphologically corresponding to this species concept. The limited morphological description in the protologue of H. atropunctus and absence of a type sp...

Elaphomyces (‘deer truffles’) is one of the most important ectomycorrhizal fungal genera in temperate and subarctic forest ecosystems, but also one of the least documented in public databases. The current systematics are mainly based on macromorphology, and is not significantly different from that proposed by Vittadini (1831). Within the 49 species...

Documenting succession in forest canopy gaps provides insights into the ecological processes governing the temporal dynamics of species within communities. We analyzed the fruiting patterns of a rare but widely distributed saproxylic macromycete, Xylobolus subpileatus, during the ageing of natural canopy gaps in oak forests. In one of the last rema...

Four European Hodophilus species with an odour similar to naphthalene, a strong unpleasant odour similar to that of mothballs, are recognized based on sequence and/or morphological data. The traditional concept defines Ho. foetens as the only Hodophilus species with a naphthalene odour in Europe. This name is now assigned to one of the studied spec...

Several collections of Amanita species from section Vaginatae have been reported to be strictly associated with Helianthe-mum plants growing in grasslands, a still largely under-explored ectomycorrhizal habitat. The main aim of this study was to investigate the taxonomic status and phylogenetic position of strictly Helianthemum-associated Amanita s...

The new species Hydnellum dianthifolium is described and illustrated from Pinus brutia forests in Cyprus and southern Italy. Evidence from ITS-based phylogenetic and morphological analyses, including scanning electron microscopy is provided, and the relevant literature is reviewed. The long-standing taxonomic problems associated with the closely af...

PAZ, A., J.M. VIDAL, C. LAVOISE & P.-A. MOREAU (2016). Taxonomic revision of the genus Octaviania (Boletales) in Europe. Bol. Micol. FAMCAL 11: 101-138. The revision of the genus Octaviania initiated by PAZ & al. (2014) is completed after consulting the available type material of the different european species. The type Octaviania asterosperma is r...

VIDAL, J.M., J.-M. BELLANGER & P.-A. MOREAU (2016). Three new gasteroid species of the genus Entoloma found in Spain. Bol. Micol. FAMCAL 11: 53-78. Entoloma quellarense sp. nov., E. salicetense sp. nov. and E. vallibacense sp. nov. are described and illustrated. Also, Entoloma leptoniisporum is described from specimens of Hymenogaster leptoniisporu...

Abstract – This paper attributes two more species to Cantharellus subg. Cinnabarinus: the here newly described C. coccolobae, a strict associate of Coccoloba species in subtropical and tropical America, and the New Caledonian C. garnieri. A multigene analysis places both species in a genus phylogeny and their macro- and microscopic features are ill...

Infrageneric relations of the genetically diverse milkcap genus Lactifluus (Russulales, Basidiomycota) are poorly known. Currently used classification systems still largely reflect the traditional, mainly morphological, characters used for infrageneric delimitations of milkcaps. Increased sampling, combined with small-scale molecular studies, show...

Four Turkish Morchella species identified in published multilocus molecular phylogenetic analyses are described here as new, using detailed macro- and microscopic data: M. mediterraneensis (Mel-27), M. fekeensis (Mel-28), M. magnispora (Mel-29), and M. conifericola (Mel-32). A distribution map of morels identified to date in Turkey is also provided...

Pholiota highlandensis var. citrinosquamulosa Maire ex Bidaud & Borgarino is a Mediterranean fungus growing in connection above all with Pinus halepensis and/or Quercus ilex, either on soil or on their wood. Its distinguishing characters are stout basidiomata, red-brown pileus with paler, lemon yellow margin, distinct lemon yellow scales on stipe,...

A detailed account of the genus Morchella in the island of Cyprus is presented, based on integrative phylogenetic, morphoanatomical, ecological, and chorological analyses. Eleven species are molecularly confirmed, nine of them previously unreported from the island. Notably, four species are recognized as new to science, including one species in Sec...

Paxillus rubicundulus P.D. Orton has been shown to be a complex of at least 3 ectomycorrhizal taxa strictly associated with alders (Alnus) in Europe, P. rubicundulus s. str., and two undescribed clades. To assess the taxonomic status of these three clades and their phylogenetic relationships, phylogenetic analyses of two independent gene regions (I...

MYCENA FLAGELLATA SP. NOV. Une nouvelle espèce phylogénétiquement rattachée aux "mycènes à pied bleu".

We formulate five guidelines for introducing new genera, plus one recommendation how to publish the results of scientific research. We recommend that reviewers and editors adhere to these guidelines. We propose that the underlying research is solid, and that the results and the final solutions are properly discussed. The six criteria are: (1) all g...

Two collections of Suillus, made under Pinus wallichiana (Bhutan pine) in the Lille area, have been phylogenetically analyzed from their ITS rDNA sequences. One morphologically identified as S. granulatus has been confirmed by the analysis, the second one resorting to the heterogeneous group of S. collinitus. These two European species, reported as...

The authors describe, on the basis of two Spanish collections, a new morel species belonging to sect. Morchella, namely Morchella palazonii in honour or the late Iberian mycologist Fernando Palazón (1941-2009). A phylogenetic analysis of ITS sequences places this new species in the vicinity of the Mediterranean M. galilaea and of Mes-14, a so far u...

The ectomycorrhizal (ECM) symbiosis connects mutualistic plants and fungal species into bipartite networks. While links between one focal ECM plant and its fungal symbionts have been widely documented, systemic views of ECM networks are lacking, in particular, concerning the ability of fungal species to mediate indirect ecological interactions betw...

Two minute secotioid species of Lepiota found in Spain, L. iberica sp. nov. and L. smurfiorum sp. nov., are illustrated and described. Genetic studies support its inclusion in Lepiota sect. Lepiota. Also, after studying the type of Secotium olbium Tul. & C. Tul. (France) and comparing it with Cribrospora tulostomoides Pacioni & P. Fantini (Italy),...

Basidiomes of Alnicola subconspersa (Kühner ex P.D. Orton) Bon, Amanita pachyvolvata (Bon) Krieglst., Cortinarius azureus Fr., Cortinarius vernus H. Lindstr. & Melot, Melanogaster variegatus (Vittad.) Tul. & C. Tul., Paxillus ammoniavirescens Contu & Dessì, and Paxillus cuprinus P. Jargeat, H. Gryta, J.P. Chaumeton & A. Vizzini were reported for th...

A new species, Albomagister alesandrii (Basidiomycota, Tricholomataceae), is described from Corsica. its phylogenetic position nested in a so far only neotropical lineage, close to the genera Dennisiomyces and corneriella, is discussed. This is the second species described in the genus and the first record of Albomagister for europe.

Oxygenated lanostane-type triterpenes (OLTT), including ganoderic acids and lucidenic acids produced by fungi of the genus Ganoderma (Polyporales), are abundantly documented for their potential pharmacological value. In order to test the correlation between species identity and OLTT composition, methanolic extracts of seven laccate Ganoderma specie...

A taxonomic, morphological, ecological, and molecular study of three interesting Morchella species, Morchella tridentina, M. rufobrunnea, and M. kakiicolor, is presented, based on observations and analyses of collections from Cyprus and Spain. The nomenclatural and taxonomic problems associated with the name M. tridentina and its synonyms, M. elato...

A new species, Cyptotrama fagiphila, sp. nov., and a noteworthy species recently described from China, Cibaomyces glutinis, are reported from Europe. Their systematic position was confirmed by DNA sequence analyses of the ITS and partial 28S regions of the nuclear rDNA cistron. Based on these data, an emendation of Rhizomarasmius is also proposed t...

During the last two decades, the unprecedented development of molecular phylogenetic tools has propelled an opportunity to revisit the fungal kingdom under an evolutionary perspective. Mycology has been profoundly changed but a sustained effort to elucidate large sections of the astonishing fungal diversity is still needed. Here we fill this gap in...

Applying early names, with or without original material, to genealogical species is challenging. For morels this task is especially difficult because of high morphological stasis and high plasticity of apothecium color and shape. Here we propose a nomenclatural revision of true morels (Morchella, Pezizales) from Europe and North America, based on m...

Richard F., Bourgade F., Fons F., Rapior S. et Moreau P.A., 2011. Des champignons dans les garrigues languedociennes : Historique, diversité et enjeux de conservation. In : Pietrasanta Y. et Schatz B. Le génie de la nature. Biotope, Mèze (Collection Parthénope), pp 152-165. ISBN 978-2-914817-76-9 (260 p).

A systematic study of a rare and enigmatic European species, Galerina clavus Romagn., is presented. Phylogenetic analyses show it to be most closely related to Pachylepyrium carbonicola (A.H. Sm.) Singer and P. funariophilum (M.M. Moser) Singer (Strophariaceae). Investigation of additional species of Pachylepyrium suggests this genus is polyphyleti...

The authors propose to name a new morel species, sister to M. esculenta and already identified by previous phylogenetic studies as “Mes-18”. The number of collections and geographical distribution of Morchella fluvialis sp. nov. suggest that this species is widespread along rivers of Spain, associated to riparian forests composed of Fraxinus angust...

As a result of the study of the European type material of the genera Octaviania Vittad. and Hydnangium Wallr., as well as various collections made by the authors of this paper, we propose a new combination, O. depauperata; a new variety, O. depauperata var. laurarum; and a new species, O. vacekii. Macroscopic and microscopic photographs of all them...

Four alnicolous (Alnicola citrinella, A. suavis, Cortinarius alnetorum and Gyrodon lividus), 2 cortinarioid (Cortinarius alnetorum and C. scutulatus), 3 entolomatoid (Entoloma conferendum, E. pallescens and E. sordidulum), 1 hebelomatoid (Hebeloma aff. aestivale) and 2 clitocyboid (Clitocybe applanata and C. elegantula) fungi were collected, studie...

Exact data on vegetation and habitat conditions of selected Czech and French localities of a rare sphagnicolous fungus Pholiota henningsii (Agaricales, Strophariaceae) are published. The habitats are characterized phytosociologically and are supplemented with published data on their Holocene history. The case study is supplemented with an annotated...

Oral Communication

The genus Alnicola (Hymenogastraceae) contains a majority of host-specific ectomycorrhizal species, associated with various species of alders (Alnus spp.). Three species associated specifically with Alnus alnobetula are described as new and illustrated: Alnicola badiofusca P.-A. Moreau sp. nov., A. pallidifolia P.-A. Moreau & Peintner sp. nov., and...

Mycophiles forage for and pick vast quantities of a wide variety of wild mushroom species. As a result, mushroom intoxications are comparatively frequent in such countries with mycophiles. Thus, national governments are forced to release guidelines or enact legislation in order to ensure the safe commerce of wild mushrooms due to food safety concer...

Edible fungal species listed in European countries concerning the commercialisation of wild mushrooms. The list also provides information whether the mushroom can be cultivated or not, on the taxonomic affiliation and on the percentage of European lists where since 2012. Potentially toxic fungal species are marked (+). The list includes also the ol...

Fungal genera reported in 22 European lists concerning the commercialisation of mushrooms. The number of species of the respective genus allowed for a specific country is provided. The list also provides information whether the mushroom can be cultivated or not, and on the taxonomic affiliations. Abbreviations: A: Ascomycota, B: Basidiomycota, B_A:...

References for information concerning legislation or guidelines on the commercialisation of wild mushrooms in 42 European countries. (DOCX)

A preliminary inventory of Russula species associated with cork-oak in Algeria is proposed on the basis of bibliographic data and investigations in the El-Kala National Park. Six species of Russula characteristic of this habitat are described and their microscopical features are illustrated.

Global‐scale analyses of ectomycorrhizal ( ECM ) fungi communities emphasize host plant families as the main drivers of diversity. This study aims to test, on A lnus – ECM communities, which fungi are said to be ‘host‐specific’, to what extent host species, habitat and distance explain their alpha and beta diversity variations, and their specificit...

A new species of Clathrus (Phallomycetideae) with white receptacle, formerly assimilated to the African species C. baumii and C. preussii, is described and illustrated from various collections from the Caribbean and Venezuela. It is characterized by a lilaceouspink to vinaceous peridium and a tropical habitat in mesophilic to meso-hygrophilic manag...

A new ectomycorrhizal species, Alpova komoviana, is described from several collections from Montenegro (south-eastern Europe), in association with Alnus incana ssp. incana (Betulaceae). Its interesting basal position in the strictly Alnus-associated Alpova lineage is discussed through morphology and phylogenetic analyses based on ITS, gpd and rpb2...

We provide a preliminary report of the mycobionts found within four Monotropoideae (Ericaceae) species from China: Monotropa uniflora, Hypopitys monotropa, Monotropastrum humile and Monotropastrum sciaphilum (a rare endemic species never previously studied for mycorrhizae). Such achlorophyllous Monotropoideae plants obtain their carbohydrates from...

Aims of this study: 1. To analyze temporal fruiting patterns of saprobic macromycetes from XIXth century data 2. To compare these patterns with contemporary records within the same area 3. To correlate the observed diachronic variations with concomitant climatic changes in the study area.

A phylogenetic analysis of Trametes and related taxa is proposed, based on a wide sampling of temperate and tropical species. Concatenate sequences of ribosomal DNA (ITS1-5.8S-ITS2) and RPB2 gene from mycelia cultures were analyzed by Maximum Likelihood and Bayesian meth-ods, whilst morphological features were documented from the corresponding herb...

Three closely related species in Alnicola sect. Alnicola, Alnicola, are described, illustrated, and compared. Alnicola badia is revised based on the type collection and recent collections made under Alnus alnobetula. Two species (A. longicystis, A. xanthophylla) associated with Alnus glutinosa and A. incana and locally frequent in western and centr...

Alpova komovianus Perić & P.-A. Moreau (orthographié par erreur « komoviana » Moreau et al., 2013) est une espèce ectomycorhizienne, découverte au Monténégro en association avec Alnus incana subsp. incana (Betulaceae). En complément de sa publication nous en proposons une description macroscopique et micros-copique, des photographies prises in situ...

As successors of A.-P. de Candolle in Montpellier (France), M.-F. Dunal (1789– 1856) and A. Raffeneau-Delile (1778–1850) let a consequent unpublished iconography of fungi growing in this area. Investigations at the “Pôle Patrimoine scientifique” of the University Montpellier 2, based at the Institute of Botany, allowed the rediscovery and inventory...

M orphological analysis of basidiomata of gastroid Boletales (Alpova and Melanogaster)f ound in relation with Alnus trees in France revealed the existence of five distinct Alnus-associated species: Alpova alpestris sp. nov., A. corsicus sp. nov.,M elano-gaster luteus Zeller, M. rivularis sp. nov., and an unnamed species (Alpova sp. related to the N...

List of tree sequences used in this study. Sequences of Alnus and Betula species are either generated by the authors or downloaded from GenBank. Vouchers (leaves) are preserved at the Laboratoire Evolution et Diversité Biologique, Toulouse (F).

List of fungal sequences used in this study. Sequences are either generated by the authors (402 sequences) or downloaded from GenBank or UNITE databases (89 sequences). (1): not a genuine Alpova but a Melanogaster [28]. Abbreviations of host names: Aacum: Alnus acuminata; Aalnobet: Alnus alnobetula; Acord: Alnus cordata; Afrut: Alnus fruticulosa; A...

Mycorrhizal fungi form intimate associations with their host plants that constitute their carbon resource and habitat. Alnus spp. (Betulaceae) are known to host an exceptional species-poor and specialized ectomycorrhizal (ECM) fungal community compared to other tree species, but the host-specificity pattern and its significance in terms of fungal d...

Nombre d’espèces nous sont plus ou moins familières comme de bons génies travaillant de manière totalement gratuite pour notre plus grand bénéfice : pollinisation, production de miel, de pollen, de cire, de soie, lutte biologique en serre ou en plein champ …. De nombreux écologistes ou comportementalistes (Jean- Henri Fabre et bien d’autres) se son...

Nombre d’espèces nous sont plus ou moins familières comme de bons génies travaillant de manière otalement gratuite pour notre plus grand bénéfice : pollinisation, production de miel, de pollen, de cire, de soie, lutte biologique en serre ou en plein champ …. De nombreux écologistes ou comportementalistes (Jean- Henri Fabre et bien d’autres) se sont...

Population studies have revealed that the fungal ectomycorrhizal morphospecies Tricholoma scalpturatum consists of at least two genetically distinct groups that occur sympatrically in several geographical areas. This discovery prompted us to examine species boundaries and relationships between members formerly assigned to T. scalpturatum and allied...

Porcini (Boletus section Boletus: Boletaceae: Boletineae: Boletales) are a conspicuous group of wild, edible mushrooms characterized by fleshy fruiting bodies with a poroid hymenophore that is "stuffed" with white hyphae when young. Their reported distribution is with ectomycorrhizal plants throughout the Northern Hemisphere. Little progress has be...

Une récolte de Melanogaster luteus Zeller (= Alpova luteus (Zeller) Trappe) est décrite et illustrée. Cette espèce est associée aux Alnus ; son péridium de structure prosenchymateuse la place dans le genre Melanogaster. Abstract The finding of Melanogaster luteus Zeller (= Alpova luteus (Zeller) Trappe) is described and illustrated. The species is...

2010): Epitypification of Naucoria bohemica (Agaricales, Hymenogastraceae). – Czech Mycol. 62(1): 33–42. The holotype of Naucoria bohemica Velen. has been revised. This collection corresponds to the most frequent interpretation of the taxon in modern literature. Since the condition of the material is not sufficient to determine microscopic and mole...

The present study aims to compare antiproliferative activities of different methanolic extracts from French-Antillean and Guianese species of Ganodermataceae Donk and two reference species: European G. lucidumand Asian "G. lucidum," on human prostate cancer (PC-3), human breast adenocarcinoma (MCF-7), and human colon adenocarcinoma grade II HT29. W...