Eleven clinical and veterinary strains of filamentous Basidiomycetes were compared with 15 reference strains representing the orders Aphyllophorales and Agaricales. The methods used were restriction analysis of small subunit (18S) (SSU) rDNA and internal transcribed spacers (ITS) 1 and 2 and variable domain 9 (V9)-ITS1 sequencing. Six strains were found to belong to the teleomorph genera Schizo...

The genus Scleroderma contains gasteroid basidiomycetes, which form globose spores with echinulate to reticulate ornamentation on the surface. Based morphological observations in combination molecular data, four new species, S. erubescens, separatum, squamulosum, and vinaceum, were described from Yunnan, southwestern China. Images of fresh basidiomata scanning electron microscope (SEM) images b...