Bryoclavula dryalisepiplutea sp. nov. (Hydnaceae: Cantharellales), a new lichenized basidiomycete from East Texas

Bryoclavula dryalisepiplutea, a new lichenized basidiomycete, is described from Fort Boggy State Park in Leon County, Texas. U.S.A., and represents the second species in the genus outside of Japan, and a first record for a lichenized basidiomycete for Texas. Morphological observations and phylogenetic analyses of the nuclear ITS and nrLSU regions using maximum likelihood and Bayesian analyses supports placement within Bryoclavula (Hydnaceae: Cantharellales), and distinct from the previously described species, B. phycophila, from Japan.