科普知识学英语 伊比利亚半岛发现两种新蘑菰.docVIP

In collaboration with the Royal Botanic Gardens of Madrid and the Slovenian Forestry Institute, researchers in the Basque Country have documented two new species of Hydnum, commonly known as ox tongue mushrooms, as part of their study published in the Mycologia journal. This genus is known because many of its fungi are?edible（可食用的）. Spanish researchers have headed the discovery of two mushroom species belonging to the Hydnum genus, a type of fungus commonly used in cooking. ? During our study we discovered two new species: Hydnum ovoideisporum and Hydnum vesterholtii, which belong to a genus commonly known as ox tongue. Although many of this species mushrooms are consumed in many parts of the world, paradoxically there have been few recent serious studies that attempt to clarify what species exist and the differences between them, as explained by Ibai Olariaga Ibarguren, lead researcher of the study conducted from the University of the Basque Country. ? According to the experts, differentiating this genus is a very complicated task since there is much resemblance between species and they have rather similar microscopic characteristics. This is one of the reasons why many authors of studies have believed that there are few Hydnum species with different variables, outlines the scientist. ? Nonetheless, the scarcity of molecular studies carried out on these fungi indicates that their genetic diversity is very high. Olariaga himself has been performing a review of this genus in the Iberian Peninsula for years. One day he discovered that there were two species that were distinguishable from the rest because of their specific ecology and the fact that they had ovoid basidiospores, instead of the?blastospores（芽生孢子）?in the majority of species. ? The molecular study that our work provides confirmed that the species detected at the time using classical morphology-based?taxonomy（分类学）?belonged to two genetically different lineages, highlights the researcher. ? Recognising co