Zangia (fungus)

Zangia is a genus of bolete fungi in the family Boletaceae. The genus, circumscribed in 2011, contains six species found in China. Zangia species grow in forests dominated by Fagaceae (beeches and oaks) mixed with Pinaceae (pines).

Zangia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Basidiomycota
Class:
Agaricomycetes
Order:
Boletales
Family:
Boletaceae
Genus:
Zangia

Y.C.Li & Zhu L.Yang (2011)
Type species
Zangia roseola
(W.F.Chiu) Y.C.Li & Zhu L.Yang (2011)
Species

Z. chlorinosma
Z. citrina
Z. erythrocephala
Z. olivacea
Z. olivaceobrunnea
Z. roseola

Taxonomy

Studying pink-pored boletes from China, mycologists Yan Chun Li, Bang Feng, and Zhu L. Yang showed using molecular phylogenetic analysis that several species–some still undescribed–were part of a unique genetic lineage distinct from other Boletaceae genera. Two species were transferred from other genera—Zangia chlorinosma from Tylopilus, and the type species, Zangia roseola, previously considered Boletus or Tylopilus. Four species were described as new.[1] The sister taxon to the genus is the truffle-like Royoungia.[1]

The generic epithet honors mycologist Mu Zang, known for his research on the Boletales of China.[1]

Description

Zangia is distinguished from other Boletaceae genera by the following features: a wrinkled cap, a pinkish to pink pore surface on the cap underside, a pink to pinkish brown spore print, pink scabrous small scales (squamules) on the stipe, a chrome-yellow to golden yellow stipe base, and chrome-yellow to golden yellow mycelia on the base of the stipe. In some species, there are bluish color changes in the stipe. Microscopic features include an ixohyphoepithelium cap cuticle, and smooth spores.[1]

Species in Zangia generally resemble those in the subgenus Roseoscabra of genus Tylopilus.[1] The type species of Roseoscabra, Tylopilus chromapes, was moved to the new genus Harrya in 2012.[2]

Distribution and habitat

The members of the genus are to date only known from southern, southeastern and southwestern China, and appear to be associated with forests composed mainly of trees of the family Fagaceae with some from the family Pinaceae.[1]

Species

As accepted by Species Fungorum;[3]

ImageScientific NameTaxon authorYearDistribution
Zangia chlorinosma(Wolfe & Bougher) Y.C. Li & Zhu L. Yang2011China (Yunnan)
Zangia citrinaY.C. Li & Zhu L. Yang2011China (Fujian)
Zangia erythrocephalaY.C. Li & Zhu L. Yang2011China (Yunnan)
Zangia olivaceaY.C. Li & Zhu L. Yang2011China (Yunnan)
Zangia olivaceobrunneaY.C. Li & Zhu L. Yang2011China (Yunnan)
Zangia roseola(W.F. Chiu) Y.C. Li & Zhu L. Yang2011China (Yunnan)

References
  1. Li YC, Feng B, Yang ZL (2011). "Zangia, a new genus of Boletaceae supported by molecular and morphological evidence". Fungal Diversity. 49: 125–143. doi:10.1007/s13225-011-0096-y. S2CID 43491957.
  2. Halling RE, Nuhn M, Osmundson T, Fechner N, Trappe JM, Soytong K, Arora D, Hibbett DS, Binder M (2012). "Affinities of the Boletus chromapes group to Royoungia and the description of two new genera, Harrya and Australopilus". Australian Systematic Botany. 25 (6): 418–31. doi:10.1071/SB12028. S2CID 86131274.
  3. "Zangia - Search Page". www.speciesfungorum.org. Species Fungorum. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
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