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Microbiol."],"abstract":"<jats:p>\n                    A new jelly fungus,\n                    <jats:italic>Dacrymyces abaensis<\/jats:italic>\n                    sp. nov., is described from the subalpine coniferous forests of Sichuan, China, based on morphology and ITS+nLSU phylogeny. The species grows on rotten wood of\n                    <jats:italic>Picea<\/jats:italic>\n                    and forms a distinct lineage within\n                    <jats:italic>Dacrymyces<\/jats:italic>\n                    . 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