Loose Ends in the Cortinarius Phylogeny: Five New Myxotelamonoid Species Indicate a High Diversity of These Ectomycorrhizal Fungi with South American Nothofagaceae
, Carolina Barroetaveña 1,2,3, Tuula Niskanen 4, Kare Liimatainen 4, Matthew E. Smith 5 and Ursula Peintner 6Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
In this manuscript, the authors described five new Cortinarius species from Patagonian Nothofagaceae forests through macro- and microcharacters descriptions combined with phylogenetic reconstruction. For the latest three nuclear regions were used to build different phylogenetic trees (the ITS, LSU and RPB1). The results, as highlighted by the authors, are of primary interest regarding the over-representation of this ectomycorrhizal group in the southern hemisphere, their potential central role in ecosystem functioning, and the paucity of data currently available. I fully recommend this paper for publication in MDPI. I just have minor comments listed below.
- Line 62: I do not think it is necessary to repeat “gelatinized epicutis”.
- Line 125 and 126: if details are given for the ITS, I mean ITS1, 5.8S and ITS2 in line 126, this should be also indicated at line 125; or not given at all (e., indicate only “ITS”).
- Line 131: delete the hard return.
- Line 202: delete the dot between “the” and “presences”.
- Add “to” after “Due”.
Author Response
Dear Reviewer 1:
Thanks for your kind words and comments. We includ all your comments and revised english grammar and spelling.
All the best,
Sincerely yours,
Dr. María Eugenia Salgado Salomón
Dr. Carolina Barroetaveña
Dr. Tuula Niskanen
Dr. Kare Liimatainen
Dr. Matthew Smith
Dr. Ursula Peintner
Reviewer 2 Report
this is a novel and interesting paper, well written; the presented results are well supported by ecological, morphological and molecular data;
the paper also provides insights and directions for future research;
in general, i do not see any shortcomings;
yet, in the submission files i could not detect the Table 1 that is referred to in the text (line 91, and afterwards); it is not present also in suplementary material; is that a technical issue, or perhaps i have missed it somehow? anyway, the Table 1 must appear in the version to be published;
Author Response
Dear Reviewer:
Thanks for your kind commnets. We improbe the english grammar and spelling.
All the best
Sincerely yours,
Dr. María Eugenia Salgado Salomón
Dr. Carolina Barroetaveña
Dr. Tuula Niskanen
Dr. Kare Liimatainen
Dr. Matthew Smith
Dr. Ursula Peintner
