Collecting and Preserving Fungal Specimens

The fresh fruiting bodies of the fungi growing on fallen angiosperm branches and fallen Pinus armandii branches were collected from Honghe, Wenshan, and Yuxi of Yunnan Province, China. The samples were photographed in situ, and fresh macroscopic details were recorded. Photographs were recorded by a Jianeng 80D camera. All of the photos were focus stacked and merged using Helicon Focus software. Macroscopic details were recorded and transported to a field station where the fruit body was dried on an electronic food dryer at 45 °C. Once dried, the specimens were sealed in an envelope and zip-lock plastic bags and labeled [43 (link)]. The dried specimens were deposited in the herbarium of the Southwest Forestry University (SWFC), Kunming, China.