Three new species of the genus (Hydnaceae, Cantharellales) from North China based on morphological and phylogenetic analysis.

possesses important ecological and economic value and has attracted extensive attention from mycologists. Macrofungal diversity is high in China, but species have not been thoroughly studied. In this study, based on morphological evidence and phylogenetic analyses of the nucleotide sequences of three loci (nrITS, nrLSU, and ), three new species of from North China were identified. Morphologically, is characterized by its white to dirty white basidiomata with somewhat pale orange tips and somewhat wrinkled hymenium. is characterized by its gray to dark grayish violet basidiomata, with a sometimes-white stipe base, monopodial or irregularly polychotomous toward branch apices. is characterized by its white to pale cream white basidiomata with somewhat orange tips. Phylogenetically, the three new species form three independent branches with high support values in the phylogenetic tree.