Amanita tullossiana, a new species, and two new records of Amanita section Lepidella from north-western Himalaya, India

By

Hosen, Md. Iqbal
Mehmood, Tahir
Das, Kanad
Kudzma, Linas V.
Bhatt, R. P.

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2018

Original Publication

NeoBiota : advancing research on alien species and biological invasions

Volume

37

Pages

73-92

Subjects

Amanitaceae , Basidiomycota , nrLSU , South Asian taxa , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sophia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.37.26420

 

Abstract

Amanitatullossiana, a new species ofAmanita[subgenus Lepidella] section Lepidella from India is described. The species is characterised by its ash grey to brownish-grey pileus covered with dark grey to greyish-black universal veil remnants, the upper part of its rooting stipe base covered by several rows of recurved scales, broadly ellipsoid to ellipsoid basidiospores, absence of basidial clamp connections and pileal remnants of universal veil comprising abundant, disordered inflated cells intermixed with scattered filamentous hyphae. Molecular phylogenetic analysis and morphology both support the association ofA.tullossianawith species of Bas’ stirpsCinereoconia–A.cinereoconiaandA.griseoverrucosa. Two species,A.griseoverrucosaandA.virgineoidesare reported here as new records for India.