Validation of two Amanita species from eastern North America: A. rhacopus sp. nov. and A. variicolor sp. nov.

By

Lambert, Herman
Fortin, Guy
Labbé, Roland
Labrecque, Jacqueline
Bérubé, Jean
Landry, Jacques
Ilyukhin, Evgeny
Margueritescu, Simona
Moncalvo, Jean-Marc
Lamoureux, Yves, 1962-

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2018

Original Publication

NeoBiota : advancing research on alien species and biological invasions

Volume

38

Pages

47-57

Subjects

Agaricales , Amanitaceae , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sophia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.38.27041

 

Abstract

Members of the mushroom genusAmanitausually can easily be identified to the genus in the field, however, species circumscription and identification are often problematic. Several names have been misapplied and cryptic species exist. Here, we formally describe and validate two new species of Amanitasect.Vaginatae from eastern North America that were recognised under the umbrella European namesA.ceciliaeby past authors:Amanitarhacopussp. nov.andAmanitavariicolorsp. nov.