Four new species of Amanita in Inje county, Korea

Document Type

Journal article

Source Publication

Mycobiology

Publication Date

12-2015

Volume

43

Issue

4

First Page

408

Last Page

414

Publisher

Hangug Gynnhaghoi, Korean Society of Mycology

Keywords

Amanita, Molecular sequence analyses, Mt. Jeombong, New species identification, Poisonous mushrooms

Abstract

Amanita (Agaricales, Basidiomycota) is one of the most well-known genera composed of poisonous mushrooms. This genus of almost 500 species is distributed worldwide. Approximately 240 macrofungi were collected through an ongoing survey of indigenous fungi of Mt. Jeombong in Inje County, Korea in 2014. Among these specimens, 25 were identified as members of Amanita using macroscopic features. Specimens were identified to the species level by microscopic features and molecular sequence analyses of the internal transcribed spacer and large subunit of nuclear ribosomal RNA. We molecularly identified 13 Amanita species, with seven species matching previously recorded species, four species (A. caesareoides, A. griseoturcosa, A. imazekii, and A. sepiacea) new to Korea, and two unknown species.

DOI

10.5941/MYCO.2015.43.4.408

Print ISSN

12298093

E-ISSN

20929323

Funding Information

This work was supported by Inje County (Investigation of Inje Biological Resources) and the National Institute of Biological Resources under the Ministry of Environment (Survey and excavate Korean indigenous fungal species, Project No.: NIBR201501205). {NIBR201501205}

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Language

English

Recommended Citation

Cho, H. J., Park, M. S., Lee, H., Oh, S.-Y., Jang, Y., Fong, J. J., & Lim, Y. W. (2015). Four new species of Amanita in Inje county, Korea. Mycobiology, 43(4), 408-414. doi: 10.5941/MYCO.2015.43.4.408

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