Korean Journal of Mycology (Kor. J. Mycol.)
Yong Ju Jin 1, Ki Bum Yoo 1, Seung Beom Hong 1, Soon Wu Kwon 1, Soo Jin Kim 1, Seong Hwan Kim 2* and Soon-Ja Seok 1*
1Agricultural Microbiology Division, National Institute of Agricultural Sciences, RDA Wanju 55365, Korea
2Department of Microbiology and Institute of Basic Sciences, Dankook University, Cheonan 31116, Korea
Correspondence to mycena@korea.kr, piceae@dankook.ac.kr
Korean Journal of Mycology (Kor J Mycol) December, 2015, 43(4):216-223.
https://doi.org/10.4489/KJM.2015.43.4.216
Received: November 2, 2015; Revised: November 9, 2015; Accepted: November 16, 2015
Published: December, 2015.
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Amanita subgenus Lepidella is a well-known group that includes lethal amanitas. However, the taxonomic investigation of Korean Amanita species is still in progress. In this study, we collected Amanita specimens in Korea from 2009 to 2015 and classified 22 of them as subgenus Lepidella based on the morphology. Phylogenetic analysis of the 22 Amanita specimens based on the internal transcribed spacers sequences identified 16 phylogenetic species which included three undescribed Amanita species (A. sepiacea, A. modesta and A. kotohiraensis). Microscopic features of newly recorded Amanita species were photographed and line drawings were made. All collections cited here are deposited in the Herbarium Conservation Center of the National Institute of Agricultural Sciences.
Amanita kotohiraensis, Amanita modesta, Amanita sepiacea, Phylogenetic anaylsis, Subgenus Lepidella