Validation of two Amanita species from eastern North America: A. rhacopus sp. nov. and A. variicolor sp. nov.
Members of the mushroom genus Amanita usually 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 Amanit...
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| author | Herman Lambert Guy Fortin Roland Labbé Jacqueline Labrecque Jean A. Bérubé Jacques Landry Evgeny Ilyukhin Simona Margaritescu Jean-Marc Moncalvo Yves Lamoureux |
| author_facet | Herman Lambert Guy Fortin Roland Labbé Jacqueline Labrecque Jean A. Bérubé Jacques Landry Evgeny Ilyukhin Simona Margaritescu Jean-Marc Moncalvo Yves Lamoureux |
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| description | Members of the mushroom genus Amanita usually 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 Amanita sect. Vaginatae from eastern North America that were recognised under the umbrella European names A. ceciliae by past authors: Amanita rhacopus sp. nov. and Amanita variicolor sp. nov. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2017b5309190476f97c74a18e1d173c22022-12-21T23:18:38ZengPensoft PublishersMycoKeys1314-40571314-40492018-08-0138475710.3897/mycokeys.38.2704127041Validation of two Amanita species from eastern North America: A. rhacopus sp. nov. and A. variicolor sp. nov.Herman Lambert0Guy Fortin1Roland Labbé2Jacqueline Labrecque3Jean A. Bérubé4Jacques Landry5Evgeny Ilyukhin6Simona Margaritescu7Jean-Marc Moncalvo8Yves Lamoureux9MycoquébecMycoquébecMycoquébecMycoquébecCentre de foresterie des LaurentidesMycoquébecDepartment of Natural History, Royal Ontario MuseumDepartment of Natural History, Royal Ontario MuseumUniversity of TorontoMycoquébecMembers of the mushroom genus Amanita usually 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 Amanita sect. Vaginatae from eastern North America that were recognised under the umbrella European names A. ceciliae by past authors: Amanita rhacopus sp. nov. and Amanita variicolor sp. nov.https://mycokeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=27041 |
| spellingShingle | Herman Lambert Guy Fortin Roland Labbé Jacqueline Labrecque Jean A. Bérubé Jacques Landry Evgeny Ilyukhin Simona Margaritescu Jean-Marc Moncalvo Yves Lamoureux Validation of two Amanita species from eastern North America: A. rhacopus sp. nov. and A. variicolor sp. nov. MycoKeys |
| title | Validation of two Amanita species from eastern North America: A. rhacopus sp. nov. and A. variicolor sp. nov. |
| title_full | Validation of two Amanita species from eastern North America: A. rhacopus sp. nov. and A. variicolor sp. nov. |
| title_fullStr | Validation of two Amanita species from eastern North America: A. rhacopus sp. nov. and A. variicolor sp. nov. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Validation of two Amanita species from eastern North America: A. rhacopus sp. nov. and A. variicolor sp. nov. |
| title_short | Validation of two Amanita species from eastern North America: A. rhacopus sp. nov. and A. variicolor sp. nov. |
| title_sort | validation of two amanita species from eastern north america a rhacopus sp nov and a variicolor sp nov |
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