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Type: Article
Published: 2016-02-04
Page range: 262–270
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Lepiota thailandica (Agaricaceae), a new species from Thailand


Centre for Mountain Ecosystem Studies, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, China University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
Centre for Mountain Ecosystem Studies, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, China University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
School of Science, Mae Fah Luang University, 57100 Chiang Rai, Thailand Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand
Centre for Mountain Ecosystem Studies, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, China World Agroforestry Centre, East and Central Asia, 132 Lanhei Road, Kunming 650201, China
Centre for Mountain Ecosystem Studies, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, China World Agroforestry Centre, East and Central Asia, 132 Lanhei Road, Kunming 650201, China
basidiomycota lepiotaceous fungi nrITS phylogeny taxonomy Fungi Thailand

Abstract

Lepiota thailandica, widely distributed across northern Thailand, is described as a new species and is recognizable by its tiny basidiomata, convex or umbonate pileus, covered with reddish brown squamules on a white fibrillose background, free lamellae, white cylindrical stipe sometimes with brown squamules at the basal zone, hyaline and ellipsoid to oblong ovoid basidiospores, clavate to utriform cheilocystidia, trichodermal structure of squamules on the pileus and stipe, and clamp-connections in all tissues. Morphological characters and nrITS sequence data indicate that the species belongs in the section Ovisporae, subsection Felininae, which contains species with a trichodermal pileus covering made up of long and short elements.