TY - JOUR
T1 - The gilled mushroom Amanita spissacea (Amanitaceae)
T2 - A new report for India
AU - Lalrinawmi, Hmar
AU - Zothanzama, John
AU - Held, Benjamin W.
AU - Vabeikhokhei, Josiah M.C.
AU - Zohmangaiha,
AU - Blanchette, Robert A.
PY - 2018/1/1
Y1 - 2018/1/1
N2 - Mizoram is regarded as one of the biodiversity hotspots of the World owing to the diverse group of flora and fauna documented here. Information regarding the macrofungi, however, is very limited. For this reason, a systematic study of mushrooms from Mizoram was undertaken and during the field survey, Amanita spissacea was collected and identified. This is the first report of this mushroom from India. This species was identified on the basis of its morphological and microscopic characteristics as well as molecular characterization of the ITS region of rDNA. Phylogenetic analysis also confirmed that A. spissacea was a distinct species from A. fritillaria, A. sepiacea, A. citrina and other closely related species Amanita section Valideae.
AB - Mizoram is regarded as one of the biodiversity hotspots of the World owing to the diverse group of flora and fauna documented here. Information regarding the macrofungi, however, is very limited. For this reason, a systematic study of mushrooms from Mizoram was undertaken and during the field survey, Amanita spissacea was collected and identified. This is the first report of this mushroom from India. This species was identified on the basis of its morphological and microscopic characteristics as well as molecular characterization of the ITS region of rDNA. Phylogenetic analysis also confirmed that A. spissacea was a distinct species from A. fritillaria, A. sepiacea, A. citrina and other closely related species Amanita section Valideae.
KW - Macrofungi
KW - Mizoram
KW - Phylogeny
KW - Taxonomy
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U2 - 10.11609/jot.3471.10.10.12413-12417
DO - 10.11609/jot.3471.10.10.12413-12417
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85054124265
VL - 10
SP - 12413
EP - 12417
JO - Journal of Threatened Taxa
JF - Journal of Threatened Taxa
SN - 0974-7893
IS - 10
ER -