title: Amanita lippiae: a new species from the semi-arid caatinga region of Brazil.
abstract: Amanita lippiae is described as a new species from a semi-arid (caatinga) region of northeastern Brazil. It possesses clampless basidia and elongate to nearly cylindrical inamyloid basidiospores, bears irregular remains of universal veil on the stipe bulb and is a gemmatoid species assignable to Amanita sect. Amanita.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Departamento de Micologia/CCB, Avenida Prof. Nelson Chaves, s/n, CEP: 50670-901, Recife, PE, Brazil. fwartchow@yahoo.com.br
authors.forename: Felipe
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Wartchow
authors.forename: Rodham E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Tulloss
authors.forename: Maria A Q
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Cavalcanti
mesh_terms: D000545:Amanita / Q000145:classification* / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology; D001938:Brazil; D003889:Desert Climate; D017753:Ecosystem; D013045:Species Specificity