title: Four Newly Recorded Amanita Species in Korea: Amanita sect. Amanita and sect. Vaginatae.
abstract: We collected nearly 70 specimens of Amanita species during a diversity study of Korean mushrooms conducted in 2012. In this study, we primarily investigated 23 Amanita specimens belonging to sections Amanita and Vaginatae. Based on sequence data of the internal transcribed spacers and partial large subunit of ribosomal RNA and morphological characteristics, we identified the following 15 phylogenetic species: A. alboflavescens, A. ceciliae, A. farinosa, A. fulva, A. griseofolia, A. ibotengutake, A. melleiceps, A. orientifulva, A. pantherina, A. rubrovolvata, A. sinensis, A. subglobosa, A. vaginata, A. cf. vaginata f. alba, and an undescribed Amanita species. In this study, four of the identified Amanita species (A. griseofolia, A. ibotengutake, A. orientifulva, and A. sinensis) were reported for the first time in Korea.
authors.affiliation: Forest Biodiversity Division, Korea National Arboretum, Pocheon 487-820, Korea.
authors.forename: Chang Sun
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Jong Won
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Jo
authors.forename: Young-Nam
authors.initials: YN
authors.lastname: Kwag
authors.forename: Junsang
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Oh
authors.forename: Bhushan
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Shrestha
authors.forename: Gi-Ho
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Sung
authors.forename: Sang-Kuk
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Han
keywords: Amanita sect. Amanita; Amanita sect. Vaginatae; ITS; Morphology; Phylogeny; nLSU