title: A Samoan Hebeloma with phylogenetic ties to the western Pacific.
abstract: Hebeloma ifeleletorum is described as a new species from American Samoa. Based on analyses of ITS and combined nLSU-ITS datasets H. ifeleletorum clusters with but is distinct from described species that have been placed in the genus Anamika by some. The phylogenetic relationship of H. ifeleletorum to the genus Anamika from Asia and to other species from Australia and New Caledonia suggests that H. ifeleletorum has origins in the western Pacific.
authors.affiliation: Biology Department 5305 Old Main Hall, Utah State University, Logan, Utah 84341 brad.kropp@usu.edu.
authors.forename: Bradley R
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Kropp
mesh_terms: D001208:Asia; D001315:Australia; D004271:DNA, Fungal / Q000235:genetics; D055364:Hebeloma / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D013172:Spores, Fungal / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification
chemical_list: D004271:DNA, Fungal
keywords: Agaricales; Anamika; Oceania; South Pacific; biogeography