title: Four New Species of Amanita in Inje County, Korea.
abstract: Amanita (Agaricales, Basidiomycota) is one of the most well-known genera composed of poisonous mushrooms. This genus of almost 500 species is distributed worldwide. Approximately 240 macrofungi were collected through an ongoing survey of indigenous fungi of Mt. Jeombong in Inje County, Korea in 2014. Among these specimens, 25 were identified as members of Amanita using macroscopic features. Specimens were identified to the species level by microscopic features and molecular sequence analyses of the internal transcribed spacer and large subunit of nuclear ribosomal RNA. We molecularly identified 13 Amanita species, with seven species matching previously recorded species, four species (A. caesareoides, A. griseoturcosa, A. imazekii, and A. sepiacea) new to Korea, and two unknown species.
authors.affiliation: School of Biological Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea.
authors.forename: Hae Jin
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.affiliation: School of Biological Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea.
authors.forename: Myung Soo
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Park
authors.affiliation: School of Biological Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea.
authors.forename: Hyun
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: School of Biological Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea.
authors.forename: Seung-Yoon
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Oh
authors.affiliation: Division of Wood Chemistry & Microbiology, Korea Forest Research Institute, Seoul 02455, Korea.
authors.forename: Yeongseon
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Jang
authors.affiliation: Science Unit, Lingnan University, Tuen Mun, New Territories, Hong Kong.
authors.forename: Jonathan J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Fong
authors.affiliation: School of Biological Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea.
authors.forename: Young Woon
authors.initials: YW
authors.lastname: Lim
keywords: Amanita; Molecular sequence analyses; Mt. Jeombong; New species identification; Poisonous mushrooms
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