IMA Fungus 3(2): 117-123, doi: 10.5598/imafungus.2012.03.02.03
A new Leucoagaricus species of section Piloselli (Agaricales, Agaricaceae) from Spain
Alfredo Vizzini‡, Agustín Caballero, Marco Contu, Alfredo Vizzini§‡ University of Turin, Turin, Italy§ University of Torino and Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection (IPSP-SS Turin), Department of Life Sciences and Systems Biology, C.N.R, Viale P.A. Mattioli, 25, I-10125 Torino, Italy
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Vizzini A, Caballero A, Contu M, Vizzini A (2012) A new Leucoagaricus species of section Piloselli (Agaricales, Agaricaceae) from Spain. IMA Fungus 3(2): 117-123. https://doi.org/10.5598/imafungus.2012.03.02.03 |  |
Abstract
The new species Leucoagaricus variicolor is described from a public park in Zaragoza, Spain, based on both morphological and molecular characters. Illustrations of fresh basidiomata in situ and of the main macro- and micromorphological features are added. Leucoagaricus variicolor belongs to section Piloselli and is compared with similar taxa.
Keywords
Agaricomycetes, Basidiomycota, nrITS rDNA, taxonomy