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Issue: Vol. 374 No. 2: 5 November 2018
Type: Article
Published: 2018-11-05
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.374.2.5
Page range: 139–146
Abstract views: 16
PDF downloaded: 1

A new species of Agaricus sect. Brunneopicti from Eastern India

Molecular and Applied Mycology and Plant Pathology Laboratory, Department of Botany, University College of Science and Agriculture, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
Molecular and Applied Mycology and Plant Pathology Laboratory, Department of Botany, University College of Science and Agriculture, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
Molecular and Applied Mycology and Plant Pathology Laboratory, Department of Botany, University College of Science and Agriculture, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
Molecular and Applied Mycology and Plant Pathology Laboratory, Department of Botany, University College of Science and Agriculture, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
Agaricus India new species nrDNA ITS taxonomy Fungi

Abstract

Agaricus duplocingulatoides (Agaricaceae, Agaricales, Basidiomycota) is proposed here as new to science based on collections made from West Bengal, Eastern India. The morphological features together with molecular data confirms its placement in Agaricus sect. Brunneopicti within Agaricus subg. Pseudochitonia. A comprehensive description, illustrations and comparison with morphologically and phylogenetically related taxa are provided.