Assessing the taxonomic status of Amanita citrina var. intermedia (Basidiomycota, Agaricales)

ALFREDO VIZZINI; CLAUDIO CINGARLINI; DANIELE SARTORI; GIAN LUIGI MARAIA; LEDO SETTI; SERGE POUMARAT; LINAS KUDZMA; FRANCESCO DOVANA

doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.440.1.3

Issue: Vol. 440 No. 1: 21 April 2020

Type: Article

Published: 2020-04-21

DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.440.1.3

Page range: 55–68

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**Assessing the taxonomic status of Amanita citrina var. intermedia (Basidiomycota, Agaricales)**

ALFREDO VIZZINI⁺⁻
CLAUDIO CINGARLINI⁺⁻
DANIELE SARTORI⁺⁻
GIAN LUIGI MARAIA⁺⁻
LEDO SETTI⁺⁻
SERGE POUMARAT⁺⁻
LINAS KUDZMA⁺⁻
FRANCESCO DOVANA⁺⁻

Department of Life Science and Systems Biology, University of Turin, Viale P.A. Mattioli 25, I-10125 Torino, Italy

Via Salieri Antonio 277, I-37132 Verona (VR), Italy

Via Asiago 21, I-37023 Grezzana (VR), Italy

Via della Speranza 6, I-37069, Villafranca di Verona (VR), Italy

5Via C. Pavese 1, I-46029 Suzzara (MN), Italy

92 rue Callelongue, Le Chevalier Lancelot bât. E, F-13008, France

37 Maple Avenue, Annandale, NJ 08801, USA

Department of Life Science and Systems Biology, University of Turin, Viale P.A. Mattioli 25, I-10125 Torino, Italy

Agaricomycetes Pluteineae Amanitaceae Amanita porphyria Amanita asteropus Amanita brunnescens Fungi

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Abstract

Multigene molecular analysis (nrITS, nrLSU, tef1, rpb2) of Amanita species of section Validae including Italian and French specimens of A. citrina var. intermedia indicates that the taxon is not conspecific with A. mappa (= A. citrina) and deserves to be upgraded to the rank of autonomous species. An in-depth description of the taxon, a comparison with allied species, and a key to the Amanita species of section Validae series Mappae in Europe, are provided.