An overview of Agaricus section Hondenses and Agaricus section Xanthodermatei with description of eight new species from Pakistan.

ABSTRACT: In a recent revision of the genus Agaricus, A. section Xanthodermatei was split into two sections A. sect. Hondenses and A. sect. Xanthodermatei. Our objectives were to investigate the species diversity of both sections in Pakistan and to give an overview of the major clades. Phylogenetic analyses based on the combined nucLSU, ITS and TEF1 dataset from 35 specimens of both sections revealed three major clades. Analyses based on ITS dataset and 106 specimens, including 33 from Pakistan, reveal eight new species and one new record species. These nine species are described in detail. It is noteworthy that intraspecific variability as well as interspecific variability between closely related species were very low in ITS sequences in many cases. In the case of the two new species A. xanthochrom

SUBMITTER: Bashir H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8213768 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature