Fourteen Unrecorded Species of Agaricales Underw. (Agaricomycetes, Basidiomycota) from the Republic of Korea.

ABSTRACT: Agaricales species form pileate-stipitate fruiting bodies and play important roles in maintaining the terrestrial ecosystem as decomposers, symbionts, and pathogens. Approximately 23,000 Agaricales species have been known worldwide, and 937 species have been recorded in the Republic of Korea. However, most of them were identified solely based on morphological characteristics that often led to misidentifications. The specimens collected from 2018 to 2020 in the Republic of Korea were identified based on phylogenetic analysis of the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) sequences. Their identities were confirmed by microscopic characteristics. As a result, 14 Agaricales species were discovered for the first time in the Republic of Korea. They belonged to nine genera: Agaricus, Calocybe

SUBMITTER: Yoo S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9467565 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature