First records of three Lepiota species (Agaricales, Basidiomycota) from Ukraine, with notes on a poorly known species, Lepiota subalba

Oleh Prylutskyi,Oleksandr Zinenko,Polina Havrysh

doi:10.15407/ukrbotj78.06.373

Abstract

New records of four species of the genus Lepiota (Agaricales, Basidiomycota) are reported from Ukraine. Three species, L. fuscovinacea, L. griseovirens, and L. roseolivida, are recorded in Ukraine for the first time, whereas a poorly known species, L. subalba, earlier known in Ukraine from a few records, is confirmed using molecular identification methods. All species reports are supplemented with original descriptions and drawings based on newly collected material, as well as data on general distribution, habitat, references to new collections and public databases. Original nucleotide sequence of the ITS region of ribosomal DNA obtained from our voucher specimen of L. subalba is provided.

Highlights

Lepiota (Pers) S.F.Gray (Agaricaceae) is a genus that comprises ca. 400 species (Kirk et al, 2008; Vellinga, 2009)
Original nucleotide sequence of the ITS region of ribosomal DNA obtained from our voucher specimen of L. subalba is provided
The first comprehensive list of lepiotaceous fungi of Ukraine was provided in the Handbook of Fungi of Ukraine (Zerova et al, 1979), where 33 species of Lepiota s. l. were reported

Summary

Introduction

Lepiota (Pers) S.F.Gray (Agaricaceae) is a genus that comprises ca. 400 species (Kirk et al, 2008; Vellinga, 2009). Most of them are soil and litter decomposers, which are widely distributed from tropical to temperate regions (Vellinga, 2004) Several genera, such as Cystolepiota Singer, Echinoderma Afterwards, lepiotaceous fungi were not in focus of special studies and were investigated instead within wider research projects (Table 1) These studies differ by their scope and geographical coverage from local and regional research (Dudka et al, 2004; Sarkina, 2013; Prylutskyi et al, 2017; Prylutskyi, 2018; Kozłowska et al, 2019; Makarenko, 2020; Malaniuk, 2020) through macro-regional surveys (Wasser, Soldatova, 1977; Dudka et al, 2009, 2019). We provide an original description and nrITS sequence of our specimen of the rare and poorly known species Lepiota subalba Kühner ex P.D.Orton

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