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Ammonia fungi of iriomote Island in the southern Ryukyus, Japan and a new ammonia fungus,Hebeloma luchuense

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Species composition and fruiting season of ammonia fungi were investigated in Iriomote Island of the southern Ryukyus, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.Castanopsis andPinus forests were surveyed and 10 species of ammonia fungi were collected, including one new agaric species,Hebeloma luchuense sp. nov. This new fungus is characterized by having a rooting, squamulose-scaly stipe and cortinate veil and forms ectomycorrhizae withCastanopsis cuspidata var.sieboldii. Although the general mushroom season in theCastanopsis forest in Iriomote island was very short and restricted to summer, ammonia fungi were observed to fruit throughout the year in urea-treated plots.

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  1. Natural History Museum and Institute, Chiba, Aoba-cho 955-2, Chuo-ku, 260, Chiba-shi, Chiba, Japan

    Toshimitsu Fukiharu

  2. Ogaya 3-3-7, Otsu-shi, 520-21, Shiga, Japan

    Tsuguo Hongo

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Fukiharu, T., Hongo, T. Ammonia fungi of iriomote Island in the southern Ryukyus, Japan and a new ammonia fungus,Hebeloma luchuense . Mycoscience 36, 425–430 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02268627

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