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Amanita subpallidorosea, a new lethal fungus from China

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A lethal mushroom that caused two deaths in southwestern China in 2014 drew our attention. Morphological and molecular phylogenetic data indicated that the mushroom belongs to Amanita section Phalloideae and is distinct from all known taxa of the section. The novel species, designated A. subpallidorosea, has been described and compared with related taxa in the genus. This species is macroscopically characterized by a white pileus when juvenile that develops a pale rose tinge in the center with age, a subapical annulus, and large globose to subglobose basidiospores measuring 8.5–11 × 8–10 μm.

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Acknowledgments

Special thanks are due to Mr. Zheng Feng (Zunyi CDC, China) for assistance on field trips. We express our gratitude to Prof. Yu-Cheng Dai (BJFU, China) and Prof. Zhu L. Yang (KIB, China) for improving the manuscript. The research is financed by the Special Scientific Research Fund of Public Welfare Profession of China (Project No. 201502043).

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  1. National Institute of Occupational Health and Poison Control, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, 100050, China

    Hai-Jiao Li, Shuo Zhang, Pei-Bin Ma, Jing Zhou & Cheng-Ye Sun

  2. State Key Laboratory of Toxicology and Medical Countermeasures, and Laboratory of Toxicant Analysis, Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Academy of Military Medical Sciences, 100850, Beijing, China

    Jian-Wei Xie

  3. Guizhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Guiyang, 550004, China

    Ya-Juan Zhou

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Li, HJ., Xie, JW., Zhang, S. et al. Amanita subpallidorosea, a new lethal fungus from China. Mycol Progress 14, 43 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11557-015-1055-x

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