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Two new species and a new record of Lepiota (Basidiomycota, Agaricales) from the Dominican Republic

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Two new species of Lepiota (L. squamulodiffracta and L. sosuensis) and a new record (L. subgranulosa) are described based on collections made in the Dominican Republic. The phylogenetic position of the species based on nrITS data is analyzed and discussed. L. squamulodiffracta belongs in section Lepiota, and it is characterized by the velar patches on pileus split up into numerous minute squamules, striate-sulcate pileus up to the center, and penguin-shaped spores. L. sosuensis has overall white basidiocarps, dextrinoid and metachromatic spores, trichodermial pileus covering, and rare clamp-connections. L. subgranulosa stands out morphologically by the spurred spores with one or several protuberances that give the spores an irregular outline.

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Acknowledgments

We would like to thank F. Jimenez, A. Veloz and R. Garcia (Jardín Botánico Nacional Dr. Rafael Ma. Moscoso, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic) for their interest and encouragement to study the fungi of the Dominican Republic and for their active cooperation in putting at our disposal material in the Herbarium of the Botanical Garden of Santo Domingo (JBSD).

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  1. Departamento de Botánica, Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Apartado Postal 70-367, 04510, México Distrito Federal, México

    Alfredo Justo

  2. Herbario Jardín Botanico Nacional Dr. Rafael Ma. Moscoso, Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic) & Via tulipifero, 9, 33080, Porcia, PN, Italy

    Claudio Angelini

  3. Via A. Volta, 31, Alte di Montecchio Maggiore, VI, Italy

    Alberto Bizzi

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Justo, A., Angelini, C. & Bizzi, A. Two new species and a new record of Lepiota (Basidiomycota, Agaricales) from the Dominican Republic. Mycol Progress 14, 56 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11557-015-1080-9

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