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Seven Armillaria species identified from Hokkaido Island, northern Japan

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Sixty-two isolates from basidiocarps of Armillaria spp. were obtained from Hokkaido Island, northern Japan. Six species (Armillaria cepistipes, A. gallica, A. nabsnona, A. ostoyae, A. sinapina, and an undescribed species, “Nag. E”) were identified by pairing tests with known tester strains and one subspecies (Armillaria mellea subsp. nipponica, a non-heterothallic form of A. mellea) was identified by its macro- and micro-morphological characters of the basidiocarps. This is the first case of “Nag. E” being reported from Hokkaido Island.

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  1. Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Matsunosato 1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8687, Japan

    Yuko Ota

  2. Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

    Kozue Sotome

  3. Kansai Research Center, Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Kyoto, Japan

    Eri Hasegawa

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Ota, Y., Sotome, K. & Hasegawa, E. Seven Armillaria species identified from Hokkaido Island, northern Japan. Mycoscience 50, 442–447 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10267-009-0505-1

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