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Description and affinities of a sequestrate Lepiota (Agaricaceae) from Australia

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The novel Australian sequestrate species Lepiota geogenia is described and illustrated. It is characterized by globose to subglobose sporocarps that stain pale yellow with handling, and fusiform, asymmetric spores. Lepiota geogenia is a member of sect. Lepiota, to which the sequestrate western American Cryptolepiota spp, Lepiota viridigleba, and the European slightly secotioid L. sardoa also belong. We place the Cryptolepiota species within Lepiota, and provide two new names and one new combination.

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Acknowledgments

Many thanks to the RBG Melbourne for supporting field and molecular work, Fungimap Inc. for providing the opportunity to link fieldwork with the biannual workshop in Queensland (2007), and ARC/Hermon Slade for funding support. Thanks to Karl Vernes for permission to use photos of sporocarps.

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  1. National Herbarium of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne, PO 2000, Melbourne, Victoria, 3141, Australia

    Teresa Lebel

  2. University of California at Berkeley, 111 Koshland Hall #3102, Berkeley, CA, 94720-3102, USA

    Else C. Vellinga

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Lebel, T., Vellinga, E.C. Description and affinities of a sequestrate Lepiota (Agaricaceae) from Australia. Mycol Progress 12, 525–532 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11557-012-0859-1

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