Lepiota amplicystidiata, a new species from Tibet

Liang J. F. (2012) Lepiota amplicystidiata, a new species from Tibet.

Sydowia 64 (2): 245–254

The new species Lepiota amplicystidiata, sp. nov., is described and illustrated from Tibet. It is characterized by its pileus with radially sulcate striate margin and spores fusiform in frontal view and penguin-shaped with straight or almost straight abaxial side in side view distinctly narrowed towards the apex, widely clavate cheilocystidia, and a trichodermal pileus covering of elongate, subcylinderical elements.

Keywords: Agaricales, Agaricaceae, lepiotaceous fungi, taxonomy, phylogeny.