A contribution to the knowledge of Amanita coryli (Amanitaceae, Agaricales)

Abstract

The authors present descriptions and illustrations of Amanita coryli, rarely fea-tured in the mycological literature, based on molecularly characterised by nrITS sequences specimens from the Balkan Peninsula (Bulgaria and Turkey). The col-lections studied here suggest that the species is probably not restricted to the pre-sumed host-trees of the genus Corylus and may also occur with some Fagaceae. Further, the analysis of previously released sequences in public databases show that it is a species with a wide distribution in Eurasia, probably much more com-mon than currently known, but likely confused with other members of the sec-tion Vaginatae.