• The Korean Journal of Mycology
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• v.45 no.1
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• pp.14-22
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• 2017

A molecular phylogenetic analysis of 40 fungal specimens that were collected from the Korean peninsula from 2000 to 2015 and recorded as Amanita virosa was performed using internal transcribed spacer sequence data. Results confirmed that Amanita oberwinklerana (14 specimens), Amanita rimosa (5), Amanita pallidorosea (20), and Amanita virosa (1) belong to section Phalloideae of subgenus Lepidella, and the morphological features of these specimens were re-examined. The former three species with deadly poisonous white mushrooms were not yet recorded in Korea. Because of their morphological similarities with A. virosa, they are frequently overlooked or misidentified in the field. All collections were deposited in the Herbarium Conservation Center of the National Institute of Agricultural Sciences.

• Mycobiology
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• v.41 no.4
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• pp.183-190
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• 2013

Amanita Pers. is a well-known monophyletic mushroom genus with a broad distribution. However, the diversity of Korean Amanita species has been underestimated, and most taxonomic studies conducted in Korea have only investigated their morphological characteristics. This approach is frequently insufficient for correct identification in fungal classification; therefore, we constructed a phylogeny of Amanita subgen. Lepidella in order to understand the phylogenetic placements of 16 Amanita specimens collected in Korea in 2012. The phylogeny constructed using the sequence data of the internal transcribed spacers and the partial large subunit of ribosomal RNA identified nine Amanita species (A. citrina, A. excelsa var. spissa, A. flavipes, A. fritillaria, A. oberwinklerana, A. pallidorosea, A. rubescens, A. subjunquillea, and A. volvata); of these, A. fritillaria, A. oberwinklerana, and A. pallidorosea are new to Korea.