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Review
. 2015 Jun 9;6(2):86-93.
doi: 10.1080/21501203.2015.1042536. eCollection 2015.

A review on the diversity, phylogeography and population genetics of Amanita mushrooms

Ping Zhang  1 , Li-Ping Tang  2 , Qing Cai  3 , Jian-Ping Xu  4
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Review

A review on the diversity, phylogeography and population genetics of Amanita mushrooms

Ping Zhang et al. Mycology. .

Abstract

Amanita mushrooms are important for both human beings and ecosystems. Some members in this genus are valued edible species, whereas some others are extremely poisonous, and most species are ectomycorrhizal. Significant progress has been made in recent years in our understanding of the diversity, phylogeography and population genetics of Amanita mushrooms. A significant reason for the progress was due to the increasing application of molecular methods in the analyses. In this review, we summarize the researches in the diversity, phylogeography and population genetics of Amanita mushrooms, with the focus on advances over the past 20 years. We also discussed future research directions, including several unresolved topical issues.

Keywords: Amanita; ectomycorrhizal fungi; molecular markers; phylogeny.

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Figures

Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Phylogenetic position of a lethal species, A. virosa (a), and an edible species, A. hemibapha (b), in a most parsimonious tree of genus Amanita based on nuclear large subunit (nLSU) sequences (Zhang et al. 2010).
Figure 2.
Figure 2.
Two sub-clades of A. fuliginea in two phylogenetic trees (parcel) of Amanita based on ITS sequences (left: Cai et al. 2014; right: Zhang et al. 2010). Amanita sp. 4 in left tree is corresponding to A. fuliginea MHHNU 6853 and 6960 in right tree.
Figure 3.
Figure 3.
A ‘normal’ form (left) and an alba form (right) of A. pallidorosea.
Figure 4.
Figure 4.
Torrendia and Amanita in a phylogenetic tree based on nLSU sequences (Justo et al. 2010).
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