Ecology, Environment and Conservation Paper

FIRST REPORT ON THE MORPHOLOGICAL AND MOLECULAR IDENTIFICATION OF LACTOCOLLYBIA VARIICYSTIS FROM SALAHADIN GOVERNORATE, NORTH CENTRAL IRAQ

Talib O. Al-Khesraji, Milad A. Mezher and Ahmed H. M. Shugran

Abstract

A rare agaric, Lactocollybia variicystis D.A. Reid and Eicker (Family: Marasmiaceae) is identified as a new record to Iraqi macromycota, based on morphological characteristics and molecular analysis. Descriptions, color photographs, comments and phylogenetic analysis based on ITS rDNA sequence data are given.