Tricholoma punctatum sp. nov. from Serbia

Abstract

A new species of Tricholoma recorded from a temperate forest in central Serbia is described and illustrated. It is characterized by the presence of punctate, often elevated, almost black spots arranged in one to three circular zones on the pileus. The new species showed morphological differences from closely related taxa and molecular phylogenetic analysis of ITS and LSU regions confirm the distinct taxonomic status of the finding.