Amanitaceae
Amanita wadulawitu McGurk, E.M.Davison & E.L.J.Watkin
, legitimate, scientific
[McGurk, L.E., Giustiniano, D., Davison, E.M., & Watkin, E.L.J. (31 March 2016), Amanita wadulawitu (Basidiomycota), a new species from Western Australia, and an expanded description of A. kalamundae. Nuytsia 27]:
22, figs. 1, 2
[tax. nov.]
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Type:
“Type: [Australia] City of Melville, Western Australia [precise locality withheld for conservation reasons], 14 May 2005, L. McGurk 2005 - 13 LM (holo: PERTH 8615861...)"
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Text:
identifier: MB 811810
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Text:
DNA sequence: from holotype: GenBank JX398328 (ITS).
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Etymology:
"A combination of wadula ‘long’ and witu ‘seed’ in the Western Australian Aboriginal Nhanda dialect of the Noongar language. A reference to the long spores of this taxon. The epithet is formed as a noun in apposition."
[AusFungi (2023), AusFungi]:
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FungI
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