A SamoanHebelomawith phylogenetic ties to the western Pacific

Abstract

Hebeloma ifeleletorum is described as a new species from American Samoa. Based on analyses of ITS and combined nLSU-ITS datasets H. ifeleletorum clusters with but is distinct from described species that have been placed in the genus Anamika by some. The phylogenetic relationship of H. ifeleletorum to the genus Anamika from Asia and to other species from Australia and New Caledonia suggests that H. ifeleletorum has origins in the western Pacific.

Hebeloma in the Malay Peninsula: Masquerading within Psathyrella

“…Hebeloma is considered rare in tropical forests. Apart from the records presented here, the only confirmed record is of H. ifeleleretorum (American Samoa, Kropp 2015).…”