Morphological and molecular evidence reveal Limacella lenta, a new species (Amanitaceae), from Pakistan

Limacella lenta , a new species of the well‐known fungal family Amanitaceae from district Swabi, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan is described and illustrated based on morphological and molecular phylogenetic analysis of ITS and combined ITS‐28S sequences. The species is mainly characterized by its orange to bright reddish‐brown sticky pileus with faded pale margins, a stipe surface covered with white fibrils, comparatively large globose to subglobose basidiospores measuring 5.1–6.2 × 4.1–5.6 µm, the presence of clavate to subclavate cheilocystidia and the absence of clamp connections. A morphological description, color photographs, microscopic structures and a comparative ITS and combined ITS‐28S based phylogenetic analysis is presented.