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Abstract
Amanita lippiae is described as a new species from a semi-arid (caatinga) region of northeastern Brazil. It possesses clampless basidia and elongate to nearly cylindrical inamyloid basidiospores, bears irregular remains of universal veil on the stipe bulb and is a gemmatoid species assignable to Amanita sect. Amanita.
We extend our thanks to Dr. C. Bas (Leiden, the Netherlands) and Dr. Vicenzo Migliozzi (Rome, Italy) for provision of valued literature, to the late M. Francis Massart (Gradignan, France) for providing specimens of Amanita eliae from his personal herbarium, to Mrs Mary A. Tulloss (Roosevelt, New Jersey) for assistance in the preparation of the manuscript forPUBLICation and to Dr Vagner G. Cortez for preparation of the plate. Dr Elisandro R. Drechsler-Santos, Dr Bruno T. Goto and Mr João F. da Silva are acknowledged for their photography and assistance in the field, Dr Leonor C. Maia (UFPE, Brazil) for scientific support and Mrs Marlene C.A. Barbosa (UFPE, Brazil) for plant identification. The first author expresses his thanks to PROTAX/CNPq/MCT (Proc. 563969/05-9) and PPBio Project for financial support.