First Record and Molecular Identification of Amantia Manginiana in Jordan

The occurrence of the basidiomycete Amantia manginiana is reported for first time in Jordan. large crumbly white wild mushroom was collected from woodland during December 2014 Dabouq All morphological characteristics including cap, stem, gills, and spores were recorded. mycelium isolated by aseptically removing a small part fruiting body transferring it onto potato dextrose agar plate. After four days incubation at 25-30 °C dark, pure culture obtained. Sequence analysis partial fragment 28S nuclear subunit (nLSU) ribosomal RNA gene strains included new strain within taxon Amanita with 95% similarity to Genebank accession No. KP161281 91% AF024463.1 respectively. According molecular sequence analysis, identified as recorded