Leptonia sp
Location: Nisene Marks State Park, Santa Cruz County, California, USA
Collection Date: 27-Nov-11
Project #: CSALVA-8
Comments: Immediately recognizable by the distinctly dark-blue marginate gills under a velvety blue-back cap, this distinctive taxon has been puzzled over for some time. Similar species occur across the United States and in Europe, and our sequence comparison indicates that it occurs at least as far north as North Vancouver, BC, but did not suggest any affinity to the true concept of L. serrulata (the name that has been applied to it for quite a while).
Sequence: >A06_3070_1F+ITS4_83
NNNNNNNNNNNCTANNNNTTTGAGGTCAATAGTCAATGAATTGTCTCTAAAGAGACGGTTAGAAGCTAGATCTTTCCGTGAAGGAAAACACTGTCTCATTGATGATATAGATAATTATCATATCACAAGTGATCCAGCGATGAATCTTGCTAATACATTTAAGGAGAGCTGACTTCATTGAAGAACCAGCAATTCCCAGAATCCAAGCCTTACTAGCTTTTAACATTAAAAACTTGAAAGGTTGAGAATTTCACGACACTCAAACAGGCATGCTCCTCGGAATACCAAGGAGCGCAAGGTGCGTTCAAAGATTCGATGATTCACTGAATTCTGCAATTCACATTACTTATCGCATTTCGCTGCGTTCTTCATCGATGCGAGAACCAAGAGATCCGTTGTTGAAAGTTGTATTATATTATTTGTGTAATGGCAATATAATGCCTCACGGTTTACATTCAAATACTTTGTATGGAGTATATTGAAACATAGATATGAAATGTTAAAGAAGAGCTGGCACAGCACAGCAATTCTTTAGACCGAGTTTGAACCTCGAGAGTTATTTCAGATCTACATAAAGTGCACAGGTGGTTAATAAAGGTGGAATAGACGTGCACATGCCCCGAAGAGCCAGCAACAGCCTACACCAAGTTTATTCAATAATGATCCTTCCGCAGGTTCACCTACGGAAACCTTGTTACGACTTTTACTTCCTCTAANNGGACCAAGA