“…They are ecologically relevant because the majority of them form ectomycorrhizal associations with vascular plants and play important roles in ecosystems and forest development (Yang, 1997). Taxonomic studies of Amanita from Asia have largely focused on China, India, and Japan (Nagasawa and Hongo, 1984;Yang, 1997;Oda et al, 1999;Moncalvo et al, 2000;Tulloss et al, 2001;Chen et al, 2001;Yang, 2001Yang, , 2002Oda et al, 2002;Yang, 2004;Jie et al, 2009;Zhang et al, 2010;Chen, 2014;Deng et al, 2014;Zhang et al, 2015;Yang, 2015;Endo et al, 2017;Cui et al, 2018;Yang et al, 2018). About 60 species of Amanita have been reported from various parts of India, and more than 160 species have been reported from China (Yang, 1997(Yang, , 2000Semwal et al, 2014;Singh and Kaur, 2016;Cui et al, 2018;Yang et al, 2018).…”