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Authorea (Authorea), Jan 30, 2024
Taxonomic investigations on the family Entolomataceae have been conducted in Pakistan through sur... more Taxonomic investigations on the family Entolomataceae have been conducted in Pakistan through surveys from 2018 to 2022. By combining morphological characteristics and molecular phylogenetic analyses using ITS sequences, three new species Entoloma khanuspurensis, E. pakistanicum, and Rhodophana margallensis, and one previously unrecorded species E. albotomentosum are introduced from Pakistan. This study marks the first report of the genus Rhodophana in Pakistan.
Mycological progress, Feb 10, 2024
Nordic Journal of Botany
A new species in genus Inocybe is described and illustrated from Himalayan Moist Temperate forest... more A new species in genus Inocybe is described and illustrated from Himalayan Moist Temperate forests of Pakistan. It is characterized by fibrillose, conical to convex, umbonate, brown to dark brown pileus, non‐pruinose, fibrillose stipe with whitish tomentum at base, basidiospores smooth and larger (9.0 × 5.2 µm) and thicker caulocystidia (upto 21 m) as compared to sister species, Inocybe demetris. Phylogenetic analyses of nuc rDNA region encompassing the internal transcribed spacers 1 and 2 along with 5.8S rDNA (ITS) and nuc 28S rDNA D1–D2 domains (28S) also confirmed its novelty.
Nordic Journal of Botany, Jun 9, 2023
A novel mushroom species occurring on humus‐rich soil was collected from Himalayas of Swat and Kh... more A novel mushroom species occurring on humus‐rich soil was collected from Himalayas of Swat and Khanspur, Pakistan. Phylogenetic analyses based on the nrDNA ITS region revealed that it belongs in Leucoagaricus sect. Leucoagaricus. Further morphological analyses confirmed its uniqueness, and here it is described as a new species under the name Leucoagaricus swaticus. The distinguishing characters of this novel taxon are a relatively large pileus with distinct, brownish red umbo, larger, smooth stipe and oblong to amygdaliform basidiospores (6.7–9.0 × 3.0–4.7 µm) with apical papilla. A detailed description of this taxon is provided.
Chiang Mai Journal of Science, May 31, 2022
Phytotaxa, Jan 31, 2023
During recent fieldwork at Azad Jammu and Kashmir (Pakistan), many basidiomycetes of the genus Co... more During recent fieldwork at Azad Jammu and Kashmir (Pakistan), many basidiomycetes of the genus Cortinarius were collected from mixed coniferous Himalayan temperate forests. Their morphological characterization and phylogenetic analyses based on ITS and LSU sequence data yielded a well-delimited, new species within C. subgenus Telamonia sect Disjungendi. It is characterized by producing small and dry basidiomata with blackish brown conico-convex pilei when young and uplifted at maturity, dark brown lamellae, a fibrillose stipe and small basidiospores (9.4 × 5.5 µm in average).
World journal of biology and biotechnology, Aug 27, 2020
Mycotaxon, Oct 30, 2020
A new species, Russula rubricolor, was collected in the Himalayan forests of Pakistan. This speci... more A new species, Russula rubricolor, was collected in the Himalayan forests of Pakistan. This species is morphologically characterized by the yellowish hymenium, bright red pileus that is convex to flat with central depression and finally infundibuliform and striate towards margin, becoming blackish red with age. The newly reported species is placed in Russula subsect. Maculatinae based molecular phylogenetic analysis of ITS sequence data and supported by the red pileus color.
Mycotaxon, Oct 2, 2019
Amanita subjunquillea and its ectomycorrhizal association are reported for the first time from mo... more Amanita subjunquillea and its ectomycorrhizal association are reported for the first time from moist temperate Himalayan forests of Pakistan. The sample was studied based on morphological characters and nucleotide sequence analyses of the ITS region generated from basidiomata and ectomycorrhizal roots of Quercus floribunda. Our collection differs from the type in its dark orange pileus disc and pale yellow margins. Remaining morphological and molecular data are consistent with previously reported specimens. This represents the first report of A. subjunquillea from Pakistan.
Authorea (Authorea), Jan 30, 2024
Taxonomic investigations on the family Entolomataceae have been conducted in Pakistan through sur... more Taxonomic investigations on the family Entolomataceae have been conducted in Pakistan through surveys from 2018 to 2022. By combining morphological characteristics and molecular phylogenetic analyses using ITS sequences, three new species Entoloma khanuspurensis, E. pakistanicum, and Rhodophana margallensis, and one previously unrecorded species E. albotomentosum are introduced from Pakistan. This study marks the first report of the genus Rhodophana in Pakistan.
Mycological progress, Feb 10, 2024
Nordic Journal of Botany
A new species in genus Inocybe is described and illustrated from Himalayan Moist Temperate forest... more A new species in genus Inocybe is described and illustrated from Himalayan Moist Temperate forests of Pakistan. It is characterized by fibrillose, conical to convex, umbonate, brown to dark brown pileus, non‐pruinose, fibrillose stipe with whitish tomentum at base, basidiospores smooth and larger (9.0 × 5.2 µm) and thicker caulocystidia (upto 21 m) as compared to sister species, Inocybe demetris. Phylogenetic analyses of nuc rDNA region encompassing the internal transcribed spacers 1 and 2 along with 5.8S rDNA (ITS) and nuc 28S rDNA D1–D2 domains (28S) also confirmed its novelty.
Nordic Journal of Botany, Jun 9, 2023
A novel mushroom species occurring on humus‐rich soil was collected from Himalayas of Swat and Kh... more A novel mushroom species occurring on humus‐rich soil was collected from Himalayas of Swat and Khanspur, Pakistan. Phylogenetic analyses based on the nrDNA ITS region revealed that it belongs in Leucoagaricus sect. Leucoagaricus. Further morphological analyses confirmed its uniqueness, and here it is described as a new species under the name Leucoagaricus swaticus. The distinguishing characters of this novel taxon are a relatively large pileus with distinct, brownish red umbo, larger, smooth stipe and oblong to amygdaliform basidiospores (6.7–9.0 × 3.0–4.7 µm) with apical papilla. A detailed description of this taxon is provided.
Chiang Mai Journal of Science, May 31, 2022
Phytotaxa, Jan 31, 2023
During recent fieldwork at Azad Jammu and Kashmir (Pakistan), many basidiomycetes of the genus Co... more During recent fieldwork at Azad Jammu and Kashmir (Pakistan), many basidiomycetes of the genus Cortinarius were collected from mixed coniferous Himalayan temperate forests. Their morphological characterization and phylogenetic analyses based on ITS and LSU sequence data yielded a well-delimited, new species within C. subgenus Telamonia sect Disjungendi. It is characterized by producing small and dry basidiomata with blackish brown conico-convex pilei when young and uplifted at maturity, dark brown lamellae, a fibrillose stipe and small basidiospores (9.4 × 5.5 µm in average).
World journal of biology and biotechnology, Aug 27, 2020
Mycotaxon, Oct 30, 2020
A new species, Russula rubricolor, was collected in the Himalayan forests of Pakistan. This speci... more A new species, Russula rubricolor, was collected in the Himalayan forests of Pakistan. This species is morphologically characterized by the yellowish hymenium, bright red pileus that is convex to flat with central depression and finally infundibuliform and striate towards margin, becoming blackish red with age. The newly reported species is placed in Russula subsect. Maculatinae based molecular phylogenetic analysis of ITS sequence data and supported by the red pileus color.
Mycotaxon, Oct 2, 2019
Amanita subjunquillea and its ectomycorrhizal association are reported for the first time from mo... more Amanita subjunquillea and its ectomycorrhizal association are reported for the first time from moist temperate Himalayan forests of Pakistan. The sample was studied based on morphological characters and nucleotide sequence analyses of the ITS region generated from basidiomata and ectomycorrhizal roots of Quercus floribunda. Our collection differs from the type in its dark orange pileus disc and pale yellow margins. Remaining morphological and molecular data are consistent with previously reported specimens. This represents the first report of A. subjunquillea from Pakistan.