Descolea quercina (Bolbitiaceae), a new species from moist temperate forests in Pakistan

Junaid Khan; Hassan Sher; Arooj Naseer; Abdul Nasir Khalid

doi:10.3897/mycokeys.27.14730

Descolea quercina (Bolbitiaceae), a new species from moist temperate forests in Pakistan

MycoKeys. 2017 Nov 9:(27):65-76. doi: 10.3897/mycokeys.27.14730. eCollection 2017.

Authors

Junaid Khan¹, Hassan Sher¹, Arooj Naseer², Abdul Nasir Khalid³

Affiliations

¹ Center for Plant Sciences and Biodiversity, University of Swat, Swat, Pakistan.
² Center for Undergraduate studies, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan.
³ Department of Botany, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan.

Abstract

A new species, Descolea quercina, is described and illustrated from Northern parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. It is characterized by medium to large basidiomata, squamose to squamose-granulose hygrophanous pileus, and limoniform, verrucose basidiospores with partly concrescent verrucae. 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 it as a new species. A comparison with similar taxa is provided.

Keywords: Basidiomycota; ectomycorrhiza; taxonomy.