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Issue: Vol. 635 No. 2: 24 Jan. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-01-24
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.635.2.3
Page range: 137-148
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Two new species of Moniliophthora from Punjab, Pakistan

Fungal Biology and Systematics Research Laboratory, Institute of Botany, University of the Punjab, Quaid-e-Azam Campus 54590, Lahore, Pakistan.
Fungal Biology and Systematics Research Laboratory, Institute of Botany, University of the Punjab, Quaid-e-Azam Campus 54590, Lahore, Pakistan.
Fungal Biology and Systematics Research Laboratory, Institute of Botany, University of the Punjab, Quaid-e-Azam Campus 54590, Lahore, Pakistan.
Fungal Biology and Systematics Research Laboratory, Institute of Botany, University of the Punjab, Quaid-e-Azam Campus 54590, Lahore, Pakistan.
DNA barcoding Macrofungi Plant debris Systematics Fungi

Abstract

Several basidiomata of the genus Moniliophthora were found on plant debris, from the bed of the Indus River, Kot Addu, and an irrigated plantation in Chichawatni, Sahiwal, Pakistan. The morpho-anatomical examination along with phylogenetic analyses support the independent position of Moniliophthora purpurensis and M. capitata within the genus Moniliophthora. M. purpurensis is characterized, by an umbilicate and purplish pileus, bifurcate cheilocystidia, long pileal hairs, and lanceolate, lageniform-pedunculate caulocystidia. M. capitata is characterized by having a conical to applanate, dark brown stipe base, polymorphic caulocystidia, and the presence of a conical cap on terminal hair elements of pileus. We present the two new species with illustrated descriptions, molecular analyses, and comparison with morphologically similar or phylogenetically related species.

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