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Issue: Vol. 691 No. 2: 6 Mar. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-03-06
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.691.2.3
Page range: 151-172
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New and noteworthy Volvariella spp. (Volvariellaceae) from Pakistan

Department of Botany, Division of Science and Technology, University of Education, Township, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Department of Botany, Division of Science and Technology, University of Education, Township, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Government Dr. Khan Shaheed Degree College, Kabal, Swat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Department of Botany, Division of Science and Technology, University of Education, Township, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Department of Botany, Division of Science and Technology, University of Education, Township, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Department of Botany, Division of Science and Technology, University of Education, Township, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Department of Botany, Division of Science and Technology, University of Education, Township, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Institute of Botany, University of the Punjab, Quaid-e-Azam Campus, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, United Kingdom.
Institute of Botany, University of the Punjab, Quaid-e-Azam Campus, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Agaricoid diversity edible phylogeny saprotrophic volvarias Fungi

Abstract

Several species of Volvariella were collected from the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab provinces of Pakistan. These species are described based on their morphological features and molecular phylogenetic analysis using sequences from the nrDNA-ITS region. Volvariella alba is described as a new taxon and differs morphologically from V. nivea in having a smooth short stipe with a membranous bi-lobed volva with brown patches. Volvariella roseostriata is another new taxon which differs from morphologically similar species by its brownish pink, radially arranged tuberculate striations on a pinkish white pileus and a saccate, irregularly lobed volva. Both species are distinct from already known based on molecular data. Volvariella biolobata is included as a new record from Pakistan, and V. bombycina has been described for the first time for the country based on molecular phylogenetic analysis. We provide a key to the known species of Volvariella from Pakistan.

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Jabeen, S., Ijaz, H., Ullah, S., Shahid, A., Sharif, M.B., Aslam, A., Saeed, A., Usman, M. & Khalid, A.N. (2025) New and noteworthy Volvariella spp. (Volvariellaceae) from Pakistan. Phytotaxa 691 (2): 151–172. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.691.2.3