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Type: Article
Published: 2018-09-21
Page range: 269–277
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Rhodocollybia utrorensis (Agaricales, Basidiomycota): a new species and a first record of the genus Rhodocollybia from Pakistan

Fungal Biology and Systematics Laboratory, Department of Botany, University of the Punjab, Quaid-e-Azam Campus-54590, Lahore, Pakistan
Fungal Biology and Systematics Laboratory, Department of Botany, University of the Punjab, Quaid-e-Azam Campus-54590, Lahore, Pakistan
Fungal Biology and Systematics Laboratory, Department of Botany, University of the Punjab, Quaid-e-Azam Campus-54590, Lahore, Pakistan
Taxonomy Agaricales Basidiomycota Omphalotaceae Fungi

Abstract

Rhodocollybia utrorensis sp. nov. is described from the Utror valley, Pakistan. It is characterized by a dull brown pileus with a low umbo and inrolled margin, adnate lamellae with wavy margin, presence of pleurocystidia and inamyloid basidiospores. Both morpho-anatomical features and phylogenetic analysis based on ITS nrDNA sequence indicate Rhodocollybia utrorensis is a new species. This is the first report of the genus Rhodocollybia from Pakistan.