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

By

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

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2017

Original Publication

MycoKeys

Volume

27

Pages

65-76

Subjects

Basidiomycota , ectomycorrhiza , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers 2011-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.27.14730

 

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.