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Issue: Vol. 312 No. 1: 4 July 2017
Type: Article
Published: 2017-07-04
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.312.1.4
Page range: 60–70
Abstract views: 45
PDF downloaded: 45

Gymnopilus penetrans and G. swaticus sp. nov. (Agaricomycota: Hymenogastraceae); a new record and a new species from northwest Pakistan

Center for Plant Sciences and Biodiversity, University of Swat, Pakistan
Department of Botany, University of the Punjab, Quaid-e-Azam Campus-54590, Lahore, Pakistan
University of Education, Faisalabad Campus, Samanabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan
Center for Plant Sciences and Biodiversity, University of Swat, Pakistan
Department of Botany, University of the Punjab, Quaid-e-Azam Campus-54590, Lahore, Pakistan
agaricoid fungi DNA sequences molecular phylogeny Swat district taxonomy Fungi

Abstract

Two Gymnopilus species are described and illustrated from northern parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. Gymnopilus swaticus is described as new to science based on morphological characters and data from nITS and nLSU. Gymnopilus penetrans is a new record for Pakistani mycobiota.