Underexplored regions of Pakistan yield five new species of Leucoagaricus

作者：Hussain Shah; Jabeen Sana; Khalid Abdul N; Ahmad Habib; Afshan Najam ul Sahar; Sher Hassan; Pfister Donald H^*

来源：Mycologia, 2018, 110(2): 387-400.

DOI：10.1080/00275514.2018.1439651

• Agaricales
• biodiversity
• Leucocoprinus
• Malakand
• phylogenetic analysis
• taxonomy
• 5 new taxa

The large genus Leucoagaricus (Basidiomycota) is poorly studied in Pakistan, where the northern parts of the country are considered hot spots for biodiversity. Based on morphological and molecular data, five new species are described: Leucoagaricus badius, L. lahorensiformis, L. pakistaniensis, L. sultanii, and L. umbonatus. Descriptions and illustrations are given for the new taxa. A phylogeny based on morphology and four DNA regions, including the internal transcribed spacers (ITS1-5.8S-ITS2 = ITS) and D1-D2 domains of the 28S gene of the nuc rDNA, the gene for RNA polymerase II second largest subunit (RPB2), and the translation elongation factor 1-a gene (TEF1-a), shows that the new taxa are clustered in a Glade representing Leucoagaricus section Rubrotincti subgenus Sericeomyces.

• 出版日期2018