Limacella subtropicana (Amanitaceae, Agaricales), a new species from Pakistan based on morphological and molecular phylogenetic evidences

Authors

AIMAN IZHAR
ABDUL REHMAN NIAZI
MUHAMMAD ASIF
Muhammad HAQ NAWAZ
HIRA BASHIR
ABDUL NASIR KHALID

DOI

10.55730/1300-008X.2687

Abstract

Basidiomata of a hitherto undescribed Limacella species were collected from the grasslands of Punjab, Pakistan. We describe it as Limacella subtropicana, which is characterized by its viscid, white to creamy pileus, white to the creamy stipe, changing to brown when bruised, subglobose basidiospores measuring 4.0?6.3 × 3.7?5.5 ?m, an ixotrichodermal pileipellis with subcylindric to clavate terminal elements and the common presence of clamp connections in all tissues. Maximum likelihood and Bayesian inference analyses of ITS sequences and LSU sequences of nrDNA confirmed its placement in the genus Limacella. A comprehensive description and a comparison of the new taxon with other Limacella species are provided.

Keywords

Agaricoid, biodiversity, mycoflora, nonectomycorrhizal, taxonomy

First Page

271

Last Page

281

Recommended Citation

IZHAR, AIMAN; NIAZI, ABDUL REHMAN; ASIF, MUHAMMAD; NAWAZ, Muhammad HAQ; BASHIR, HIRA; and KHALID, ABDUL NASIR (2022) "Limacella subtropicana (Amanitaceae, Agaricales), a new species from Pakistan based on morphological and molecular phylogenetic evidences," Turkish Journal of Botany: Vol. 46: No. 3, Article 6. https://doi.org/10.55730/1300-008X.2687
Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/botany/vol46/iss3/6