Check List 18(3): 525-533, doi: 10.15560/18.3.525

First records of Bolbitius coprophilus (Agaricales, Bolbitiaceae) from Pakistan

Muhammad Usman^‡, Ayesha Noor Awan^‡, Nousheen Yousaf^‡, Ghulam Murtaza^§, Muhammad Hanif^‡, Abdul Nasir Khalid^|

‡ Department of Botany, Govt. College University, Lahore, Pakistan, Lahore, Pakistan§ Faculty of Environmental Science and Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, China, Kunming, China| Department of Botany, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan

Corresponding author: Nousheen Yousaf ( drnousheenyousaf@gmail.com )

Academic editor: Nattawut Boonyuen

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Citation: Usman M, Noor Awan A, Yousaf N, Murtaza G, Hanif M, Khalid AN (2022) First records of Bolbitius coprophilus (Agaricales, Bolbitiaceae) from Pakistan. Check List 18(3): 525-533. https://doi.org/10.15560/18.3.525

Abstract

In efforts to record fungal biodiversity of Pakistan, specimens of genus Bolbitius Fr., namely B. coprophilus (Peck) Hongo, collected from two different localities with arid to semi-arid climate of Punjab province, have been described and identified based on morphological and ITS-nrDNA sequence data. The genus is not quite common in Pakistan since only one species of Bolbitius has been reported so far. In current study, B. coprophilus is presented as a new record and second report of the genus from the country after 40 years. Distribution records of B. coprophilus and a morphological comparison with closely related taxa are also provided.

Keywords

Khanewal, New report, Phylogeny, Taxonomy