The genus Ononis,embraces more than 85 species worldwide. In the present study, materials of two subspecies of O. spinosa from different localities of Iran alongside some other native species of the genus were included in phylogenetic analyses. In addition, over 50 accessions were obtained from GenBank. In order to clarify the exact number of subspecies of O. spinosa in Iran, datasets were obta...

The author presents recent collections of Mycena cupressina, a corticolous species on Cupressus sempervirens, described from the Mediterranean area and sometimes treated as conspecific with M. juniperina. first ITS nrDNA sequence Balkan material was obtained. Its analysis demonstrated affinity sequenced collection to section Supinae, although results could not be unambiguously interpreted sugge...

Homortomyces is introduced as a new coelomycetous genus associated with leaf spots onCombretum erythrophyllum trees growing near and around the Sterkfontein caves, Maropeng, South Africa. Based on its transversely septate, brown conidia, the presence of paraphyses, and percurrent proliferation of the conidiogenous cells, the genus resembles Stilbospora (Melanoconidaceae, Diaporthales). It is di...

A new lichen species Lecaimmeria pakistanica K.Habib, R.Zulfiqar & Khalid sp. nov. is described and illustrated from rocks in the temperate forests of Himalaya Azad Jammu Kashmir, Pakistan. This characterized by its yellow-brown to brown thallus having areoles 0.4 1.5 mm across, branched anastomosing paraphyses, a tall hymenium, large ascospores 20–32 × 10–16 μm, no substance detected thin ...

Amanita calida is illustrated and described from collections made in Andalusia Catalonia, a Mediterranean environment, associated with Quercus. Macroscopically, this species characterized by whitish, beige to grayish cuticle, sometimes prominent darker brown umbo, widely striated margin of the pileus, very elongated stipe proportion diameter whitish or similar but fainter shades those pileus; s...

During mycological explorations, a new smooth spored species, Inocybe subhimalayanensis Razzaq, Naseer & Khalid sp. nov. was collected from moist temperate sub-Himalayan region, Pakistan. Phylogeny of ITS and LSU regions nrDNA, morphoanatomical data make it distinct other known species the genus. The taxon is characterized by: yellowish orange to brown pileus with prominent fibrillose, umbo...

In efforts to record fungal biodiversity of Pakistan, specimens genus Bolbitius Fr., namely B. coprophilus (Peck) Hongo, collected from two different localities with arid semi-arid climate Punjab province, have been described and identified based on morphological ITS-nrDNA sequence data. The is not quite common in Pakistan since only one species has reported so far. current study, presented as ...