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Asterophora lycoperdoides (Bull.) Ditmar, a New Generic Record from Sub-Himalayan Forests of Pakistan

Asterophora lycoperdoides (Bull.) Ditmar, a New Generic Record from Sub-Himalayan Forests of Pakistan

Annum Razzaq1*, Zia Ullah2, Arooj Naseer1 and Abdul Nasir Khalid1

1Institute of Botany, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan; 2Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan.

*Correspondence | Annum Razzaq, Institute of Botany, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan; Email: annumrazzaq@gmail.com 

ABSTRACT

The genus Asterophora belongs to the mycoparasitic class of fungi and mostly infects fruiting bodies of Russula and Lactarius. During a survey for the collection of macrofungi from forests of sub-himalayas, Bhurban, Punjab, Pakistan, a unique fungus Asterophora lycoperdoides found growing on a decaying Russula species. Previously, no species of Asterophora has been described so far from Pakistan. Descriptions and illustrations are made using morpho-anatomical details. Moreover, molecular techniques have been used to amplify its ITS region of nrDNA and sequenced for phylogenetic analyses. This genus is a new record for Pakistan.

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Biologia (Lahore)

December

Vol.65, Iss. 2

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