Russula swatica: A new species of Russula based on molecular, light microscopy, and scanning electron microscopy analyses from Swat Valley of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan

• DOI: 10.1002/jemt.23335
• Publication Date: 2019-07-03T08:50:30Z
• Authors: Samina Sarwar; Tanzeela Aziz; Muhammad Hanif; Sobia Ilyas; Shabnum Shaheen
• Keywords: Khyber pakhtunkhwa; Russula

Abstract Himalayan range of Pakistan is one the diversity rich hotspots world. Many areas are yet to be explored here discover new species organisms including fungi. During present research, Swat District was for fungal diversity. One mushroom Russula swatica (Russulales) described from and analyzed by light microscopy scanning electron as well molecular markers. A comprehensive description, photographs, comparisons with morphologically similar phylogenetically related provided. Conclusions its phylogenetic relationships within genus provided based on sequence nuclear internal transcribed spacer region.