Stropharia atroferruginea (Agaricales, Strophariaceae), a new species from Battagram district, Pakistan

• DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.409.2.4
• Publication Date: 2019-07-09T03:05:28Z
• Authors: MUHAMMAD BINYAMIN...; MUHAMMAD ISHAQ; MUNAZZA KIRAN; MUHAMMAD FIAZ; ABDUL NASIR KHALID
• Keywords: 0106 biological sciences; Agaricomycetes; Basidiomycota; Fungi; Strophariaceae; Biodiversity; Agaricales; 01 natural sciences; Taxonomy

A new species, Stropharia atroferruginea, is described from Battagram district Pakistan, based on morpho-anatomical and molecular (ITS & LSU) analyses. Its characterizing features are the dark red to dark reddish-brown pileus with round squamules and decurrent lamellae, the cogwheeled annulus and the clavate to sub-bulbous stipe base, and ellipsoid to oblong basidiospores. Photographs and comparisons with closely related species are also included.