identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
2952BED18C2554A4BC10394D36E002BC.text	2952BED18C2554A4BC10394D36E002BC.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Amanita ahmadii Jabeen, I. Ahmad, Kiran, J. Khan & Khalid	<div><p>Amanita ahmadii Jabeen, I. Ahmad, Kiran, J. Khan &amp; Khalid sp. nov. Figs 4, 5</p> <p>Diagnosis.</p> <p>Small to medium-sized basidiomata, grayish brown to brown pileal surface having rimose and non-appendiculate pileal margins, verrucose, gray to dark bluish or brown veil remnants, dry and split stipe surface at the base forming scales, globose to subglobose, smooth, amyloid basidiospores.</p> <p>Holotype.</p> <p>Pakistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Malakand division, Swat district, Mashkun, 2500 m a.s.l., on soil under Cedrus deodara, 5 Sept. 2013, Sana Jabeen SJ35 (LAH35010; GenBank ITS: KY996724; LSU: KY996725).</p> <p>Etymology.</p> <p>The species epithet ahmadii refers to Sultan Ahmad, the pioneer Pakistani mycologist.</p> <p>Description.</p> <p>Pileus 4-7 cm in diameter, convex to flat at maturity; cuticle gray (2.5BG4/2) to grayish brown (10YR3/2) or brown (2.5Y4/4) with time; surface dry; universal veil remnants on pileus verrucose, aligned in one direction, scattered, gray (2.5Y4/2) to dark brown (2.5Y2/2); margins non-appendiculate, incurved when young, highly rimose by maturity. Lamellae off-white (2.5BG4/2) to cream (5Y9/4) becoming brownish when dry, adnexed, subdistant to close; edges entire. Lamellulae small (1/3 of the lamellae), attenuate, truncate. Stipe 6.7-9 × 0.6-1.5 cm, apex slightly wider and white, with up to 1.5 cm wide bulbous base, central, cylindrical; surface with grayish brown (5GY5/2) striations above the annulus, splitting towards the base forming scales on white (2.5BG4/2) to cream (5Y9/4) context. Annulus superior, membranous, skirt-like, with longitudinal striations on the upper surface, gray (2.5Y4/2) with a darker lower part. Universal veil absent. Ordorless and not changing color upon bruising.</p> <p>Basidiospores [60/3/3] (6.5) 7-8.5 (9.5) × (6) 6.5-7.5 (8) µm, Q = (1) 1.03-1.22 (1.33), avg Q = 1.10, globose to broadly ellipsoid, amyloid in Melzer’s reagent. Basidia (32) 34.5-59 (67) × 7-8 µm, clavate, frequently 4 sterigmate, 2 sterigmata also observed, thin-walled, hyaline in 5% KOH. Subhymenium pseudoparenchymatous, cells isodiameteric, intermixed and densely packed. Veil remnants made up of hyphae with terminal subglobose to elongated cells (42.5) 49.5-54 (57) × (13) 13-16 (19) µm on a branched filament 3-4 µm wide; septa frequent; clamp connections absent. Pileipellis filamentous, 4-5 µm in diameter, branched, septate; clamp connections absent, light brown with some hyaline tissue in 5% KOH. Universal veil remnants of globose to subglobose cells (6.8) 8-12.2 (12.7) × (4.4) 7.5-10.5 (11) µm with filaments (0.7) 0.9-2.6 (3.5) µm in diameter. Hyphae from stipe 3-24 µm wide, filamentous, branched, hyaline in 5% KOH, septate; clamp connections absent in all tissues.</p> <p>Habitat and distribution.</p> <p>In coniferous forests of Pakistan with a moist temperate to dry temperate climate.</p> <p>Additional specimens examined.</p> <p>Pakistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Malakand division, Dir Upper district, Kumrat, 2232 m a.s.l., on soil under conifers, 2 Sept. 2015, Abdul Nasir Khalid FS82 (LAH35241; GenBank ITS: KY996755; LSU: MK166021); Swat district, Mashkun, 2500 m a.s.l., on soil under Cedrus deodara, 4 Aug. 2013, Ishtiaq Ahmad IS213P65 (LAH35242; GenBank ITS: MF116158); Gabin Jabba valley, 2450 m a.s.l., on soil under Picea smithiana, 30 Aug. 2015, Junaid Khan GJ-1508 (SWAT0001351; GenBank ITS: MF070490).</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/2952BED18C2554A4BC10394D36E002BC	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Jabeen, Sana;Kiran, Munazza;Khan, Junaid;Ahmad, Ishtiaq;Ahmad, Habib;Sher, Hassan;Khalid, Abdul Nasir	Jabeen, Sana, Kiran, Munazza, Khan, Junaid, Ahmad, Ishtiaq, Ahmad, Habib, Sher, Hassan, Khalid, Abdul Nasir (2019): Amanita ahmadii, a new species of Amanita subgenus Amanitina section Validae from Pakistan. MycoKeys 56: 81-99, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.56.31819, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.56.31819
