A peer-reviewed open-access journal MycoKeysDescolea 27: 65–76 quercina (2017) (Bolbitiaceae), a new species from moist temperate forests in Pakistan 65 doi: 10.3897/mycokeys.27.14730 RESEARCH ARTICLE MycoKeys http://mycokeys.pensoft.net Launched to accelerate biodiversity research Descolea quercina (Bolbitiaceae), a new species from moist temperate forests in Pakistan Junaid Khan1, Hassan Sher1, Arooj Naseer2, Abdul Nasir Khalid3 1 Center for Plant Sciences and Biodiversity, University of Swat, Swat, Pakistan 2 Center for Undergraduate studies, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan 3 Department of Botany, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan Corresponding author: Junaid Khan (
[email protected]) Academic editor: K. Hosaka | Received 28 June 2017 | Accepted 18 October 2017 | Published 9 November 2017 Citation: Khan J, Sher H, Naseer A, Khalid AN (2017) Descolea quercina (Bolbitiaceae), a new species from moist temperate forests in Pakistan. MycoKeys 27: 65–76. https://doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.27.14730 Abstract A new species, Descolea quercina, is described and illustrated from Northern parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. It is characterized by medium to large basidiomata, squamose to squamose- granulose hygrophanous pileus, and limoniform, verrucose basidiospores with partly concrescent verrucae. Phylogenetic analyses of nuc rDNA region encompassing the internal transcribed spacers 1 and 2 along with 5.8S rDNA (ITS) and nuc 28S rDNA D1-D2 domains (28S) also confirmed it as a new species. A comparison with similar taxa is provided. Keywords Basidiomycota, ectomycorrhiza, taxonomy Introduction The genus Descolea Singer was based on D. antarctica Singer, which has agaricoid ba- sidiomata with an annulus, thus resembling Rozites or Pholiotina spp.