Punjabia

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Punjabia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Basidiomycota
Class:
Agaricomycetes
Order:
Agaricales
Family:
Psathyrellaceae
Genus:
Punjabia

Type species
Punjabia pakistanicus

Punjabia is a genus of fungi in the family Psathyrellaceae. The genus is monotypic and contains the single species Punjabia pakistanicus which was previously classified as Coprinellus pakistanicus. [1]

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Taxonomy

The Punjabia genus was created in 2020 by the German mycologists Dieter Wächter & Andreas Melzer when the Psathyrellaceae family was subdivided based on phylogenetic analysis. [2] Several members of the Psathyrella genus were reclassified and placed in new genera. A single species was placed in Punjabia.[ citation needed ]

The type species, Punjabia pakistanicus was previously known as Coprinellus pakistanicus after being classified by the mycologists Muhammad Usman and Abdul Nasir Khalid in 2018 from a discovery in Pakistan. [3] [4]

Etymology

The genus is named after the Pakistani province of Punjab where the type species was documented. [2]

Coprinellus pakistanicus was named for the location in which this species was discovered, Pakistan. [4]

Habitat and distribution

Found in lowlands on moist soil under Acacia trees in Northern Pakistan. [4]

Species

Species include: [5]

References

  1. ↑ "Punjabia pakistanica (Usman & Khalid) D. Wächt. & A. Melzer, Mycol. Progr. 19(11): 1235 (2020)". www.speciesfungorum.org. Retrieved 2022-07-15.
  2. 1 2 Wächter, Dieter; Melzer, Andreas (2020-11-01). "Proposal for a subdivision of the family Psathyrellaceae based on a taxon-rich phylogenetic analysis with iterative multigene guide tree" . Mycological Progress. 19 (11): 1151–1265. doi:10.1007/s11557-020-01606-3. ISSN   1861-8952. S2CID   228976812.
  3. ↑ "Species Fungorum - Coprinellus pakistanicus Usman & Khalid, in Hussain, Usman, Afshan, Ahmad, Khan & Khalid, MycoKeys 39: 53 (2018)". www.speciesfungorum.org. Retrieved 2022-07-15.
  4. 1 2 3 Hussain, Shah; Usman, Muhammad; Afshan, Najam-ul-Sehar; Ahmad, Habib; Khan, Junaid; Khalid, Abdul Nasir (2018-11-09). "The genus Coprinellus (Basidiomycota; Agaricales) in Pakistan with the description of four new species". MycoKeys (39): 41–61. doi: 10.3897/mycokeys.39.26743 . ISSN   1314-4049. PMC   6160792 . PMID   30271257.
  5. ↑ "Species Fungorum - Punjabia". www.speciesfungorum.org. Retrieved 2022-07-14.


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