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ADDITIONS TO THE DISCOMYCETES OF PAKISTAN

A.N. KHALID, NEELUM QADEER AND S.H. IQBAL

Abstract: Ten species of Discomycetes viz., Bulgaria inquinans Fr. , Geopyxis alpina Fr. , Helvella atra Holmskj ex Fr., H. cupuliformis Dissing & Nanuf., H. elastica Bull. ex St. Amnas, H. villosa (Hedw. ex Kze.) Dissing & Nanuf., Humaria hemisphaerica (Wigg ex. Gray) Fckl., Sarcoscypha occidenta lis (Schw.) Sacc., Scutellina scutellata (Fr.) Lambotte, Trichophaea cupulata Paut., are described and illustrated from Himalayan moist temperate forests of Pakistan. Of these, B. inquinans, G. alpina, H. cuputaformis and Trichophaea cupulata are new records from Pakistan. Discomycetes, the cup fungi, are the most common type of fleshy ascomycetes. At least 175 species of Discomycetes are known from Pakistan (Ahmad, 1955, 1978; Ahmad et al., 1997). During a survey of in the macromycetes of Himalayan moist temperate forests of Pakistan, 10 species of Discomycetes were collected and identified after reference to Dennis (1978) and Pegler & Spooner (1992). Of these, 4 species viz., Bulgaria inquinans, Geopyxis alpina, Helvella capuliformis and Trichophara cupulata appeared to be new records for Pakistan. All the voucher specimens have been deposited
in SHI Mycological Herbarium, Punjab University, Lahore.
 

Department of Botany, University of the Punjab, Quaid-e-Azam Campus, Lahore 54590, Pakistan.