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Pak. J. Bot., 44(4): 1475-1477, 2012. |
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NEW RECORD SPECIES OF AGARICACEAE FORM PAKISTAN
ABDUL RAZAQ1 AND SALEEM SHAHZAD2
Abstract: The species of Agaricus silvicola is characterize by first convex cap then flat, expended with white fibrous scales. Gills grayish pink when young, then gray-brown, then chocolate brown. Grayish Stipe cylindrical, bulbous at the base and rings are attached with stipe. Pleasant taste and eminiscent smell. Flesh yellowish. Spores ellipsoid, smooth, brown. While the Chlorophyllum molybdites have broadly conical cap, which becomes umbonate and concentric rings of dark brown scales. Stem cylindrical and equal, ring present. Flesh white. Gills free, crowded. Spores ellipsoid, smooth. Similarly Lepiota sistrata is known by mealy cap, markedly umbonate, and scaly but soon reveal smooth. Stem slender, equal, slightly pink-violet, ring mealy or absent. Gills white, free. Flesh white, pinker in stem. Spores ellipsoid, smooth. As well as the Macrolepiota rchacodes is characterize by cap first closed, then conically bell-shaped, and finally flat and covered with overlapping scales. Gills at first white bruising reddish, crowded, free. Stem fairly stout, bulbous at base with large double movable ring. Smell pleasant. Flesh white. Spores broadly ellipsoid, smooth, colourless. Above mention all species are belonging to kingdom fungi, class basidiomycetes, order agaricales and family agaricaceae.
1Department of Biological Sciences, Karakoram International University, Gilgit-Baltistan. 2Department of Agriculture & Agribusiness Management, University of Karachi, Karachi-75270, Pakistan. Correspondence author’s e-mail: Abdul_Razaq555@yahoo.com |
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