PJB-2000-5
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
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