| Pak. J. Bot., 45(3): 1473-1476, 2013. | Back to Contents | ||||
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NEWLY RECORDED SPECIES OF BOLETACEAE FORM PAKISTAN
ABDUL RAZAQ1* AND SALEEM SHAHZAD2
Abstract: Family Boletaceae is characterized by tubular hymenium that contains simple/compound, minute, broad or hexagonal tubes that some times may be radial, elongated or nearly gill-like, and mostly fusiform or elongated spores. The present describes 5 new records of the members of the family Boletaceae viz., Aureoboletus gentilis, Boletus reticulatus, B. edulis, B. subtomentosus and Chalciporus piperatus from Gilgit-Baltistan. Of these, A. gentilis, B. reticulatus and B. subtomentosus are reported for the first time from Pakistan.
1Department of Biological Sciences, Karakoram International University, Gilgit, Baltistan, Pakistan. 2Department of Agriculture & Agribusiness Management, University of Karachi, Karachi-75270, Pakistan. *Correspondence author e-mail: abdul_razaq555@yahoo.com |
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