identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
95F1AD673E8657EFA967E88297BDC158.text	95F1AD673E8657EFA967E88297BDC158.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Rhodophana bajaurica Mohsin, Saba, & Karun.	<div><p>Rhodophana bajaurica Mohsin, Saba, &amp; Karun. sp. nov.</p><p>Figs 1, 2, 3, 6 a, b</p><p>Etymology.</p><p>Refers to the type locality ‘ District Bajaur’.</p><p>Holotype.</p><p>Pakistan • Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, District Bajaur, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=71.6188&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=34.6225" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 71.6188/lat 34.6225)">Mana Barang</a>, 34.6225°N, 71.6188°E, elev. 1,540 m, 16 August 2024, Mohsin Ullah (B 215-1 = ICFPMU 215) .</p><p>Diagnosis.</p><p>Rhodophana bajaurica is different from Rhodophana squamulosa by its velvety to densely tomentose pileus lacking differentiated squamules, larger basidiospore (9.9 × 5.9 µm) and abundant cheilocystidia and clavate, lageniform to narrowly utriform, apex rounded to slightly swollen cheilocystidia.</p><p>Description.</p><p>Basidiomata small. Pileus 7–18 mm in diam, convex when young, and becoming plano-convex to slightly depressed with age, deep reddish brown (5 YR 3 / 4–3 / 6) to dark cinnamon (5 YR 3 / 4), dark reddish-brown (5 YR 3 / 4–5 YR 3 / 6), paler (5 YR 4 / 4) towards the margins, surface smooth, fibrillose to densely tomentose, having velvety appearance, margins entire to slightly undulate. Context thin, concolorous to pileus, around 1 mm broad. Lamellae adnate to slightly adnexed, crowded, lamellulae present, 2 to 3 tires, color pale orange (7.5 YR 7 / 6) to light salmon (5 YR 7 / 3–5 YR 7 / 4) when young, becoming deeper orange-brown (5 YR 6 / 6) with maturity, edges entire, smooth. Stipe 24–26 × 2–4 mm, shape central, cylindrical, tapered at the apex, orange-brown to reddish brown (5 YR 5 / 6–4 / 6), curved at the middle, and sometimes slightly curved at the top, slightly bulbous at the base, hollow, dry, finely fibrillose to smooth. Context thin, concolorous to stipe. Annulus absent (Fig. 2).</p><p>Basidiospores [60 / 3 / 2] (8.4 –) 8.8–10.7 (– 11.4) × (5 –) 5.3–6.8 (– 7.2) µm (avl = 9.7 µm, avw = 6.05 µm), Q = 1.4–1.9 (– 2.1), Q m = 1.65 broadly ellipsoid to sub-globose, thin-walled, surface clearly echinulate to verrucose, with irregular blunt ornamentations, hyaline, having central oil droplet (Figs 3 a, 6 a, b). Basidia (23.3 –) 29–34 (– 35.1) × (9 –) 9.3–13.2 (– 13.8) µm, narrowly clavate, clavate to broadly clavate, thin-walled, hyaline, mostly tetra spored (Fig. 3 b). Cheilocystidia (31.8 –) 32.4–37.9 (– 40.8) × (8.1 –) 8.2–13.3 (– 15.1) µm, abundant, clavate, lageniform to narrowly utriform, apex rounded to slightly swollen, thin-walled, hyaline, smooth (Fig. 3 c). Pleurocystidia is absent. Pileipellis hyphae 6–13.9 µm, cutis, septate, smooth, thin-walled, to slightly inflated, terminal cells elongated (Fig. 3 d). Stipitipellis 4–12 µm, consists of parallel, longwise arranged hyphae, smooth, thin walled, septate, and forming terminal cells elongated (Fig. 3 e). Clamp connection is present in all hyphae.</p><p>Habitat.</p><p>Solitary or gregarious in a forest at District Bajaur in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan.</p><p>Distribution.</p><p>Only known from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.</p><p>Additional specimen examined.</p><p>Pakistan • Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, District Bajaur, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=71.6188&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=34.6225" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 71.6188/lat 34.6225)">Loy Mamond</a>, 34.6225°N, 71.6188°E, elev. 1,167 m, 14 Aug 2024, Mohsin Ullah B 215-2 (ICFPMU 215-1 Isotype) .</p><p>GenBank numbers.</p><p>ICFPMU 215: nrITS = PZ 144765, nrLSU = PZ 144768, RPB 2 = PZ 156455, TEF 1 - α = PZ 156458. ICFPMU- 215-1: nrITS = PZ 144766, nrLSU = PZ 144769, RPB 2 = PZ 156456, TEF 1 - α = PZ 156459.</p><p>Notes.</p><p>The multi-locus phylogenetic analyses place R. bajaurica within the genus Rhodophana as a distinct, well-supported sister species to R. pakistanica with a strong (100 % ML and 1.00 PP) statistical support, and both show a sister relationship to R. squamulosa, R. flavipes, R. thailandica, R. margallensis, and R. rubrodisca . Morphologically, the R. bajaurica is different from R. pakistanica by its densely fibrillose to tomentose, velvety pileus, and initially pale orange, while deeper orange-brown with age, larger and thin-walled basidiospores (9.9 × 5.9 µm). In contrast, R. pakistanica possesses a pale brown to reddish brown pileus with a smooth to faintly fibrillose surface and has smaller basidiospores (8.6 × 5.6 µm). Rhodophana bajaurica is different from R. squamulosa by its velvety to densely tomentose pileus lacking differentiated squamules, larger basidiospore (9.9 × 5.9 µm) and abundant cheilocystidia, while R. squamulosa is distinctly squamulose with grayish-red tonalities, shorter basidiospore (7 × 4.7 µm) and the absence of cheilocystidia and presence of clamp connection in the hyphae (Raj et al. 2016). Rhodophana bajaurica is different from R. rubrodisca by its much smaller pileus (7–18 mm vs 23–46 mm), having smaller, thinner-walled and relatively more elongated (9.9 × 5.9 µm) basidiospores, and presence of cheilocystidia, while R. rubrodisca exhibits a larger basidiospore (11.1 × 8.9 µm) and absence of cheilocystidia (Crous et al. 2024). Rhodophana bajaurica is distinguished from R. stangliana by its deep reddish brown to dark cinnamon, darker center, paler towards the margin and having larger basidiospores (9.9 × 9.5 µm), while R. stangliana possesses a cream to milky white pileus often tinged with flesh-pink, produces much smaller basidiospores (6 × 4.4 µm) (Gminder 2020). Rhodophana margallensis is different from R. bajaurica by its larger pileus (2–4 cm in diam.) and sinuate lamellae, whereas R. bajaurica has a smaller pileus and adnate to slightly adnexed lamellae and shorter basidiospores of R. bajaurica (Khalid et al. 2024). Rhodophana thailandica is distinguished by its medium-sized, clitocyboid basidiomata with a pileus reaching up to 5.2 cm in diameter, having a squamulose surface and shorter basidiospores (7 × 5 µm), while in R. bajaurica, it forms much smaller basidiomata with a velvety to tomentose pileus lacking squamulose and larger basidiospores (Lei et al. 2025).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/95F1AD673E8657EFA967E88297BDC158	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Ullah, Mohsin;Wang, Meimei;Saba, Malka;Zheng, Dege;Rehman, Umer;Shah, Syed Mohammad Tauseeq Ali;Ullah, Saqib;Ahmad, Ishtiaq;Asif, Muhammad;Dai, Dong-Qin;Hakki, Erdogan Esref;Tarafder, Entaj;Tibpromma, Saowaluck;Karunarathna, Samantha C.	Ullah, Mohsin, Wang, Meimei, Saba, Malka, Zheng, Dege, Rehman, Umer, Shah, Syed Mohammad Tauseeq Ali, Ullah, Saqib, Ahmad, Ishtiaq, Asif, Muhammad, Dai, Dong-Qin, Hakki, Erdogan Esref, Tarafder, Entaj, Tibpromma, Saowaluck, Karunarathna, Samantha C. (2026): Two novel species of Rhodophana (Entolomataceae) from Pakistan. MycoKeys 137: 1-20, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.137.199549
99457B0A75DC5C6D853DD2DD12EB1965.text	99457B0A75DC5C6D853DD2DD12EB1965.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Rhodophana pakistanica Mohsin, Saba, & Karun.	<div><p>Rhodophana pakistanica Mohsin, Saba, &amp; Karun. sp. nov.</p><p>Figs 1, 4–6 c, d</p><p>Etymology.</p><p>Refers to ‘ Pakistan’, where the type specimen was collected.</p><p>Holotype.</p><p>Pakistan • Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, District Bajaur, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=71.48644&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=34.846634" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 71.48644/lat 34.846634)">Gabar Chena</a>, 34.846635°N, 71.486442°E, elev. 1230 m, 10 August 2024, Mohsin Ullah B 193-1 (ICFPMU 193) .</p><p>Diagnosis.</p><p>Rhodophana pakistanica is different from R. squamulosa by its smooth to faintly fibrillose dry surface lacking appressed squamulose on the pileus surface, larger (8.5 × 5.5 µm) basidiospores with broadly ellipsoid to sub-globose shape, and abundant cheilocystidia.</p><p>Description.</p><p>Basidiomata small. Pileus 10–20 mm diam, convex to subconical at young stage, while plano, convex to shallowly depressed with age, dark reddish brown (5 YR 3 / 4–3 / 6) at the center, regularly orange-brown to reddish brown (5 YR 4 / 4–5 / 6) at the margin, disc usually darker and sometimes slightly depressed, margin at first decurved, later straight, slightly uplifted, entire, non-striate, surface smooth to fibrillose, dry, rarely adhering soil particles. Context then, concolorous to pileus. Lamellae around 1.5 mm broad, crowded, adnate to slightly decurrent, pale brown to light reddish brown (7.5 YR 5 / 4) when young, and brown to dark brown (7.5 YR 4 / 4–4 / 6) with age, edge entire to faintly eroded, lacking serration. Stipe 24–30 × 2–4 mm, central, cylindrical, bends at the center or sometimes at the basal part, slightly tapering at base, brown to reddish brown (5 YR 4 / 4–5 / 4), concolorous with pileus or slightly paler, surface smooth to faintly fibrillose, dry, hollow, lacking basal tomentum (Fig. 4).</p><p>Basidiospores [60 / 3 / 2] (7.1 –) 7.6–9.6 (– 10.4) × (4.9 –) 5–6.2 (– 6.7) µm (avl = 8.5 µm, avw = 5.5 µm), Q = (1.3 –) 1.4–1.6 (– 2) Q m = 1.5, broadly ellipsoid to sub-globose, rarely ovoid, thick-walled, surface clearly echinulate to verrucose, with irregular blunt ornamentations, pale greenish to hyaline in KOH, having central oil droplet, spores free, not collapsing (Figs 5 a, 6 c, d). Basidia (21 –) 21.4–26.4 (– 27.3) × (6.6 –) 7–9.2 (– 9.5) µm clavate to narrowly clavate, thin-walled, hyaline to pale brownish in KOH, mostly 4 - spored (Fig. 5 b). Cheilocystidia (27 –) 27.5–33.8 (– 35.2) × (5.8 –) 6.2–7.5 (– 7.8) µm, abundant, clavate, lageniform to narrowly utriform, apex rounded to slightly swollen, thin-walled, hyaline, smooth (Fig. 5 c). Pleurocystidia is absent. Pileipellis (3.6 –) 6.3–11.6 (– 12.3) µm, cutis to subcutis, septate composed of pale brownish to hyaline hyphae, smooth, thin walled, cylindrical to slightly inflated, loosely interwoven, with elongated terminal cells, sometimes irregularly bent, with rounded to tapering ends (Fig. 5 d). Stipitipellis (4.6 –) 4.61–7.37 (– 7.4) µm, consists of parallel, longwise arranged hyphae, hyaline to pale brown, smooth, thin walled, septate (Fig. 5 e). Clamp connection present in all hyphae.</p><p>Habitat.</p><p>Solitary or gregarious in oak forest at District Bajaur in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan.</p><p>Distribution.</p><p>Only known from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.</p><p>Additional specimen examined.</p><p>Pakistan • Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, District Bajaur, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=71.48644&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=34.846634" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 71.48644/lat 34.846634)">Batwar</a>, 34.846635°N, 71.486442°E, elev. 1245 m, 13 August 2023, Mohsin Ullah B 193-2 (ICFPMU 193-1) .</p><p>GenBank numbers.</p><p>ICFPMU 193: nrITS = PZ 149695, nrLSU = PZ 149696, RPB 2 = PZ 156461, TEF 1 - α = PZ 156463. ICFPMU 193 -1: nrITS = PZ 149697, nrLSU = PZ 149698, RPB 2 = PZ 156462, TEF 1 - α = PZ 156464</p><p>Notes.</p><p>The multilocus phylogeny places Rhodophana pakistanica within the Rhodophana clade as a distinct, well-supported, monophyletic lineage to sister species R. bajaurica with a strong (100 % ML and 1.00 PP) statistical support, and both show a sister relationship to R. squamulosa R. flavipes, R. thailandica, R. margallensis, and R. rubrodisca . Morphologically, the R. pakistanica shares many characters with R. bajaurica but is distinguished by its smoother pileus surface and comparatively smaller basidiospore (8.5 × 5.5 µm) and cheilocystidia (30.3 × 6.9 µm). Rhodophana bajaurica has a fibrillose to densely tomentose velvety pileus surface and slightly larger basidiospores (9.9 × 5.9 µm), basidia, and cheilocystidia (35.6 × 10.9 µm). Rhodophana pakistanica differs from R. squamulosa by its smooth to faintly fibrillose dry surface lacking appressed squamulose on the pileus surface, larger (8.5 × 5.5 µm) basidiospores with broadly ellipsoid to sub globose shape, and abundant cheilocystidia. Rhodophana squamulosa possess fertile lamellar edges, squamules surface and smaller 9–12 angular facets in polar view basidiospore (7 × 4.8 µm), and the absence of cheilocystidia (Raj et al. 2016). Rhodophana pakistanica is different from R. rubrodisca by its smaller basidiomata, non-squamulose pileus surface, and smaller basidiospores (8.5 × 5.5 µmvs 11.5 × 8. 9 µm) (Crous et al. 2024). Rhodophana stangliana is distinguished by its cream to flesh-pink pileus and by having smaller and more polygonal spores (6 × 4.3 µm vs 8.5 × 5.5 µm), while R. pakistanica has a darker reddish-brown pileus and larger basidiospores (Gminder 2020). Rhodophana pakistanica differs from R. margallensis in its darker central disc, smaller cheilocystidia (Khalid et al. 2024), and differs from R. thailandica by having smaller basidiomata and larger basidiospores (8.5 × 5.5 µm vs 7 × 5 µm), while R. thailandica has larger basidiomata, with squamulose pileus surface and smaller basidospores (Lei et al. 2025).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/99457B0A75DC5C6D853DD2DD12EB1965	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Ullah, Mohsin;Wang, Meimei;Saba, Malka;Zheng, Dege;Rehman, Umer;Shah, Syed Mohammad Tauseeq Ali;Ullah, Saqib;Ahmad, Ishtiaq;Asif, Muhammad;Dai, Dong-Qin;Hakki, Erdogan Esref;Tarafder, Entaj;Tibpromma, Saowaluck;Karunarathna, Samantha C.	Ullah, Mohsin, Wang, Meimei, Saba, Malka, Zheng, Dege, Rehman, Umer, Shah, Syed Mohammad Tauseeq Ali, Ullah, Saqib, Ahmad, Ishtiaq, Asif, Muhammad, Dai, Dong-Qin, Hakki, Erdogan Esref, Tarafder, Entaj, Tibpromma, Saowaluck, Karunarathna, Samantha C. (2026): Two novel species of Rhodophana (Entolomataceae) from Pakistan. MycoKeys 137: 1-20, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.137.199549
