Punjabia

Punjabia is a genus of fungi in the family Psathyrellaceae. The genus is monotypic and contains the single species Punjabia pakistanicus which was previously classified as Coprinellus pakistanicus.[1]

Not to be confused with the genus of forams described by Haque under this name in 1956.

Punjabia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Basidiomycota
Class:
Agaricomycetes
Order:
Agaricales
Family:
Psathyrellaceae
Genus:
Punjabia

D. Wächt & A. Melzer (2020)
Type species
Punjabia pakistanicus
(Usman & Khalid) D. Wächt & A. Melzer (2020)

Taxonomy

The Punjabia genus was created in 2020 by the German mycologists Dieter Wächter & Andreas Melzer when the Psathyrellaceae family was subdivided based on phylogenetic analysis.[2] Several members of the Psathyrella genus were reclassified and placed in new genera. A single species was placed in Punjabia.

The type species, Punjabia pakistanicus was previously known as Coprinellus pakistanicus after being classified by the mycologists Muhammad Usman and Abdul Nasir Khalid in 2018 from a discovery in Pakistan.[3][4]

Etymology

The genus is named after the Pakistani province of Punjab where the type species was documented.[2]

Coprinellus pakistanicus was named for the location in which this species was discovered, Pakistan.[4]

Habitat and distribution

Found in lowlands on moist soil under Acacia trees in Northern Pakistan.[4]

Species

Species include:[5]

  • Punjabia pakistanicus

References
  1. "Punjabia pakistanica (Usman & Khalid) D. Wächt. & A. Melzer, Mycol. Progr. 19(11): 1235 (2020)". www.speciesfungorum.org. Retrieved 2022-07-15.
  2. Wächter, Dieter; Melzer, Andreas (2020-11-01). "Proposal for a subdivision of the family Psathyrellaceae based on a taxon-rich phylogenetic analysis with iterative multigene guide tree". Mycological Progress. 19 (11): 1151–1265. doi:10.1007/s11557-020-01606-3. ISSN 1861-8952. S2CID 228976812.
  3. "Species Fungorum - Coprinellus pakistanicus Usman & Khalid, in Hussain, Usman, Afshan, Ahmad, Khan & Khalid, MycoKeys 39: 53 (2018)". www.speciesfungorum.org. Retrieved 2022-07-15.
  4. Hussain, Shah; Usman, Muhammad; Afshan, Najam-ul-Sehar; Ahmad, Habib; Khan, Junaid; Khalid, Abdul Nasir (2018-11-09). "The genus Coprinellus (Basidiomycota; Agaricales) in Pakistan with the description of four new species". MycoKeys (39): 41–61. doi:10.3897/mycokeys.39.26743. ISSN 1314-4049. PMC 6160792. PMID 30271257.
  5. "Species Fungorum - Punjabia". www.speciesfungorum.org. Retrieved 2022-07-14.


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