Abdul Razaq and Saleem Shahzad
Karakoram International University, Pakistan
University of Karachi, Pakistan
Posters & Accepted Abstracts: Virol Mycol
Samples of Basidiomycetous fungi were collected from Hunza, Nager, Sultanabad, Jalalabad, Bagroot, Nultar, Bassine, Haromush and Jotial areas of District Gilgit and Dashkin, Lashtang forest, Dichalnalla, Mushkin forest, Harchoo, Rama and center Astore (Eidghah) areas of District Astore, Gilgit-Baltistan Province of Pakistan. Spore prints were prepared by removing the stalk and placing the cap overnight on a paper sheet. The samples were brought to the Department of Biological Sciences for further macro and microscopic examination. A total of 20 species belonging to 14 genera, 7 families and 4 orders of Basidiomycota were identified. The collected species included Aureoboletus cramesinus, Boletus aestivalis, Boletus edulis, Boletus piperatus, Boletus subtomentosus, Krombholziella oxydabilis, Krombholziella scabra, Leccinum carpini, Leccinum crocipodium, Leccinum versipelle, (Order Boletales: Family: Boletaceae); Gyrodon lividus (Order Boletales: Family: Strobilomycetaceae); Porphyrellus psedoscaber, Tylopilus felleus (Order Boletales: Family: Gyrodontaceae), Omphalotus olearius (Order Boletales: Family: Paxillaceae); Inocybeagardhii, Inocybegeophylla, Inocybe nappies, Naucoria centunculus (Order Cortinariales: Family Cortinariaceae), Ganoderma applanatum (Order Ganodermetales: Family Ganodermataceae) and Inonotus radiates (Order Hymenochaetales: Family Hymenochaetaceae). All these species appeared to be new records from Gilgit-Baltistan not hitherto reported.
