Ahmadea dalanensis gen. and sp. nov., an edible truffle from Pakistan
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Department of Botany, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan
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Department of Natural History, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, ON, Canada
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Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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Received Date:
04 April 2020
Revised Date:
04 August 2020
Published Online:
10 September 2020
Studies in Fungi
5(1): 452-461(2020) |
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Abstract
Ahmadea, a monotypic truffle genus is described morphologically and its position in the family Pezizaceae (Pezizales, Ascomycota) is inferred from the phylogenetic analyses of DNA sequences obtained from the large subunit nuclear ribosomal RNA gene (LSU). Its type species, A. dalanensis, is found in arid and semi-arid regions of Punjab, Pakistan, often occurring in Sorghum vulgare crop fields where it has been known for its edibility for ages. Relationships of Ahmadea with the related truffle genera Stouffera Kovács & Trappe, Temperantia K. Hansen, Healy & Kovács, Hydnobolites Tul. & C. Tul. and Delastria Tul. & C. Tul. are discussed in this paper.
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N Aman, AN Khalid, JM Moncalvo. 2020. Ahmadea dalanensis gen. and sp. nov., an edible truffle from Pakistan. Studies in Fungi 5(1):452-461 doi: 10.5943/sif/5/1/26
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N Aman, AN Khalid, JM Moncalvo. 2020. Ahmadea dalanensis gen. and sp. nov., an edible truffle from Pakistan. Studies in Fungi 5(1):452-461 doi: 10.5943/sif/5/1/26
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