Ramaria barenthalensis Franchi & M.Marchetti, Riv. Micol. 61: 199 (2019)

Ullah, Tariq Saiff, Firdous, Syeda Sadiqa, Shier, Wayne Thomas & Khalid, Abdul Nasir, 2022, Ramaria barenthalensis a new record from western Himalayas, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan, Italian Botanist 14, pp. 133-143 : 133

Ramaria barenthalensis Franchi & M.Marchetti, Riv. Micol. 61: 199 (2019)

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Description.

Basidiomata 5-12 cm in height, 4-9 cm wide with a well-developed branched mycelium. Branches vertically oriented, furcated, elongated to flattened, smooth, light brown when young and dark brown at maturity. Base variable, sometimes reduced, and well-developed, whitish to brown. Flesh whitish to light brown and soft. Odor is not distinctive and pleasant. Basidiospores [50/5/2] 6.5-9 × 3-4.6 µm, elliptical to ovoid, roughened. Basidia 45-59 × 7.5-9 µm, sterigmate. Cheilocystidia 46-62 × 7-8.5 µm, elongated. Clamp-connections are present. Trama hyphae are thick-walled with clamps. Hyphae in basal tomentum are smooth, with a tapering base (Fig. 2 ). Comparisons in morpho-anatomical characteristics with other described species of Ramaria are also given (Table 2).

Ecology.

In mixed coniferous forest, associated with Abies pindrow and Betula jacquemontii , solitary or scattered and gregarious, common in the temperate zone of AJK, Pakistan.

Material examined.

Pakistan, Neelum valley (Azad Jammu and Kashmir) collected from a mixed coniferous forest on decayed hardwood, in late summers, 1524 m a.s.l, August 2020, Tariq Saiff Ullah, TS-40 .

Figures

Figure 2. A Basidiomata of Ramaria barenthalensis (TS- 40) B basidia and basidiole C-H basidiospores I clamp connections J trama hyphae. Scale bars: 3.6 cm (A); 12 µm (B); 6.7 µm (C-H); 13 µm (I); 12.8 µm (J).

Figure 3. Molecular Phylogenetic tree of Ramaria barenthalensis (ON 209680) by maximum likehood method based on ITS sequences. The sequence generated in this study represents in bold.