Pholiota malakandensis sp. nov., in subg. Flammuloides from Pakistan

During the present investigation a new species, Pholiota malakandensis belonging to subg. Flammuloides is described from Gilgit-Baltistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. This species is characterized by having lemon yellow pileus towards margin and darker yellow with rusty orange tinge at disc, slightly fibrillose surface, creamy to lemon yellow stipe towards upper side becoming slightly darker yellow and brownish towards base and pleurocystidia relatively smaller. Phylogenetic analyses of DNA sequence data from ITS and 28S regions confirm it as a new species.