Cargando…
A compendium of macrofungi of Pakistan by ecoregions
Macrofungi form fruiting bodies that can be detected with the naked eye in the field and handled by hand. They mostly consist of basidiomycetes, but also include some ascomycetes. Mycology in Pakistan is still in its infancy, but there have been many historical reports and checklists of macrofungi o...
Autores principales: | , , |
---|---|
Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
Publicado: |
Pensoft Publishers
2022
|
Materias: | |
Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9849087/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36760828 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.89.81148 |
_version_ | 1784871865972424704 |
---|---|
author | Aman, Nourin Khalid, Abdul Nasir Moncalvo, Jean-Marc |
author_facet | Aman, Nourin Khalid, Abdul Nasir Moncalvo, Jean-Marc |
author_sort | Aman, Nourin |
collection | PubMed |
description | Macrofungi form fruiting bodies that can be detected with the naked eye in the field and handled by hand. They mostly consist of basidiomycetes, but also include some ascomycetes. Mycology in Pakistan is still in its infancy, but there have been many historical reports and checklists of macrofungi occurrence from its 15 ecoregions, which range from Himalayan alpine grasslands and subtropical pine forests to deserts and xeric shrublands. In this work, we searched and reviewed the historical literature and the GenBank database for compiling a comprehensive list of macrofungi reported from Pakistan to date. We recorded 1,293 species belonging to 411 genera, 115 families and 24 orders. These occurrences were updated taxonomically following the classification system currently proposed in the Index Fungorum website. The highest represented order by taxon number is Agaricales (47%) with 31 families, 146 genera and 602 species, followed by Polyporales (11%), Russulales (9%) and Pezizales (8%). Genera occurrence reported therein are presented for each ecoregion to the best of our ability given the data. We also discussed the currently known macrofungi diversity between different ecoregions in Pakistan. Overall, this work should serve as a solid foundation for the inclusion of Pakistan macrofungi in global biodiversity and conservation studies. |
format | Online Article Text |
id | pubmed-9849087 |
institution | National Center for Biotechnology Information |
language | English |
publishDate | 2022 |
publisher | Pensoft Publishers |
record_format | MEDLINE/PubMed |
spelling | pubmed-98490872023-02-08 A compendium of macrofungi of Pakistan by ecoregions Aman, Nourin Khalid, Abdul Nasir Moncalvo, Jean-Marc MycoKeys Checklist Macrofungi form fruiting bodies that can be detected with the naked eye in the field and handled by hand. They mostly consist of basidiomycetes, but also include some ascomycetes. Mycology in Pakistan is still in its infancy, but there have been many historical reports and checklists of macrofungi occurrence from its 15 ecoregions, which range from Himalayan alpine grasslands and subtropical pine forests to deserts and xeric shrublands. In this work, we searched and reviewed the historical literature and the GenBank database for compiling a comprehensive list of macrofungi reported from Pakistan to date. We recorded 1,293 species belonging to 411 genera, 115 families and 24 orders. These occurrences were updated taxonomically following the classification system currently proposed in the Index Fungorum website. The highest represented order by taxon number is Agaricales (47%) with 31 families, 146 genera and 602 species, followed by Polyporales (11%), Russulales (9%) and Pezizales (8%). Genera occurrence reported therein are presented for each ecoregion to the best of our ability given the data. We also discussed the currently known macrofungi diversity between different ecoregions in Pakistan. Overall, this work should serve as a solid foundation for the inclusion of Pakistan macrofungi in global biodiversity and conservation studies. Pensoft Publishers 2022-05-09 /pmc/articles/PMC9849087/ /pubmed/36760828 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.89.81148 Text en https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the CC0 Public Domain Dedication. |
spellingShingle | Checklist Aman, Nourin Khalid, Abdul Nasir Moncalvo, Jean-Marc A compendium of macrofungi of Pakistan by ecoregions |
title | A compendium of macrofungi of Pakistan by ecoregions |
title_full | A compendium of macrofungi of Pakistan by ecoregions |
title_fullStr | A compendium of macrofungi of Pakistan by ecoregions |
title_full_unstemmed | A compendium of macrofungi of Pakistan by ecoregions |
title_short | A compendium of macrofungi of Pakistan by ecoregions |
title_sort | a compendium of macrofungi of pakistan by ecoregions |
topic | Checklist |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9849087/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36760828 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.89.81148 |
work_keys_str_mv | AT amannourin acompendiumofmacrofungiofpakistanbyecoregions AT khalidabdulnasir acompendiumofmacrofungiofpakistanbyecoregions AT moncalvojeanmarc acompendiumofmacrofungiofpakistanbyecoregions |