Punjabia

Short description: Genus of fungi

Punjabia

Scientific classification
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Fungi

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Basidiomycota

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Agaricomycetes

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Agaricales

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Psathyrellaceae

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Punjabia

D. Wächt & A. Melzer (2020)

Type species
Punjabia pakistanicus

(Usman & Khalid) D. Wächt & A. Melzer (2020)

Punjabia is a genus of fungi in the family Psathyrellaceae. The genus is monotypic and contains the single species Punjabia pakistanicus which was previously classified as Coprinellus pakistanicus.[1]

## Contents

* 1 Taxonomy
* 2 Etymology
* 3 Habitat and distribution
* 4 Species
* 5 References

## Taxonomy

The Punjabia genus was created in 2020 by the German mycologists Dieter Wächter & Andreas Melzer when the Psathyrellaceae family was subdivided based on phylogenetic analysis.[2] Several members of the Psathyrella genus were reclassified and placed in new genera. A single species was placed in Punjabia.[citation needed]

The type species, Punjabia pakistanicus was previously known as Coprinellus pakistanicus after being classified by the mycologists Muhammad Usman and Abdul Nasir Khalid in 2018 from a discovery in Pakistan.[3][4]

## Etymology

The genus is named after the Pakistani province of Punjab where the type species was documented.[2]

Coprinellus pakistanicus was named for the location in which this species was discovered, Pakistan.[4]

## Habitat and distribution

Found in lowlands on moist soil under Acacia trees in Northern Pakistan.[4]

## Species

Species include:[5]

* Punjabia pakistanicus

## References

1. ↑ "Punjabia pakistanica (Usman & Khalid) D. Wächt. & A. Melzer, Mycol. Progr. 19(11): 1235 (2020)". http://www.speciesfungorum.org/Names/GSDSpecies.asp?RecordID=831957.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Wächter, Dieter; Melzer, Andreas (2020-11-01). "Proposal for a subdivision of the family Psathyrellaceae based on a taxon-rich phylogenetic analysis with iterative multigene guide tree" (in en). Mycological Progress 19 (11): 1151–1265. doi:10.1007/s11557-020-01606-3. ISSN 1861-8952. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11557-020-01606-3.
3. ↑ "Species Fungorum - Coprinellus pakistanicus Usman & Khalid, in Hussain, Usman, Afshan, Ahmad, Khan & Khalid, MycoKeys 39: 53 (2018)". http://www.speciesfungorum.org/Names/NamesRecord.asp?RecordID=825483.
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Hussain, Shah; Usman, Muhammad; Afshan, Najam-ul-Sehar; Ahmad, Habib; Khan, Junaid; Khalid, Abdul Nasir (2018-11-09). "The genus Coprinellus (Basidiomycota; Agaricales) in Pakistan with the description of four new species" (in en). MycoKeys 39 (39): 41–61. doi:10.3897/mycokeys.39.26743. ISSN 1314-4049. PMID 30271257.
5. ↑ "Species Fungorum - Punjabia". http://www.speciesfungorum.org/names/names.asp?strGenus=Punjabia&GSD=Yes.

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