taxonID	type	description	language	source
039D87D7FF8DFFC072DAFBDCF1D7B96F.taxon	description	MycoBank: MB 845490	en	Usman, Nadia Fatima Muhammad, Khalid, Abdul Nasir (2023): Entoloma punjabensis sp. nov. of Rusticoides group from Chichawatni Forest, Pakistan. Phytotaxa 612 (2): 217-228, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.612.2.6, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.612.2.6
039D87D7FF8DFFC072DAFBDCF1D7B96F.taxon	etymology	Etymology: — specific epithet “ punjabensis ” (Latin) refers to the type locality of the taxon.	en	Usman, Nadia Fatima Muhammad, Khalid, Abdul Nasir (2023): Entoloma punjabensis sp. nov. of Rusticoides group from Chichawatni Forest, Pakistan. Phytotaxa 612 (2): 217-228, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.612.2.6, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.612.2.6
039D87D7FF8DFFC072DAFBDCF1D7B96F.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis: — Entoloma punjabensis differs from its closely related species E. griseofibrillosum by having pileus subumbilicate at maturity with reddish to brown central depression, larger globose to subglobose basidiospores 8.5 – 13.4 × 7.2 – 11.5 µm and hyaline hyphae of pileipellis.	en	Usman, Nadia Fatima Muhammad, Khalid, Abdul Nasir (2023): Entoloma punjabensis sp. nov. of Rusticoides group from Chichawatni Forest, Pakistan. Phytotaxa 612 (2): 217-228, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.612.2.6, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.612.2.6
039D87D7FF8DFFC072DAFBDCF1D7B96F.taxon	materials_examined	Holotype: — PAKISTAN. Punjab: Sahiwal, Chichawatni Forest 30 ° 32 ’ 16 ” N, 72 ° 40 ’ 4 ” E, elev. 163 m, on soil rich in organic matter, 9 July 2019, Nadia Fatima, N- 101 (LAH 37544), GenBank OP 315658 (ITS); OP 315660 (LSU).	en	Usman, Nadia Fatima Muhammad, Khalid, Abdul Nasir (2023): Entoloma punjabensis sp. nov. of Rusticoides group from Chichawatni Forest, Pakistan. Phytotaxa 612 (2): 217-228, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.612.2.6, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.612.2.6
039D87D7FF8DFFC072DAFBDCF1D7B96F.taxon	description	Description: — Basidiomata small, scattered. Pileus 9 – 15 mm in diam., convex to plano-convex, subumbilicate at maturity, non-hygrophanous, dry, smooth surface, crenate and deflexed margin, slightly striate up to center, light gray at young age (10 YR 8 / 1), dark brown (5 YR 3 / 6) at maturity, central depression brownish gray (5 YR 6 / 1) changing reddish brown (5 YR 4 / 8) from center towards margin with age. Lamellae decurrent, pale reddish (2.5 YR 7 / 3), slightly crisped and wavy, thick, broad and subdistant, with 1 – 2 tiers of lamellulae. Stipe 7 – 10 × 1 – 3 mm, short, central, solid, grayish brown (5 YR 5 / 2) straight but slightly compressed and bent at base, almost smooth, base whitish and slightly pruinose at young stage. Taste and smell not observed. Basidiospores [100 / 2 / 2] (8.08 –) 8.45 – 13.24 (– 13.51) × (6.44 –) 7.2 – 11.45 (– 12.05) µm, (av. L × av. W = 10.8 × 9.32 µm) Q = 1.1 – 1.3, Qav. = 1.2 globose to sub globose, rarely with very weak angles, thick-walled, guttulate, hyaline in 5 % KOH, smooth with prominent apiculus. Basidia clavate to sub-cylindrical 31.84 – 43.47 × 9.29 – 18.64 µm, mostly tetra-sporic, sometimes bi- or tri-sporic, smooth, thin-walled, hyaline. Cheilocystidia rare, 27.66 – 38.16 × 9.54 – 14.05 µm, clavate to cylindrical. Pleurocystidia absent. Pileipellis a cutis composed of thin-walled, smooth, hyaline hyphae, 6.66 – 16.63 µm wide, av. W = 9.2 µm, constricted at the septa, terminal cells 8.2 – 10.02 µm wide and modified to clavate ends. Stipitipellis hyphae 3.81 – 13.49 µm wide, av. W = 7.72 µm, regular, thin-walled, hyaline, septate. Clamp connections are absent in all tissues.	en	Usman, Nadia Fatima Muhammad, Khalid, Abdul Nasir (2023): Entoloma punjabensis sp. nov. of Rusticoides group from Chichawatni Forest, Pakistan. Phytotaxa 612 (2): 217-228, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.612.2.6, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.612.2.6
039D87D7FF8DFFC072DAFBDCF1D7B96F.taxon	biology_ecology	Habit and habitat: — Solitary and scattered on soil rich in organic matter.	en	Usman, Nadia Fatima Muhammad, Khalid, Abdul Nasir (2023): Entoloma punjabensis sp. nov. of Rusticoides group from Chichawatni Forest, Pakistan. Phytotaxa 612 (2): 217-228, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.612.2.6, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.612.2.6
039D87D7FF8DFFC072DAFBDCF1D7B96F.taxon	materials_examined	Additional specimen examined: — PAKISTAN. Punjab: Sahiwal, Chichawatni Forest 30 ° 32 ’ 15.82 ” N, 72 ° 39 ’ 24.30 ” E, elev. 163 m, on soil mixed with plant debris, 2 August 2020, Nadia Fatima N- 001, LAH! LAH 37545. GenBank OP 315659 (ITS); OP 315661 (28 S).	en	Usman, Nadia Fatima Muhammad, Khalid, Abdul Nasir (2023): Entoloma punjabensis sp. nov. of Rusticoides group from Chichawatni Forest, Pakistan. Phytotaxa 612 (2): 217-228, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.612.2.6, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.612.2.6
