Morphological and phylogenetic analysis identifies a new species in the Cortinarius genus, suggesting biodiversity in Pakistan.
Cortinarius swatensis sp. nov. was collected from the District Swat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan. This new species is characterized by its brown to purplish grey fibrillose pileus which does not change color on bruising, a robust, fibrillose stipe with inconspicuous cortina remnants and relatively small (4.5–5.2 × 3.4–4.3 µm), sub‐globose to broadly ellipsoid, distinctly verrucose basidiospores. Comparative study based on morphology and molecular phylogeny revealed that it is distinct from the already known taxa in the genus and represent a new species in C . subg. Infracti sect. Infracti .
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