Parasola lilatincta (Bender & Ulje ) Redhead, Vilgalys & Hopple, Taxon 50: 236. 2001.

Hussain, Shah, Ahmad, Habib, Ullah, Sadiq, Afshan, Najam-Ul-Sehar, Pfister, Donald H., Sher, Hassan, Ali, Haidar & Khalid, Abdul N., 2018, The genus Parasola in Pakistan with the description of two new species, MycoKeys 30, pp. 41-60 : 51-52

Parasola lilatincta (Bender & Ulje) Redhead, Vilgalys & Hopple, Taxon 50: 236. 2001. Figures 6, 9

Synonymy.

Coprinus lilatinctus Bender & Uljé, Persoonia 16: 373, 1997.

Description.

Pileus 20-30 mm diam, hemispheric to pulvinate, smooth, deeply plicate towards margin, yellow brown (2.5R 9/2-5R 9/2) to grayish red brown (2.5R 7/2-5R 7/2); disc slightly depressed, brilliant orange (2.5YR 8/12 - 5YR 8/12) to strong orange (2.5YR 6/12-5YR 6/12). Lamellae free, separated from the stipe by pseudocollarium, distant, lamellae edge blackish while faces initially concolorous with the pileus but later on black and finally losing turgor and collapsing. Stipe 40-60 × 1 mm, equal, smooth, white, fragile, without annulus with slightly sub-bulbous base.

Basidiospores (12)13-14.5(15.5) × (11.5)12-12.5(13.5) × (6.0)8.5-11(13.5) μm, on average 14.5 × 12.5 × 9.9 μm, Q1 = 1.1-1.2, Q2 = 1.2-1.5, avQ = 1.3; in the face view rounded triangular to subglobose, in side view ovoid to amygdaliform, with eccentric germ-pore of 2-2.5 μm diam; wall upto 2 µm thick, dark brown in KOH. Basidia 17-22 × 6-9 μm, 4-spored, cylindrical to clavate, hyaline in KOH. Cheilocystidia 25-29 × 23-26 μm, rounded to globose, rare. Pleurocystidia 34-40 × 11-14 μm, cylindrical to subclavate. Pileipellis of clavate cells, 33-37 × 9-12 μm, with rounded apex, bright yellow at the base. Clamp connections present in most of the tissues. Sclerocystidia absent.

Specimens examined.

PAKISTAN, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Malakand, Qaldara, alt. 430 m, scattered under herbaceous plants, 11 August 2014, S. Hussain SHP-8, SHP-31, SHP-12 (LAH SHP-8; LAH SHP-31; LAH SHP-12); Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Swat, Kanju Township, alt. 1023 m, on road trails, 27 July 2017, S. Hussain SHP35 (SWAT SHP-35).