Lepiota himalayensis (Basidiomycota, Agaricales), a new species from Pakistan

A new Lepiota species from the Himalayan moist temperate forests in Pakistan is described and illustrated. The orangish-brown basidiocarp with dark blackish scales on the pileus, ellipsoid spores, narrowly clavate to clavate cheilocystidia, and the narrowly clavate to clavate nature of trichodermial elements of pileal covering are striking features of this species. The phylogenetic relationship with related species based on ITS-rDNA sequences is discussed.