Ramaria flavescentoides sp. nov. with damped basidia from Pakistan

During an investigation of macrofungi from Pakistan, a new species with clamped basidia within Ramaria subg. Laeticolora and associated with Abies pindrow was found, which is proposed here as Ramaria flavescentoides. The new fungus morphologically resembles R. flavescens and clusters phylogenetically within the same Glade. Ramaria flavescentoides is characterized by an obovate to obconic basidioma with pale orange to light orange branches and apices that are tinged light greenish grey, a monomitic hyphal system, ampulliform clamp connections, stellate crystals distributed within the upper branches, multiguttulate rhizomorphic strands, and oblong to ellipsoid verrucose basidiospores.