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La Palmyra di Khalid Muhammad al-As'ad
No full textAnalisi delle principali ricerche svolte da Khalid al-As'ad a Palmira, nella seconda metà del Novecento
Bio-bibliometric Study of Dr. Khalid Mahmood’s Contributions to LIS Field in Pakistan
No full textThis paper presents bio-bibliometric analysis of the contributions of Dr. Khalid Mahmood in the field of Library and Information Science through his publications. The analysis includes geographical and year wise distribution of publications; collaboration for publication; publications by type; language and journal preferences for the publication; and coverage of different subject areas. Results of the study indicate that Dr. Khalid Mahmood is a prolific writer in the field of library and information science. He contributed 115 items including 99 articles, six books, eight conference papers and two papers in newsletters till December 31, 2011. Research work by Dr. Khalid Mahmood is well accepted in developed countries like United Kingdom and United States of America. He used English language to disseminate majority of his research work. He believes in teamwork and about two third of his
research work was result of collaboration
Dr. Khalid Lodhi - Bed Bugs Undercover Agents in Forensic Investigations - September 10 2025
No full textDr. Khalid Lodhi speaks at the Chesnutt Library of Fayetteville State University about his recent research into using bedbugs as a tool in forensic research and criminal justice.
Presented live on September 10, 2025 as part of Chesnutt Library\u27s Faculty Author Series.https://digitalcommons.uncfsu.edu/faculty_author/1016/thumbnail.jp
Dr. Khalid Lodhi - Bed Bugs Undercover Agents in Forensic Investigations
No full textDr. Khalid Lodhi speaks at the Chesnutt Library of Fayetteville State University about his recent research into using bedbugs as a tool in forensic research and criminal justice.https://digitalcommons.uncfsu.edu/fac_pub_marquee/1000/thumbnail.jp
Entoloma dirensis A. Izhar & Khalid, sp. nov.
No full textEntoloma dirensis A. Izhar & Khalid sp. nov. (Figs. 4 & 5) MycoBank: MB843783 Etymology:—The specific epithet dirensis refers to the type locality “Dir”. Diagnosis:— Entoloma dirensis is differentiated from the closely related E. catalaunicum by having smaller cheilocystidia (20.9 × 8.8 µm), broader elements of pileipellis (15–55 µm wide) and lack of caulocystidia. “ Type:— PAKISTAN. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province: Dir Upper District, Kumrat, in groups on grassy spots under Cedrus deodara, 35.5369˚ N, 72.2193˚ E, 2232 m, 30 July 2019, A. N. Khalid KU -74, (LAH 36947!; ITS: MZ 157271; LSU: MZ 157267).” Description:— Pileus 1.5–3.2 cm in diam., hemispherical to plano-convex, depressed at center, deflexed then involute margin, margin entire, fibrillose radially striate pileus surface, densely fibrilose at centre, initially light brownish olive (XXX 19”) to Saccardo’s umber (XXIX 17”) pileus, dark dull violet-blue (XXIV 53*) near margin, dry, dull, hygrophanous. Lamellae marginate, sub-decurrent, ventricose, moderately distant, white to pale violet (XXXVII 61”) with blackish brown (XXXIX 1”’) margin, uneven, edges serrulate, lamellulae abundant, in 1–2 tiers. Stipe 4.5–5.5 × 0.4–0.7 cm, cylindrical, slightly swollen at base, hollow, Vanderpoel’s violet (XXXVI 55”) at apex, dark Tyrian blue (XXXIV 47”) towards base, fibrillose striate, finely pruinose at upper part, not shiny, dry, white (L III) base tomentose. Odor and taste not recorded. Basidiospores [40/2/2], (7.3–)9.6–10.9(–11) × (6.5–)6.9–8(–8.5) µm, (avL × avW = 10 × 7 µm), Q = 1.1–1.3, avQ = 1.2, heterodiametrical, with 5–7 very pronounced angles, thick-walled, hyaline in KOH, inamyloid, mono- multi guttulate. Basidia 37–38.6 × 9–10 µm, (avL × avW = 38 × 9.5 µm), clavate, hyaline in KOH, frequently 4-spored, rarely 2-spored, guttulate, clamp connections absent. Lamella edge sterile, serrulatum-type, cheilocystidia abundant, (13–)14–21.8(–23) × (6.1–)6.8–11.7(–15) µm, (avL × avW = 20.9 × 8.8 µm), clavate to obovoid, thin-walled, hyaline, some cheilocystidia with brown intracellular pigment in KOH, septate, with basal cells, guttules present. Hymenophoral trama regular formed by cylindrical to inflated cells, 73 – 100 × 5 – 9 µm. Pileipellis a cutis of loose cylindrical hyphae, in transition to a trichoderm at centre where terminal elements are erect, else composed of parallel hyphae with cylindrical to clavate terminal cells, 15–55 × 6–17 µm, suprapellis formed with cells of 12–18 × 3–7 µm, a subpellis with septate hyphae 2.8–6.4 µm, avw = 4.5 µm, intracellar pigments as clumps, pale yellowish brown in water, brown in KOH, clamp connections absent. Stipitipellis a cutis of cylindrical hyphae composed of narrow cylindrical cells with narrowly clavate terminal cells, terminal cells relatively inflated, 15–27 µm, avw = 19 µm, hyaline in KOH, hyphae parallel, septate, clamp connections absent in all tissues. Caulocystidia absent. Additional material examined: PAKISTAN. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province: Dir Upper District, Kumrat, in meadows under Cedrus deodara, 35.5369˚ N, 72.2193˚ E, 2232 m, 12 August 2018, M. Usman & A. N. Khalid KU - 75, (LAH 36948!; ITS: MZ 157272; LSU: MZ 157268).Published as part of Izhar, Aiman, Usman, Muhammad, Kiran, Munazza & Khalid, Abdul Nasir, 2022, Two new species of Entoloma (Entolomataceae) from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, pp. 226-240 in Phytotaxa 574 (3) on page 233, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.574.3.2, http://zenodo.org/record/738095
Multimedia – the rise of the south: human progress in a diverse world
No full textKhalid Malik, lead author of the 2013 UNDP Human Development Report, recently shared the report’s findings at LSE. In his talk, he emphasised the importance of focusing on human development for economic growth in the Global South
Oxneriaria insignis R. Zulfiqar & Khalid 2023, sp. nov.
No full text<i>Oxneriaria insignis</i> R.Zulfiqar & Khalid, sp. nov. (Fig. 3) <p>Characterized by distinctly lecanorine apothecial discs, taller hymenium and hypothecium (190-230, 100-160 µm) respectively and smaller ascospores (15-21 × 9-13 µm).</p> <p> HOLOTYPE. — <b>Pakistan</b>. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Kohistan, Dassu, on calcareous rocks, 841 m a.s.l., 35°35’N, 73°37’E, 12.VII.2020, K. Habib & A.N. Khalid, <i>KH-72</i> (holo-, LAH [LAH37900]; GenBank[OQ249530]).</p> <p> PARATYPE. — <b>Pakistan</b>. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Kohistan, Razika Seo Valley, on calcareous rocks, 1067 m a.s.l., 35°26’N, 73°27’E, 9.IX.2020, K. Habib & A.N. Khalid, <i>KH-70</i> (para-, LAH [LAH 37899]; GenBank[OQ 249531]).</p> <p>ETYMOLOGY. — The specific epithet ‘insignis’ (Latin) refers to the distinct lecanorine apothecial discs.</p> <p>CHEMISTRY. — Thallus, K+ (yellowish green), C–, KC–; Medulla, K+ (yellow), C–, KC–. TLC: cryptostictic acid.</p> <p>HABITAT AND ECOLOGY. — The holotype (LAH37900) was found on calcareous rocks, in a dry, temperate area, in an open situation exposed to sun and rain. The temperature typically varies from –8 to 28°C with an annual rainfall varying between 700 and 800 mm. The topography of the area has extreme variations in elevation. This species was found at an elevation of 841 m a.s.l. The paratype (LAH37899) was found at an elevation of 1067 m a.s.l, having the same habitat as the holotype.</p> <p>MYCOBANK. — MB849310.</p> DESCRIPTION <p>Thallus crustose-areolate, up to 3 cm across, dull, section in thallus 250-350 µm thick. Areoles: rounded to irregular, plane to convex, 0.3-0.8 mm in diameter, more or less distinctly elongated at the margins, up to 1 mm long, 0.5 mm wide. Color: whitish grey with brownish tinge when dry, greenish grey when wet. Upper cortex: paraplectenchymatous, 10-15µm thick, cells rounded, 7-9 µm in diameter. Algal layer:70-90 µm thick, continuous, even, photobiont chlorococcoid, 6-9 µm in diameter. Medulla: 150-250 µm thick, white, hyphae hyaline, 3-4 µm wide. Apothecia:lecanorine, confluent, usually one per areole. Disc: black, plane to weakly concave, pruinose, 0.5-1 mm in diameter. Margins:thick, persistent, concolorous with thallus. Epihymenium: brown, 10-15 µm tall. Hymenium: hyaline, 190-230 µm tall. Hypothecium: hyaline, 100-160 µm tall. Thalline exciple: 80-100 µm thick. Proper exciple: indistinct. Asci: 8-spored, hyaline, clavate, 85-115×30-40 µm.Ascospores: broadly ellipsoid to ovoid, hyaline, 15-21 ×9-13 µm.</p> NOTES <p> From the phylogenetically related <i>Oxneriaria immersa</i> H.S.Asghar, R.Zulfiqar & Khalid, sp. nov., <i>O. insignis</i> R.Zulfiqar & Khalid, sp. nov. differs in having lecanorine apothecial discs (vs poriform-aspicilioid), a taller hymenium and hypothecium 190- 230 µm, 100-160 µm (vs 90-100 µm, 50-70 µm), respectively, simple paraphyses (vs sub-moniliform) and smaller ascospores 15-21 ×9-13 µm (vs 20-25×10-15 µm) (Appendix 1). Phylogenetically, <i>O. insignis</i> R.Zulfiqar & Khalid, sp. nov. also makes a distinct branch from <i>O. immersa</i> H.S.Asghar, R.Zulfiqar & Khalid, sp. nov., further reveals its novelty (Fig. 1).</p> <p> <i>Oxneriaria insignis</i> R.Zulfiqar & Khalid, sp. nov. also resembles <i>O. supertegens</i> (Arnold) S.Y.Kondr. & Lőkös but the new taxon differs in having distinctly lecanorine apothecial discs (vs lecanorine-aspicilioid), absence of prothallus (vs presence), a taller hymenium 190-230 µm (vs 115-140 µm), simple paraphyses (vs sub-moniliform), smaller ascospores 15-21×9-13 µm (vs 15-25× 10-16 µm) and a different chemistry, cryptostictic acid (vs aspicilin) (Nimis 2016).</p> <p> From <i>Oxneriaria iqbalii</i>, the new taxon differs in having elongating/radiating marginal areoles (vs non radiating), lecanorine apothecial discs (vs aspicilioid), a taller hymenium and hypothecium 190-230 µm, 100-160 µm (vs 130-160 µm, 40-50 µm), respectively, smaller ascospores 15-21 ×9-13 µm (vs 20-26 ×10-14 µm) and a different chemistry, cryptostictic acid (vs no substance detected) (Zulfiqar <i>et al</i>. 2023).</p>Published as part of <i>Zulfiqar, Rizwana, Asghar, Hafiza Simab & Khalid, Abdul Nasir, 2023, New species of genus Oxneriaria S. Y. Kondr. & Lőkös (lichenized Ascomycota, Megasporaceae) from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, pp. 109-116 in Cryptogamie, Mycologie 44 (8)</i> on pages 113-115, DOI: 10.5252/cryptogamie-mycologie2023v44a8, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/8344017">http://zenodo.org/record/8344017</a>
Entoloma kumraticus A. Izhar, Kiran, Usman & Khalid, sp. nov.
No full textEntoloma kumraticus A. Izhar, Kiran, Usman & Khalid sp. nov. (Figs. 2 & 3) MycoBank:— MB843782 Etymology:—The specific epithet kumraticus refers to the type locality “Kumrat”. Diagnosis:— Entoloma kumraticus closely resembles E. porphyrogriseum described from Austria but differs by having white to pallid purplish gray lamellae, significantly smaller cheilocystidia and the presence of caulocystidia. “ Type:— PAKISTAN. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province: Dir Upper District, Kumrat, among grass, on soil under Cedrus deodara, 35.5369˚ N, 72.2193˚ E, 2232 m, 25 July 2019, A. N. Khalid K -218, (LAH 36945!; ITS: MZ 157265; LSU: MZ 157269).” Description:— Pileus 1.8–2.5 cm in diam., hemispherical, convex to plano-convex, deeply depressed at disc, deflexed towards margin, margin entire to sulcate-striate, dark aniline blue (X55) at center changing to prout`s brown (XV15’) to mummy brown (XV17’) towards margin, pileal surface radially fibrillose, dry, velutinous, shiny when moist, slightly hygrophanous. Lamellae adnate, slightly adnexed, sub-distant, white (LIII) to pallid purplish gray (LIII 67’””), regular, some crisped, edges serrulate, lamellulae abundant, present in 2–3 tiers. Stipe 3.2–5 × 0.3–0.6 cm, cylindrical with slightly tapered base, hollow, pale neutral gray (LIII d) to purplish gray (LIII 67””) at apex, pallid bluish violet (X 57f) towards base, fibrillose, minutely pubescent all over, dry, some with white (LIII) tomentose base. Odor mild. Basidiospores [40/2/2], (8–)9–11(–12) × (6.1–)6.4–8 µm, (avL × avW= 9.7 × 7.3 µm), Q = 1.25–1.38, avQ = 1.32, heterodiametrical with 4–6 weak angles, thin-walled, olive yellow (XXX 23”) in KOH, inamyloid, mono-guttulate. Basidia (29–)33–44(47–) × (9–) 10–11(12) µm, (avL × avW = 38 × 10.5 µm), broadly clavate, hyaline in KOH, mostly 4-spored, occasionally 2-spored, guttulate, clamp connections absent. Lamella edge sterile, cheilocystidia abundant, 12–34 × 4.9–8.4 µm, cylindroclavate, some flexuous, thin-walled, hyaline in KOH, with 2-3 basal cells, nonguttulate. Hymenophoral trama regular, composed of cylindrical hyphae with inflated cells, 80 – 125 × 4 – 9 µm, brilliant granules abundant. Pileipellis a cutis of loose cylindrical hyphae, in transition to a trichoderm towards the pileal center where the hyphae are repent, with inflated, clavate terminal elements, 30–93 × 15–25 µm, cells of suprapellis 22–80 × 9–11 µm, a subpellis of relatively narrow, septate, cylindrical hyphae, 3–7 µm wide, (avW = 5 µm), pigments intracellular in terminal cells, grayish brown in water, relatively dark brown in KOH, clamp connections absent. Stipitipellis a cutis of cylindrical hyphae, with cylindrical to clavate terminal elements, 19–33 × 1.6–5.8 µm, mostly hyaline in KOH, some terminal elements with dark brown brilliant granules, strongly refracting, hyphae regular, septate, rarely branched, clamp connections absent. Caulocystidia clavate to narrowly clavate, versiform, 24 – 64 × 7 – 15 μm, scattered. Additional material examined: PAKISTAN. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province: Dir Upper District, Kumrat, mostly solitary on moss covered soil under Cedrus deodara, 35.5369˚ N, 72.2193˚ E, 2232 m, 15 August 2018, M. Usman & A. N. Khalid K - 219, (LAH 36946!; ITS: MZ 157266; LSU: MZ 157270).Published as part of Izhar, Aiman, Usman, Muhammad, Kiran, Munazza & Khalid, Abdul Nasir, 2022, Two new species of Entoloma (Entolomataceae) from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, pp. 226-240 in Phytotaxa 574 (3) on pages 231-233, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.574.3.2, http://zenodo.org/record/738095
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