Publications

• Shaheen, S, Khan, P, Sadia, S, Jaffer, M, Khalid, S, Siddique, R, Mukhtar, H, Sarwar, S, ILYAS, S , Khan, F., 2020, Light microscopy and scanning electron microscopy of bacterial colonies isolated from ras malai samples from different markets of Lahore, Pakistan , Microscopy Research and Technique, 1–10
• Razaq, S. ILYAS, A.N . Khalid, 2020, Molecular systematics and evolutionary relationships of some inland gilled basidiomycetes from the Himalayan moist temperate forests of Pakistan based on rDNA marker, Pakistan Journal of Botany, DOI:10.30848/PJB2020-3(3) 

• Sarwar, S. Azzez, T., Hanif, M. ILYAS , 2019, Russula swatica: A new species of Russula based on molecular, light microscopy, and scanning electron microscopy analyses from Swat Valley of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan, Microscopy Research Technique, 82:1700-1705.
• Song , Liang J.-F., Mehrabi-Koushki M., Krisai- Greilhuber I., Ali B., Bhatt V.K., Cerna-Mendoza A., Chen B., Chen Z.-X., Chu H.-L., Corazon-Guivin M.A., da Silva G.A., De Kesel A., Dima B., Dovana F., Farokhinejad R., Ferisin G., Guerrero-Abad J.C., Guo T., Han L.-H., ILYAS, S., Justo A., Khalid A.N., Khodadadi- Pourarpanahi S., Li T.-H., Liu C., Lorenzini M., Lu J.-K., Mumtaz A.S., Oehl F., Pan X.-Y., Papp V., Qian W., Razaq A., Semwal K.C., Tang L.-Z., Tian X.-L., Vallejos- Tapullima A., van der Merwe N.A., Wang S.-K., Wang C.-Q., Yang R.-H., Yu F., Zapparoli G., Zhang M., Antonín V., Aptroot A., Aslan A., Banerjee A., Chatterjee S., Dirks A.C., Ebrahimi L., Fotouhifar K.-B., Ghosta Y., Kalinina L.B., Karahan D., Maiti M., Mookherjee A., Nath P.S., Panja B., Saha, J., Ševcˇíková H., Voglmayr H., Yazıcı K. & Haelewaters D, 2019, Fungal systematics and evolution: FUSE 5, Sydowia, 71:141-245.
• Razaq, S. ILYAS, A.N . Khalid, 2018, Molecular identification of noteworthy lignicolous fungus, neolentinus lepedius (Fr.) redhead & ginns: A new genus for Pakistan using phenotypical and phylogenetic approaches, Pakistan Journal of Botany, 50(6):2385-2388..
• Liu -N., Razaq A., Atri N.S., Bau T., Belbahri L., Chenari Bouket A., Chen L.-P., Deng C., ILYAS S., Khalid A.N., Kitaura M.J., Kobayashi T., Li Y., Lorenz A.P., Ma Y.-H., Malysheva E., Malysheva V., Nuytinck J., Qiao M., Saini M.K., Scur M.C., Sharma S., Shu L.-L., Spirin V., Tanaka Y., Tojo M., Uzuhashi S., Valério-Júnior C., Verbeken A., Verma B., Wu R.-H., Xu J.-P., Yu Z.-F., Zeng H., Zhang B., Banerjee A., Beddiar A., Bordallo J.J., Dafri A., Dima B., Krisai-Greilhuber I., Lorenzini M., Mandal R., Morte A., Nath ,P.S., Papp V., Pavlík J., Rodríguez A., Ševcˇíková H., Urban A., Voglmayr H. & Zapparoli G. Fungal systematics and evolution: FUSE 4, 2018, Sydowia, 70: 211-285.
• Shaheen, ,Jaffar, M., F. Khan Hussain K., Hanif, U.Younis, S. ILYAS, S. 2018. Ishtiaq, Morpho- palynological assessment of medicinal flora of district Lahore, Pakistan based on LM and SEM, 2018, Microscopy Research Technique, 81:1397-1405.
• Razaq, S. ILYAS & A.N. Khalid, 2017, Phylogeny and taxonomy of Hebeloma theobrominum and H. mesophaeum from western Himalaya, IJAB, 19(3):584-588.
• Krisai, I., Chen, Y., Jabeen, S., Madrid, H., Marincowitz, S., Razaq, A., Sevcikova, H., Voglmayr, H., Yazici, K., Aptroot, A., Arslan, A., Boekhout, T., Borovicka, J., Crous, P. W., S.ILYAS., Jami, F., Jiang, Y. L., Khalid, A. N., Kolceka, A., Konvalinkova, T., Norphanphoun, C., Shaheen, S., Wang, Y., Wingfield, M. J. Wu S. P., Wu, M and Yu, J. Y., Fungal systematics and evolution: FUSE 3, 2017, Sydowia, 69:229-264.
• Razaq, ILYAS & A.N Khalid, 2016. Molecular Identification of Chinese Chroogomphus roseulus from Pakistani forests, a mycorrhizal fungus using ITS-rDNA marker. Pak. J. Agri. Sci., Vol. 53(2), 393-398; 2016.
• Razaq, A., ILYAS, S. and Khalid, A. N. 2014 Molecular Identification of Coprinus comatus: An edible mushroom (Basidiomycota, Agaricales) commonly found in Khanspur Forest, Himalayan Region of Research Journal of Agricultural Sciences 5(3): 390- 394). Best paper of the issue
• Razaq, , AN. Khalid. AR.   Niazi   & ILYAS.   S. 2014. Russula foetenoides sp. nov. (Basidiomycota, Agaricales)—a new species from Pakistan. Sydowia: 66(2): 289-298.
• Razaq, A. , ILYAS & AN. Khalid. 2014. Taxonomic and phylogenetic affinities         of Hygrophorus chrysodon from western Himalayan forests. Austrian Journal of Mycology (Österr. Pilzk.), 23: 19-29.
• Razaq, A., Vellinga, E. C., ILYAS, S. and Khalid, A. N. Lepiota brunneoincarnata and L. subincarnata; distribution and  phylogeny.   Mycotaxon,   126: 133‒ 141.
• Razaq, A., ILYAS, S. and Khalid, A. N. 2013. Molecular and phenotypic  descriptions of Cystodermella cinnabarina from Western Himalaya (basidiomycetes, Agaricales): A New Genus for                 Journal          of                                 Mycology, (dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/793124).
• Razaq, , A.N. Khalid and ILYAS. 2013. Molecular identification of Lepiota acutesquamosa and L. cristata (Basidiomycota, Agaricales) based on ITS- rDNA barcoding from Himalayan moist temperate forests of Pakistan. Int. J. Agric. Biol., 15: 313‒318.
• ILYAS, , Razaq & A.N. Khalid. 2013. Inocybe nitidiuscula and  its   ectomycorrhiza    associated with Alnus                               nitida from      Galyat, Pakistan. Mycotaxon 124.
• Razaq, A., ILYAS, S. and Khalid, A. N. 2013. Molecular identification of Marasmius oreades-An edible mushroom from   Pakistan             based            on       ITS-rDNA sequence data. Pak. J. Agari. Sci., 50(3): 415–419.
• ILYAS, S., Razaq & N. Khalid. 2013 Molecular investigations to determine the ectomycorrhizal habit of Lactarius sanguifluus associated with coniferous and deciduous vegetation of Galyat (KPK), Pakistan. Int. J. Agric. Biol., 15: 857‒863.
• Razaq, , A.N. Khalid and ILYAS, 2012. Molecular identification of Lyophyllum Connatum and Paneolus Sphinctrinus (Basidiomycota, Agaricales) from Himalyan moist temperate forests of Pakistan. Int. J. Agric. Biol., 14: 1001‒1004.
• Jabeen S, ILYAS, S, Niazi, A. R. and Khalid, A. N. 2012. Diversity  of       ectomycorrhizae       associated with Populus growing in two different ecological zones of Pakistan. International Journal of Agriculture and Biology, 14:681–688.
• Razaq, A., A.N. Khalid and ILYAS, 2012. Tricholomopsis flammula Métrod ex Holec (Basidiomycota, Agaricales)-an addition to the mushroom flora of Pakistan based on molecular identification. Pakistan Journal of Botany, 44 (SI): 413-416.

Research Grants & Contracts

• 36 M Pkr grant received by Higher Education Commission under National Research Support Initiative Program
• Foreign Scholarship Awarded by Higher Education Commission (HEC) Pakistan under “International Research Support Initiative Programme” from 2012- 2013 in Bruns Lab, Plant and Microbial Biology Department, University of California, Berkeley, USA.
• Indigenous Scholarship Awarded by Higher Education Commission (HEC) Pakistan under “Indigenous PhD 5000 Fellowship Program” Batch IV for 05 years, for PhD degree.

Research or Creative Accomplishment

• Research Incentive Award, LCWU
• Establishment of Molecular Mycology Lab in the Department of Botany, LCWU, Lahore

Selected Professional Presentations

1. 2011 — “Tricholomopsis flammula Métrod ex Holec (Basidiomycota,   Agaricales)   —   an   addition   to   the mushroom flora of Pakistan based on molecular identification”. 2nd International conference of Plant Scientists and 11th national meeting of plant Scientists, Government College University, Lahore.

2. 2013 — “Hyperdiverse ectomycorrhizal fungal communities associated with broadleaf trees (Betulaceae, Fagaceae and Salicaceae) in Himalayan temperate forests of Galyat, Pakistan”. Asian Mycological. Congress, China National Convention Centre, Beijing,
3. 2014 — “Molecular systematics and evolutionary relationships of some inland gilled basidiomycetes from Himalayan moist temperate forests using its-rDNA marker” 4th International conference of plant scientists and 13th National conference of Botany, Pakistan Botanical Society at Shaheed Benazir Bhutto University, Sheringal, Dir Upper, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan on August, 27-30, 2014.
4. 2014 — “Phylogenetic lineages of Pakistani Lepiota (Agaricaceae) — Derived from nr ITS-rDNA Sequences” International Conference of Plant Sciences, 22 to 24 September, 2014, GC University,
5. 2014 — “Inocybe- an ectomycorrhizal genus: its distribution and biodiversity across Japan and Pakistan”. International Conference of Environment and sustainability, 19 to 17 December, 2014, GC University, 
6. 2016 — Molecular Identification Of Ectomycorrhizal Fungi Associated With Roots of Quercus Sp. From Himalayan Forests Of Galyat, Pakistan, Major Environmental Constraints to Plants: Assessment & Reclamations, Department of Botany, Government College University, Faisalabad, March 28-30, GC University, Faisalabad.

Workshops / Conferences/Seminar/Cours es Organized/Attended

• Horticulture and kitchen gardening held on 14-15 April, 2016 organized by Lahore College For Women University
• Forests: Nature’s Powerhouses held on 31^st March, 2017, organized by Department of Botany & Environmental Sciences, LCWU
• INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE on SMART PLANTATION “An Ultimate Solution to Climate Change held on 2^nd to 4^th March, 2020 by Department of Botany, LCWU
• Sanger sequencing & data Analysis, 12^th to 14^th October, 2021 Organized by Department of Botany of LCWU
• R-workshop, Department of Integrative Biology, 4184 Valley Life Sciences Building, University of California, Berkeley, USA. Instructor: MARY E.
• How to Get Published in International Journals, Stanely Hall Building, University of California, Berkeley, Instructor: NATALIE REID.
• Kitchen gardening, 7^th – 8^th April, 2016 organized by Lahore College for Women University, Lahore