Applied Biological Research

  • Year: 2009
  • Volume: 11
  • Issue: 2

Hitherto unrecorded Macrofungi from India

  • Author:
  • Gh. Hassan Dar, Muzaffar A. Beig, Nadeem A. Ganai
  • Total Page Count: 4
  • DOI:
  • Page Number: 59 to 62

Division of Plant Pathology, S.K. University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir, Shalimar Campus, Srinagar, 191 121 (J&K)

*E-mail: ghasandar@gmail.com

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Abstract

Kashmir forests harbour rich macrofungal diversity and merely 250 macrofungi have been reported from the Himalayan state of Jammu & Kashmir. During a recent survey for mycorrhiza, four hitherto unreported macrofungi viz. Aleuria aurantia (Pers.), Mitrophora semilibera (DC) Lév., Russula delica (Fr.) and Russula paludosa (Britzelm.) were collected from conifer-dominated forests of Kashmir. Of these Russula delica and Russula paludosa are new records from India whereas Aleuria aurantia (Pers.) and Mitrophora semilibera (DC) Lév. are new reports from J&K State.

Keywords

Aleuria aurantia, India, Jammu and Kashmir, macrofungi, Mitrophora semilibera, Russula delica, Russula paludosa