Research Journal of Pharmacy and Technology
SCOPUS
  • Year: 2017
  • Volume: 10
  • Issue: 4

Contribution to the Macromycetes of West Bengal, India: 13–17

  • Author:
  • Entaj Tarafder1, Arun Kumar Dutta1,2, Prakash Pradhan1,2, Bidisha Mondal1, Nilanjan Chakraborty1, Soumitra Paloi1,2, Anirban Roy2, Krishnendu Acharya1,
  • Total Page Count: 8
  • Page Number: 1123 to 1130

1Molecular and Applied Mycology and Plant Pathology Laboratory, Department of Botany, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, West Bengal-700019, India

2West Bengal Biodiversity Board, Poura Bhawan, Salt Lake City, Sector III, Kolkata-700016, India

*Corresponding Author E-mail: krish_paper@yahoo.com

Online published on 17 July, 2017.

Abstract

Five members of Agaricomycetes [Amylosporus campbellii (Russulales, Bondarzewiaceae), Coltricia cinnamomea (Hymenochaetales, Hymenochaetaceae), Laetiporus sulphureus (Polyporales, Fomitopsidaceae), Podoscypha petalodes (Polyporales, Meruliaceae) and Pycnoporus sanguineus (Polyporales, Polyporaceae)] were collected from different parts of West Bengal, India and are reported herein with their detailed morphological features.

Keywords

Macrofungi, Morphology, Polypore, Taxonomy, West Bengal