Research Paper

Coltricia sharmae, a new species of Hymenochaetaceae from Indian Himalaya

Shikha Choudhary, Priyanka Uniyal

Published on: 25 January 2025

Page: 81 - 86

DOI: 10.6165/tai.2025.70.81

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    Abstract

    Coltricia sharmae is proposed here as a new species based on morphological characteristics and phylogenetic analyses of the internal transcribed spacer of the nuclear ribosomal DNA region. The combination of morphological and molecular data confirmed the novelty of the species and its infrageneric placement within genus Coltricia. This species was found in association with Rhododendron arboreum and Quercus leucotrichophora and mainly characterized by annual basidiome, regularly circular pileus, concentrically zoned with dark brown rings at the center and fade orange brown at the margins, irregularly angular pores and globose to sub-globose basidiospores.

    Keyword: Coltricia abieticola, nrITS, Phylogeny, Polypore, Taxonomy, Uttarakhand

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