TY -JOUR AU -Aniket Ghosh AU -Dyutiparna Chakraborty AU -Manoj E. Hembrom AU -Alfredo Vizzini AU -Kanad Das TI -Thaxterogaster shoreae, a new species of Thaxterogaster subg. Scauri sect. Purpurascentes from Sal Forest of India based on morphology and molecular phylogeny PY -2023 DA -2023-01-03 JO -Taiwania VL -68 IS -1 SP -23 EP -30 UR -https://taiwania.ntu.edu.tw/abstract/1903 AB -Routine macrofungal explorations of different Shorea robusta dominated forest areas of Jharkhand and West Bengal are being undertaken since 2020. A specimen classified as "Thaxterogaster" was collected recently from these states and here proposed as Thaxterogaster shoreae sp. nov. within subg. Scauri sect. Purpurascentes. Detailed morphological description, illustrations 2-locus phylogenetic estimations and comparisons with respective allied species are provided. Moreover, in this communication one new combination in the genus Thaxterogaster is also proposed. DO -10.6165/tai.2023.68.23