TY -JOUR
AU -Shikha Choudhary
AU -Komal Verma
AU -Yash Pal Sharma
AU -Priyanka Uniyal
TI -A novel species and a new record of genus Descolea from Indian Himalaya
PY -2024
DA -2024-08-16
JO -Taiwania
VL -69
IS -3
SP -356
EP -365
UR -https://taiwania.ntu.edu.tw/abstract/2011
AB -Descolea indoquercina sp. nov. from India is described and illustrated based on morphological and phylogenetic inference. It is characterized by medium to large basidiomata, dark olivaceous brown to dark brown, convex to plano-convex pileus with warts on surface; amygdaliform to limoniform, coarsely verrucose basidiospores, presence of pleuromacrocystidia and hymeniform type of pileipellis. In addition, D. flavoannulata (Lj. N. Vassiljeva) E. Horak is reported and described first time from India in the present communication. Both taxa are presented with detailed descriptions, field and microscopic photographs, illustrations, SEM images of basidiospores, nrITS based molecular phylogeny and comparisons with similar species.
DO -10.6165/tai.2024.69.356