One New Species of Thaxterogaster Subgenus Riederorum (Agaricales) from India
Arunima Bose
Central National Herbarium, Botanical Survey of India, Howrah, West Bengal, 711103, India.
Dyutiparna Chakraborty
Eastern Regional Centre, Botanical Survey of India, Shillong, Meghalaya, 793003, India.
Sudeshna Datta
Central National Herbarium, Botanical Survey of India, Howrah, West Bengal, 711103, India.
Kanad Das *
Central National Herbarium, Botanical Survey of India, Howrah, West Bengal, 711103, India.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
The family Cortinariaceae is one of the dominant groups of mushrooms in the Indian Himalayas. Currently, this family includes ten genera, with Thaxterogaster being one of them. This study introduces a new species, T. thindii, collected from the state of Meghalaya, and provides an overview of its morphology along with molecular phylogenetic analysis.
Keywords: Agaricales, Basidiomycota, Macrofungi, morphology, phylogenetic inferences