A New Record of Thaxterogaster Subgenus Scauri (Agaricales) from India
Arunima Bose
Central National Herbarium, Botanical Survey of India, Howrah, West Bengal, 711103, India.
Arvind Parihar
Arunachal Pradesh Regional Centre Botanical Survey of India, Sankie View Post Box No. - 127, Itanagar, 791111, India.
Alfredo Vizzini
Department of Life Sciences and Systems Biology, University of Torino, 10125 Torino, Italy.
Kanad Das *
Central National Herbarium, Botanical Survey of India, Howrah, West Bengal, 711103, India.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
The present study from Arunachal Pradesh, India, introduces a new record of the genus Thaxterogaster, specifically T. pallidopurpurascens, a species recently described from China. This study is supported by both morphological and molecular evidence. The species was discovered in temperate to subalpine coniferous forests of the Himalayas. The study provides detailed macro- and micromorphological characteristics, illustrations of the specimen, and molecular phylogenetic analysis.
Keywords: Agaricales, Basidiomycota, macrofungi, morphology, phylogenetic inferences