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Issue: Vol. 234 No. 3: 18 November 2015
Type: Article
Published: 2015-11-18
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.234.3.6
Page range: 255–262
Abstract views: 15
PDF downloaded: 1

A new species of Russula (Russulales) from Eastern Himalaya, India

Molecular and Applied Mycology and Plant Pathology Laboratory, Department of Botany, University College of Science and Agriculture, University of Calcutta, Kolkata–700019, West Bengal, India
Molecular and Applied Mycology and Plant Pathology Laboratory, Department of Botany, University College of Science and Agriculture, University of Calcutta, Kolkata–700019, West Bengal, India
Molecular and Applied Mycology and Plant Pathology Laboratory, Department of Botany, University College of Science and Agriculture, University of Calcutta, Kolkata–700019, West Bengal, India
macrofungi nrDNA taxonomy West Bengal

Abstract

A new species of Russula (Russulaceae, Basidiomycota) is described from Darjeeling Hill, Eastern Himalaya, India. Morphological and molecular (nuclear ribosomal internal transcribed spacer region) sequence data assign the present species to the subgen. Incrustatula Romagn., sect. Lilaceinae (Melzer & Zvára) Konrad & Joss. and subsect. Lilaceinae Melzer & Zvára. Comprehensive description, photographs and comparisons with morphologically similar and phylogenetically related species are provided.