Largest fungal fruit body from India

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Manoj Kumar
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5264-9392
Prahlad Singh Mehra
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0238-7504
N.S.K. Harsh
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7039-5528
Amit Pandey
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5158-0207
Vijay Vardhan Pandey
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9448-9692

Abstract

A giant fungal fruit body of Phellinus pachyphloeus (Pat.) Pat. was recorded from Dehradun.  Till date it is the largest fungal fruit body ever recorded from India and second from the world.

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Manoj Kumar, Forest Pathology Division, Forest Research Institute, Kaula Garh, Dehra Dun, Uttarakhand 248195, India

RA, Forest Pathology Division

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