Contribution to the Macromycetes of West Bengal, India: 23–27

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Meghma Bera
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7797-918X
Soumitra Paloi
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3980-9168
Arun Kumar Dutta
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5234-3441
Prakash Pradhan
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0193-3382
Anirban Roy
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3786-7380
Krishnendu Acharya
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1193-1823

Abstract

The present article reports five heterobasidiomycetous taxa, viz., Dacryopinax spathularia (Dacrymycetaceae), Exidia glandulosa, Pseudohydnum gelatinosum (Exidiaceae), Tremella fuciformis, and T. mesenterica (Tremellaceae), based on collections made from West Bengal, India, with their morpho-anatomical details.  Dacryopinax spathularia is reported from Odisha and Uttar Pradesh while Tremella fuciformis and T. mesenterica are reported from Chhattisgarh. 

 

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Author Biographies

Meghma Bera, Molecular and Applied Mycology and Plant Pathology Laboratory, Department of Botany, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, West Bengal 700019, India

Research Scholar,

University of Calcutta

Soumitra Paloi, 1. Molecular and Applied Mycology and Plant Pathology Laboratory, Department of Botany, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, West Bengal 700019, India 2. West Bengal Biodiversity Board, Prani Sampad Bhavan, 5th Floor, LB-2, Sector-III, Salt Lake City, Kolkata, West Bengal 700106, India

Senior Research Scholar,

University of Calcutta

Arun Kumar Dutta, 1. Molecular and Applied Mycology and Plant Pathology Laboratory, Department of Botany, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, West Bengal 700019, India 2. West Bengal Biodiversity Board, Prani Sampad Bhavan, 5th Floor, LB-2, Sector-III, Salt Lake City, Kolkata, West Bengal 700106, India

Senior Research Scholar,

University of Calcutta

Prakash Pradhan, 1. Molecular and Applied Mycology and Plant Pathology Laboratory, Department of Botany, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, West Bengal 700019, India 2. West Bengal Biodiversity Board, Prani Sampad Bhavan, 5th Floor, LB-2, Sector-III, Salt Lake City, Kolkata, West Bengal 700106, India

Senior Research Scholar

University of Calcutta

Anirban Roy, West Bengal Biodiversity Board, Prani Sampad Bhavan, 5th Floor, LB-2, Sector-III, Salt Lake City, Kolkata, West Bengal 700106, India

Research Officer,

West Bengal Biodiversity Board

Krishnendu Acharya, Molecular and Applied Mycology and Plant Pathology Laboratory, Department of Botany, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, West Bengal 700019, India

Professor, Molecular and Applied Mycology and Plant Pathology Laboratory, Department of Botany, University of Calcutta,

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