Contribution to the Macromycetes of West Bengal, India: 28–33

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Published: Dec 26, 2018
DOI: https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.4188.10.15.13006-13013
Keywords:
Basidiomycota, Ganoderma species, Polyporales, taxonomy

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Rituparna Saha
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 Bhawan, 5th Floor, LB - 2, Sector - III, Salt Lake City, Kolkata, West Bengal 700106, India.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8669-911X
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 Bhawan, 5th Floor, LB - 2, Sector - III, Salt Lake City, Kolkata, West Bengal 700106, India.
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5234-3441
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 Bhawan, 5th Floor, LB - 2, Sector - III, Salt Lake City, Kolkata, West Bengal 700106, India.
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3980-9168
Anirban Roy
West Bengal Biodiversity Board, Prani Sampad Bhawan, 5th Floor, LB - 2, Sector - III, Salt Lake City, Kolkata, West Bengal 700106, India.
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3786-7380
Krishnendu Acharya
Molecular and Applied Mycology and Plant Pathology Laboratory, Department of Botany, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, West Bengal 700019, India
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1193-1823

Abstract

 The present paper deals with the report of six poroid woody macro fungi belonging to the family Ganodermataceae from West Bengal in India.  The taxonomic account of these collected fungi is represented herein with detailed macro- and micro-morphological features. 

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Vol. 10 No. 15 (2018)
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Author Biographies

Rituparna Saha, 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 Bhawan, 5th Floor, LB - 2, Sector - III, Salt Lake City, Kolkata, West Bengal 700106, India.

Research Scholar

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 Bhawan, 5th Floor, LB - 2, Sector - III, Salt Lake City, Kolkata, West Bengal 700106, India.

Research Scholar

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 Bhawan, 5th Floor, LB - 2, Sector - III, Salt Lake City, Kolkata, West Bengal 700106, India.

Research Scholar

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

Research Officer

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

Professor 

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