New distribution records of polyporoid fungi (Agaricomycetes: Basidiomycota) from India

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Avneet Kaur
https://orcid.org/0009-0009-3464-7500
Avneet Pal Singh
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8305-8755
Saroj Arora
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4086-5653
Ellu Ram
https://orcid.org/0009-0000-3870-7560
Harpreet Kaur
https://orcid.org/0009-0005-2231-1816
Gurpaul Singh Dhingra
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9104-9592

Abstract

A descriptive account of four polypore species collected from Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, and Union Territory of Chandigarh has been provided. Among these, Fomes dahlii Henn., Ganoderma tsunodae (Yasuda ex Lloyd) Sacc., and Xanthoperenniporia maackiae (Bondartsev & Ljub.) B.K.Cui & Xing, Ji are described as new to India and Ganoderma tropicum (Jungh.) Bres., as new to Himachal Pradesh and Union Territory of Chandigarh.

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