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Issue: Vol. 236 No. 2: 27 November 2015
Type: Article
Published: 2015-11-27
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.236.2.4
Page range: 150–160
Abstract views: 47
PDF downloaded: 1

Boletus recapitulatus (Boletaceae), a new species from India with peculiar mushroom-shaped cells

Botanical Survey of India, Cryptogamic Unit, P.O. Botanic Garden, Howrah 711103, India
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Dyutiparna Chakraborty

 

 

Botanical Survey of India, Cryptogamic Unit, P.O. Botanic Garden, Howrah 711103, India
MACS’ Agharkar Research Institute, Biodiversity and Palaeobiology Group, National Fungal Culture Collection of India (NFCCI), G.G. Agarkar Road, Pune 411004, India
MACS’ Agharkar Research Institute, Biodiversity and Palaeobiology Group, National Fungal Culture Collection of India (NFCCI), G.G. Agarkar Road, Pune 411004, India
Jodrell Laboratory, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Surrey TW9 3DS, UK Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences, Cledwyn Building, Aberystwyth University, Penglais, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion SY23 3DD, UK
macrofungi Boletales taxonomy Betula phylogeny Fungi India

Abstract

Boletus recapitulatus, collected from subtropical forest in the East District of Sikkim (India) is proposed here as new to science. It is characterized by its peculiar mushroom-shaped terminal cells of hyphae in the pileus and stipe cuticles. A detailed morphological description and illustrations are provided. Besides morphological features phylogenetic analysis of ITS region is also used to separate the allied Asian and extralimital taxa.