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Issue: Vol. 252 No. 2: 10 March 2016
Type: Article
Published: 2016-03-10
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.252.2.4
Page range: 123–130
Abstract views: 27
PDF downloaded: 1

Russula buyckii, a new species of Russula subgenus Incrustatula from Eastern Himalaya, India

Molecular and Applied Mycology and Plant Pathology Laboratory, Department of Botany, University College of Science and Agriculture, University of Calcutta, Kolkata–700019, West Bengal, India. West Bengal Biodiversity Board, Poura Bhawan, Salt Lake City, Sector III, Kolkata- 700016.
Molecular and Applied Mycology and Plant Pathology Laboratory, Department of Botany, University College of Science and Agriculture, University of Calcutta, Kolkata–700019, West Bengal, India. West Bengal Biodiversity Board, Poura Bhawan, Salt Lake City, Sector III, Kolkata- 700016.
Molecular and Applied Mycology and Plant Pathology Laboratory, Department of Botany, University College of Science and Agriculture, University of Calcutta, Kolkata–700019, West Bengal, India. West Bengal Biodiversity Board, Poura Bhawan, Salt Lake City, Sector III, Kolkata- 700016.
West Bengal Biodiversity Board, Poura Bhawan, Salt Lake City, Sector III, Kolkata- 700016.
Molecular and Applied Mycology and Plant Pathology Laboratory, Department of Botany, University College of Science and Agriculture, University of Calcutta
Basidiomycota Russulales taxonomy West Bengal Fungi

Abstract

Russula buyckii, a new species of Russula (subgen. Incrustatula, sect. Lilaceinae and subsect. Lilaceinae) is described from Eastern Himalaya, India. Its macro- and micro-morphological features are described in detail and compared with those of similar species. Identification and categorization of R. buyckii was supported by the molecular phylogenetic analysis based on the nrDNA ITS sequence data.