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Type: Article
Published: 2018-04-04
Page range: 157–168
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Two new species of Craterellus (Cantharellaceae) from tropical India

Jawaharlal Nehru Tropical Botanic Garden & Research Institute, Palode, Thiruvananthapuram, 695 562, Kerala, India
Jawaharlal Nehru Tropical Botanic Garden & Research Institute, Palode, Thiruvananthapuram, 695 562, Kerala, India
Jawaharlal Nehru Tropical Botanic Garden & Research Institute, Palode, Thiruvananthapuram, 695 562, Kerala, India
Jawaharlal Nehru Tropical Botanic Garden & Research Institute, Palode, Thiruvananthapuram, 695 562, Kerala, India
Agaricomycetes Cantharellus phylogeny taxonomy Fungi

Abstract

Two unusual species of Craterellus have been collected numerous times from the evergreen tropical forests in Kerala State, India. The species Craterellus albostrigosus and Craterellus inusitatus are described as new based on morphological and phylogenetic analyses of nrLSU-rDNA gene region. Complete morphological descriptions, photographs and comparisons with similar species are provided as well as a key to the known species of Craterellus from India.