Coltricia raigadensis (Hymenochaetaceae, Basidiomycota), a new species from India
Prashant B Patil1, Sharda Vaidya1, Satish Maurya2
1aDepartment of Botany, Smt. Chandibai Himathmal Mansukhani College.
Mycoscience
|September 5, 2024
Abstract:
A new species of Coltricia, C. raigadensis is described from tropical region of Maharashtra, India. The species is recognized on the basis of morphological characteristics and phylogenetic analyses using rDNA ITS1-5.8S-ITS2, partial 28S rDNA and partial 18S rDNA sequences. Coltricia raigadensis is characterized by centrally stipitate basidiocarps, adpressed velutinate to tomentose pileal surface, small pores (2-4 per mm), globose to subglobose, thick walled basidiospores measuring 5.6-7 × 5-6.64 μm.
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