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First Report of Hygrophorus pudorinus (A Wild Edible Mushroom) from India with Macro- and Micro-Morphology


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1 Cryptogamic Unit, Botanical Survey of India, P.O. Botanic Garden, Howrah - 711103, India
2 Department of Botany, University of Kalyani, Kalyani - 741235, Nadia, India
 

Hygrophorus pudorinus which is collected from subalpine Himalaya of Sikkim is described and illustrated for the first time from India. Comparisons with the allied taxa are also provided.

Keywords

Hygrophoraceae, Macrofungi, Sikkim, Taxonomy.
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Authors

Dyutiparna Chakraborty
Cryptogamic Unit, Botanical Survey of India, P.O. Botanic Garden, Howrah - 711103, India
Sobhan Kumar Mukherjee
Department of Botany, University of Kalyani, Kalyani - 741235, Nadia, India
Kanad Das
Cryptogamic Unit, Botanical Survey of India, P.O. Botanic Garden, Howrah - 711103, India

Abstract


Hygrophorus pudorinus which is collected from subalpine Himalaya of Sikkim is described and illustrated for the first time from India. Comparisons with the allied taxa are also provided.

Keywords


Hygrophoraceae, Macrofungi, Sikkim, Taxonomy.

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