A new species of Russula (Russulaceae) from India based on morphological and molecular (ITS sequence) data

Authors : ARUN KUMAR DUTTA, SOUMITRA PALOI, PRAKASH PRADHAN, KRISHNENDU ACHARYA

Pages : 850-856

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Publication Date : 0000-00-00

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Russula kanadii insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Russulaceae, Basidiomycota); is described as a new species from West Bengal, India, and is assigned to the subgenus Heterophyllidia, section Heterophyllae, and subsection Virescentinae. A comprehensive description, photographs, and comparisons with morphologically similar and phylogenetically related species are provided. Inferences of its phylogenetic relationships within the genus are provided based on the sequence of the nuclear internal transcribed spacer insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(ITS); region.
Keywords : Macrofungi, taxonomy, West Bengal