Some Hitherto Unrecorded Macrofungi from India

 

Muzafer A. Beig, Gh. Hassan Dar, Nadeem A. Ganai and Nissar A. Qazi

 

Division of Plant Pathology, S. K. University of Agricultural Sciences & Technology of Kashmir, Shalimar, Srinagar Jammy & Kashmir 191 121; e-mail: ghasandar@gmail.com

 

Abstract

We describe hitherto un-reported four macrofungi from India, collected during a survey of conifer-dominated forests in Kashmir valley. The macrofungi identified are Agrocybe putaminum (Maire) Singer (Agaricales), Amanita inaurata Secr. (Agaricales), Calvatia excipuliformis (Scop.) Perdeck (Lycoperdales) and Macrolepiota puellaris (Fries) Moser. (Agaricales) and are new records from India.

 

Key words: Agrocybe putaminum, Amanita inaurata, Calvatia excipuliformis, Macrolepiota puellaris, India, macrofungi

 

Citation: Beig MA, Dar GH, Ganai NA and Qazi NA. 2008. Some hitherto unrecorded macrofungi from India. J Mycol Pl Pathol 38(2):208-210.