Research Journal of Pharmacy and Technology

SCOPUS
  • Year: 2017
  • Volume: 10
  • Issue: 3

Contribution to the Macromycetes of West Bengal, India: 8–12

  • Author:
  • Krishnendu Acharya1,, Entaj Tarafder1, Arun Kumar Dutta1,2, Sudeshna Nandi1, Prakash Pradhan1,2, Jit Sarkar1, Soumitra Paloi1,2, Rimpa Sikder1, Anirban Roy2
  • Total Page Count: 10
  • Page Number: 823 to 832

1Molecular and Applied Mycology and Plant Pathology Laboratory, Department of Botany, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, West Bengal-700019, India

2West Bengal Biodiversity Board, Poura Bhawan, Salt Lake City, Sector III, Kolkata-700016, India

Abstract

Five members of Agaricales (Agrocybe pediades, Calocybella swetha, Cantharocybe virosa, Lepiota echinacea, and Oudemansiella canarii) were collected from different parts of West Bengal, India and are reported herein with detailed morphological characters. Literature survey revealed that all of the collected taxa represent their first distributional record from the state.

Keywords

Macrofungi, Morphology, New record, Taxonomy, West Bengal