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

DOI

10.3906/bot-1407-1

Abstract

Russula kanadii (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 (ITS) region.

Keywords

Macrofungi, taxonomy, West Bengal

First Page

850

Last Page

856

Recommended Citation

DUTTA, ARUN KUMAR; PALOI, SOUMITRA; PRADHAN, PRAKASH; and ACHARYA, KRISHNENDU (2015) "A new species of Russula (Russulaceae) from India based on morphological and molecular (ITS sequence) data," Turkish Journal of Botany: Vol. 39: No. 5, Article 11. https://doi.org/10.3906/bot-1407-1
Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/botany/vol39/iss5/11