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Two new additions to mycoflora (Hyphomycetes) of India

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  • Hyphomycetes are abundant and highly diverse in tropical areas such as India due to its climate and geographical landscape. However, several regions of the country remained unexplored or underexplored and many species remained undiscovered in the country. During mycological forays from the forests of Himachal Pradesh, two hyphomycetous fungi were collected. After detailed analysis of mycological characters like oval to oblong–ellipsoidal, muriform conidia with transverse, longitudinal, and oblique septa rounded or irregular at the ends and often with a protruding hilum, singly on short, unbranched conidiophores or sessile, in sporodochial conidiomata, it was found that these taxa belongs to the genus Berkleasmium. The further evaluation of morphological and microscopic characters revealed the identity of these fungi as B. pandani and B. typhae. Review of literature reveals that both are new records for India. Synoptic table of all the accepted species (both asexual morph and sexual morph) along with checklist of Berkleasmium from India is also provided.
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    RK Verma, IB Prasher, Sushma, AK Gautam. 2019. Two new additions to mycoflora (Hyphomycetes) of India. Studies in Fungi 4(1):230-243 doi: 10.5943/sif/4/1/25
    RK Verma, IB Prasher, Sushma, AK Gautam. 2019. Two new additions to mycoflora (Hyphomycetes) of India. Studies in Fungi 4(1):230-243 doi: 10.5943/sif/4/1/25

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Abstract: Hyphomycetes are abundant and highly diverse in tropical areas such as India due to its climate and geographical landscape. However, several regions of the country remained unexplored or underexplored and many species remained undiscovered in the country. During mycological forays from the forests of Himachal Pradesh, two hyphomycetous fungi were collected. After detailed analysis of mycological characters like oval to oblong–ellipsoidal, muriform conidia with transverse, longitudinal, and oblique septa rounded or irregular at the ends and often with a protruding hilum, singly on short, unbranched conidiophores or sessile, in sporodochial conidiomata, it was found that these taxa belongs to the genus Berkleasmium. The further evaluation of morphological and microscopic characters revealed the identity of these fungi as B. pandani and B. typhae. Review of literature reveals that both are new records for India. Synoptic table of all the accepted species (both asexual morph and sexual morph) along with checklist of Berkleasmium from India is also provided.

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    RK Verma, IB Prasher, Sushma, AK Gautam. 2019. Two new additions to mycoflora (Hyphomycetes) of India. Studies in Fungi 4(1):230-243 doi: 10.5943/sif/4/1/25
    RK Verma, IB Prasher, Sushma, AK Gautam. 2019. Two new additions to mycoflora (Hyphomycetes) of India. Studies in Fungi 4(1):230-243 doi: 10.5943/sif/4/1/25
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