Ascobolus gomayapriya: A new coprophilous fungus from Andaman Islands, India
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Department of Biotechnology, Pondicherry University, Kalapet, Pondicherry-605014, India
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Received:
14 January 2018
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26 April 2018
Published online:
15 May 2018
Studies in Fungi
3(1): 73−78(2018) |
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Abstract
Ascobolus is a very large genus among coprophilous fungi colonizing dung. There are very few workers who have explored dung fungi from India. During a recent trip to Andaman Islands, examination of cow dung samples revealed a new coprophilous fungus in the genus Ascobolus and the same has been reported in this paper. The present new species A. gomayapriya colonizes and grows on cow dung. A. gomayapriya is characterized by stalked, light-greenish-yellow apothecial ascomata, long cylindrical, short pedicellate asci with rounded apical caps, positive bluing reaction to Lougal's reagent, ascospores that are hyaline to pale yellow red, smooth, cylindrical, thickwalled with two layers, sparsely dotted verruculose surface, very thin crevices.
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M Niranjan, VV Sarma. 2018. Ascobolus gomayapriya: A new coprophilous fungus from Andaman Islands, India. Studies in Fungi 3(1):73−78 doi: 10.5943/sif/3/1/9
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M Niranjan, VV Sarma. 2018. Ascobolus gomayapriya: A new coprophilous fungus from Andaman Islands, India. Studies in Fungi 3(1):73−78 doi: 10.5943/sif/3/1/9
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