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Lactarius kumaonensis sp. nov. (Russulaceae) from Uttarakhand, India
Author(s) -
Uniyal Priyanka,
Das Kanad,
Bhatt R. P.,
Singh Upendra,
Mehmood Tahir
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
nordic journal of botany
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.333
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1756-1051
pISSN - 0107-055X
DOI - 10.1111/njb.01604
Subject(s) - lactarius , biology , pileus , botany , russula , mushroom
Lactarius kumaonensis , characterized by the combination of presence of greyish olive viscid pileus with glutinous crenulate margin, unchanging white latex and very thick ixocutis type of pileipellis, is proposed as new to science. A detailed macro‐ and micro‐morphological description, illustrations and ITS‐based phylogenetic reconstructions are also provided.