Open AccessCalvatia craniiformis (Schwein.) Fr. ex De Toni (Brain puffball) - New report from North-East India
Author(s) -
Girish Gogoi,
Rajesh Kumar
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
tropical plant research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2349-9265
pISSN - 2349-1183
DOI - 10.22271/tpr.2020.v7.i3.082
Subject(s) - spore , geography , north east , biology , botany , archaeology , history , ethnology
The specimen was collected during the rainy season in June, 2018 from Botanical garden Rain Forest Research Institute, Jorhat. Morphological characters of the specimen were recorded in the field and micromorphological characters were studied in the laboratory under the optical microscope. After a thorough examination of the specimen and its spores and capillitial threads, it is confirmed that the specimen is wild edible puffball named Calvatia craniiformis belongs to family Agaricaceae. It is also ensured after consultation with available literature that Calvatia craniiformis is the first report in North-East India.