<i>Lactarius kumaonensis</i>, a novel species in Russulaceae from Uttarakhand, India

29 May 2017

Uniyal, Priyanka; Das, Kanad; Bhatt, R.P.; Singh, Upendra; Mehmood, Tahir

Lactarius kumaonensis which is 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 micromorphological description, illustrations and ITS based phylogenetic estimation are also provided.

Doi
10.1111/njb.01604