A new species of <i>Boletellus</i> (Boletaceae, Basidiomycota) from tropical India
29 August 2018
Parihar, Arvind; Hembrom, Manoj; Vizzini, Alfredo; Das, KanadBoletellus shoreae, characterized by a combination of features i.e. small (15–40 mm diam.), brownish red to reddish brown pileus yellow pore surface turning green when hurt or bruised, brown with 5% KOH, stipe yellow in upper 1/4th of its length, brownish red in lower 3/4th of its length, becoming green at upper part and greyish red to red towards base with maturity and/or on bruising, basidiospores broadly ellipsoid to ellipsoid, sometimes oblong, inequilateral, and occurrence on ground under Shorea robusta in tropical dry deciduous forest, is proposed as a novel species. Morphological description, supporting illustrations and phylogenetic analyses based on nrITS and nrLSU (28S) sequence data are also provided.
Doi
10.1111/njb.02089