A Rare Myxomycetes macbrideola from Amravati, Maharashtra

Authors

  • Hande DV Department of Botany, Shri Shivaji Science College Amravati (M.S.) -444603, India.
  • Suradkar KP Department of Botany, Shri Shivaji Science College Amravati (M.S.) -444603, India.
  • Kadu SR Department of Botany, Shri Shivaji Science College Amravati (M.S.) -444603, India.

Keywords:

Myxomycetes, Macbrideola, Amravati

Abstract

In due course of mycological survey of Amravati District, many interesting fungi have been collected; among these a rare Myxomycetes macbrideola has been reported in present article. For their specific identification, morphological characters and dimension of various fruiting bodies were studied and compared with already described one. These collections proved to be distinct as such described here rare species. The Exsicati of these fungi have been deposited in Ajrekar Mycological Herbarium of Agharkar Research Institute, Pune under their respective accession numbers. The present paper deals with description of Macbrideola.

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Published

2014-03-30

How to Cite

Hande DV, Suradkar KP, & Kadu SR. (2014). A Rare Myxomycetes macbrideola from Amravati, Maharashtra. International Journal of Life Sciences, 2(1), 93–95. Retrieved from https://ijlsci.in/ls/index.php/home/article/view/1133