Portal de Periódicos da CAPES

Three lignicolous macrofungi from District Doda of Jammu Province (J&K), India

2008; Volume: 9; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.36953/ecj.2008.090301

2278-5124

Sanjeev Kumar, Yash Pal Sharma,

Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases

Three lignicolous macrofungal species, namely, Fomes fomentarius (L.ex Fr.) Fr., Fomitopsis pinicola (Fr.) Kar and Fomes igniarius (L.) Fr. belonging to aphyllophorales, collected from Kishtwar and Bhadarwah regions of district Doda of Jammu province (J&K), India, have been described in the present communication. Their taxonomic details, macro and micro-morphological characters have also been included. Critical microscopic observations and perusal of li terature revealed that Fomes igniarius is new addition to the macrofungal flora of Jammu and Kashmir while as Fomes fomentarius and Fomitopsis pinicola are the first authentic records for the Jammu province.