Largest fungal fruit body from India

Authors

  • Manoj Kumar Forest Pathology Division, Forest Research Institute, Kaula Garh, Dehra Dun, Uttarakhand 248195, India http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5264-9392
  • Prahlad Singh Mehra Forest Pathology Division, Forest Research Institute, Kaula Garh, Dehra Dun, Uttarakhand 248195, India http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0238-7504
  • N.S.K. Harsh Forest Pathology Division, Forest Research Institute, Kaula Garh, Dehra Dun, Uttarakhand 248195, India http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7039-5528
  • Amit Pandey Forest Pathology Division, Forest Research Institute, Kaula Garh, Dehra Dun, Uttarakhand 248195, India http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5158-0207
  • Vijay Vardhan Pandey Forest Pathology Division, Forest Research Institute, Kaula Garh, Dehra Dun, Uttarakhand 248195, India http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9448-9692

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.3591.9.12.11085-11086

Keywords:

Fungal conservation, Hymenochaetaceae, Phellinus pachyphloeus.

Abstract

A giant fungal fruit body of Phellinus pachyphloeus (Pat.) Pat. was recorded from Dehradun.  Till date it is the largest fungal fruit body ever recorded from India and second from the world.

Author Biography

Manoj Kumar, Forest Pathology Division, Forest Research Institute, Kaula Garh, Dehra Dun, Uttarakhand 248195, India

RA, Forest Pathology Division

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Published

26-12-2017

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Vol. 9 No. 12 (2017)

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