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International Journal of Pure & Applied Bioscience (IJPAB)
Year : 2017, Volume : 5, Issue : 3
First page : (816) Last page : (820)
Article doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2320-7051.2803

A New Mushroom species Tricholosporum purpureolilacinus Recorded from Western Ghats of Karnataka

Santhosh, D. B.1*, Anilkumar, C.2, Akash, D.1, Prabhu, K. N.1, Earanna, N.1 and Gangaraju, P.3
1Department of Plant Biotechnology, University of Agricultural Sciences, Bengaluru
2Department of Genetics & Plant Breeding University of Agricultural Sciences, Bengaluru
3Department of Entomology, University of Agricultural Sciences, Bengaluru
*Corresponding Author E-mail: santhuroyal99@gmail.com
Received: 6.04.2017  |  Revised: 18.04.2017   |  Accepted: 19.04.2017  

 ABSTRACT

Western Ghats of Karnataka is one of the richest biodiversity hotspot in India. In the present study, a new mushroom species in the Genus Tricholosporum, collected from Agumbe forest in Western Ghats region during monsoon season (June-September) with the help of Siddi and Adivasi tribal community and identified by internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region sequence homology using NCBI data base.

Key words: Western Ghats, Mushroom, ITS, Molecular Identification

Full Text : PDF; Journal doi : http://dx.doi.org/10.18782

Cite this article: Santhosh, D.B., Anilkumar, C., Akash, D., Prabhu, K.N., Earanna, N. and Gangaraju, P., A New Mushroom species Tricholosporum purpureolilacinus Recorded from Western Ghats of Karnataka, Int. J. Pure App. Biosci.5(3): 816-820 (2017). doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2320-7051.2803