Veloporphyrellus latisporus, a new generic record for India

Abstract

During routine macrofungal surveys in various temperate forests of Indian Himalayan belt, we made some collections of the interesting genus Veloporphyrellus. After through literature review, morphological examinations, and phylogenetic analysis of two ribosomal genes, those collections were found to be conspecific with Veloporphyrellus latisporus, which was described from coniferous forests of Pakistan. We present the genus and the species from India for the first time with detailed morphological description, illustrations, multigene phylogenetic analysis, and comparisons with related species.