A periodic survey for the collection of foliicolous fungi from the Western Ghats of Maharashtra, resulted into the description and illustration of a new interesting species of Tharoopama Subram. viz. T. livistonae. The new species has been reported from the leaf sheath of Livistona chinensis R.Br. which is described as follows.
Dematiaceous fungus, Anamorphic, Synemata, Pseudoverticillately, Conidiophores
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Dubey, R. and Moonnambeth, N.A., 2013. Tharoopama Livistonae Sp. Nov. – A New Synematous Hyphomycetes from India. Indian Journal of Forestry, 36(3), pp.383-386. https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps1000-2013-N6381L
Manuscript Published on 01 September 2013
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