During surveys for the collection of folicolous fungi from the Western Ghats of Maharashtra, two new species of Zygosporium were found, these are described and illustrated as Zygosporium cocos and Zygosporium dilleniae from leaves of Cocos nucifera and Dillenia pentagyna respectively.
Folicolous fungi, Western Ghats, Morphological, Hyphomycetes, Taxonomic treatment
1. Bilgrami, K.S., Jamaluddin and Rizwi, M.A. (1991). The Fungi of India. Part III (List and References).Today and Tomorrow’s Printer and Publishers, New Delhi
2. Ellis, M. (1971). Dematiaceous Hyphomycetes, C.A.B. Common Wealth Mycological Institute, Kew, Surrey, England
3. Ellis, M.B. (1976). More Dematiaceous Hyphomycetes. C.A.B. Common Wealth Mycological Institute, Kew, Surrey, England
4. Hughes, S.J. (1951). Studies on microfungi. X. Zygosporium. Mycol. Pap. 44: 1-6
5. Jamaluddin, Goswami, M.G. and Ojha, B.M. (2004). Fungi of India 1989-2001, Scientific Publishers. Jodhpur
6. Kirk, P.M., Cannon, P.F., David, J.C. and Staplers, J.A. (2001). Dictionary of the Fungi. 9th Ed. CABI Publ. Oxford
7. Manoharachary, C., Agrawal, D.K., Sureshkumar, G., Kunwar, I.K. and Sharat Babu, K. (2006). Memnoniella mohanramii sp. nov. and Zygosporium anupamvarmae sp. nov. from India. Indian Phytopath. 59(4): 489-491.
8. Mckenzie, E.H.V., Thongkantha, S. and Lumyong, S. (2007). Zygosporium bioblitzi sp. nov. on dead leaves of Cortaderia and Dracaena. New Zealand J. Bot. 45: 433-435. https://doi.org/10.1080/00288250709509724
9. Whitton, S.R., McKenzie, E.H.C. and Hyde, K.D. (2003).–Microfungi on the Pandanaceae: Zygo-sporium, a review of the genus and two new species. Fungal Diversity, 12, 207–222
Dubey, R., 2014. Two New Species of Zygosporium Mont. from Indian Subcontinent. Indian Journal of Forestry, 37(2), pp.165-168. https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps1000-2014-VW71AL
Manuscript Published on 01 June 2014
Anyone you share the following link with will be able to read this content: