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ABSTRACT
A new species of Russula subg. Brevipes, growing in Sal-dominated forests is described based on macro- and micromorphological and molecular evidence. It is distinguished macroscopically by small to medium-sized and ivory to white-coloured fruit bodies, globose to sub-globose basidiospores, and clavate or cylindrical hymenial cystidia with a mucronate to rounded apex.
Acknowledgements
The authors of the current study express gratitude for the assistance provided by the DST-FIST facility of the Department of Botany at Gauhati University.
Disclosure statement
No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).
Data availability statement
Sequences of the samples used in the present study are available in NCBI GenBank with accession numbers PP502866, and PP502872.
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Funding
AKD wishes to express appreciation for the DST-Inspire Faculty Fellowship Research Grant (DST/INSPIRE/04/2018/001906, dated July 24, 2018) awarded by the Department of Science & Technology (DST), New Delhi, India.