The genus Entoloma in Kerala state, India

Cuboid spored Entoloma in Kerala State, India

“…& Noordel. described from the northern part of Kerala (Manimohan et al 2006) is closely related for most of the macro and microscopic characters however, sulcate pileal margin; brown lamella edge; larger spores; presence of clamp connections in all tissues, strong garlic odour and pileipellis a cutis without any gelatinization clearly differentiates E. perinfundibuliforme from the present taxon.…”

“…& Noordel. described from Kerala (Manimohan et al 2006), that is better placed in subgenus Nolanea (Fr.) Noordel., differs by its depressed, smooth, glabrous, hygrophanous pileus and stipe, smaller spores, fertile lamella edge and lack of clamp connections in the basidiomata.…”

“…It appears that cuboid spored species of Entoloma are quite well represented in Kerala. Prior to our study, Manimohan et al (1995Manimohan et al ( , 2002Manimohan et al ( , 2006 described nine new cuboid spored species from the northern part of Kerala. Except for E. haematinum Manim., Leelav.…”

Entoloma shandongense T. Bau & J.R. Wang (Agaricales, Entolomataceae): a new distributional record from India

“…During a 10-year-long project (Khatua et al 2015), the authors collected an interesting blue coloured species of Entoloma from the state of West Bengal, eastern India. After thorough consultation of available literature (Pegler 1986;Manimohan et al 1995Manimohan et al , 2002Manimohan et al , 2006Raj and Manimohan 2012;Farook et al 2013;Pradeep et al 2012Pradeep et al , 2013Wang and Bau 2013), the species was identified as Entoloma shandongense T. Bau & J. R. Wang and further confirmed by molecular (ITS sequence) data. This collection constitutes the second record of the species and expands its geographical distribution to India.…”

“…As of this date there are reports of ca. 76 species of Entoloma from India (Pegler 1986;Manimohan et al 1995Manimohan et al , 2002Manimohan et al , 2006Raj and Manimohan 2012;Farook et al 2013;Pradeep et al 2012Pradeep et al , 2013, most of which were described as new to science. During a 10-year-long project (Khatua et al 2015), the authors collected an interesting blue coloured species of Entoloma from the state of West Bengal, eastern India.…”