A New Species of Janetia Ellis (Hyphomycetes) from India
Bussa Sathyanarayana Reddy1, Vasanth Rao2 and C. Manoharachary2
1Department of Botany, Government Degree College
Ramannapet, Nalgonda Dt., A.P., India
2Department of Botany, Osmania University
Hyderabad – 500, 007, A.P., India
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ABSTRACT
In the mycofloristic survey (1987-1988) of some dematiaceous hyphomycetes from the western ghats of Karnataka, India, the authors have collected an undescribed species of anamorphic genus Janetia Ellis. The present species is different from the earlier described taxa of Janetia in its conidiogenous cells and conidial morphology. The present paper deals in detail the new anamorphic fungus, viz., Janetia indica sp. nov.
INTRODUCTION
During a survey (1987-1988) of microfungi from the forests of Bhagavati, Karnataka which is in western ghats of the Indian Peninsula representing tropical features, a dematiaceous hyphomycete was collected on unidentified branches. It is similar with the generic characters of Janetia Ellis (1976), but differs from the earlier described species in its conidiogenous cells and conidial morphology. Therefore it is being reported as a new species. The type material has also been deposited in Herbarium Cryptogamae Indiae Orientalis (HCIO) at Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), New Delhi, Indian (HCIO 186A). . . . . .
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