Calocybella swetha K.N.A.Raj & Manim.

D, K. P., Latha, eepna, A, K. N., Raj, nil & Manimohan, Patinjareveettil, 2020, Diversity of the genus Calocybella Vizzini, Consiglio & Setti in Kerala State, India, Cryptogamie, Mycologie 20 (8), pp. 147-156 : 154

Calocybella swetha K.N.A.Raj & Manim.

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Phytotaxa 255 (2): 139 (2016)

SELECTED DESCRIPTION AND FIGURES. — Latha et al. 2016: 139-140.

HOLOTYPE. — India. Kerala State, Malappuram District, Calicut University Campus , on the ground, among grass or leaf litter, 21.V.2015, K. N. Anil Raj AR1000 (holo-, CAL [ CAL 1290 ]).

HABITAT AND DISTRIBUTION. — Scattered or in small groups, on the ground, among grass or leaf litter. Kerala State, India.

DESCRIPTION

Whitish, slenderly tricholomatoid basidiocarps not discolouring on bruising, a velutinous pileus, sinuate or emarginate lamellae with a small decurrent tooth, a fibrillose and scarcely pruinose stipe which is slightly tapered towards the base, ellipsoid to broadly ellipsoid, acyanophilous, smooth basidiospores, a trichoderm-type pileipellis, and a cutis-type stipitipellis often disrupted by flaring-out hyphae are the diagnostic features of C. swetha .

Figures

FIG. 5. — Calocybella swetha K.N.A.Raj & Manim. (CAL 1290):A, basidiocarps in natural habitat; B, basidiospore under SEM. Scale bars:A, 10 mm; B, 1 μm.