Calocybella babruka K.P.D.Latha & 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 : 153

Calocybella babruka K.P.D.Latha & Manim.

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Phytotaxa 255 (2): 137 (2016).

SELECTED DESCRIPTION AND FIGURES. — Latha et al. 2016: 137, 138.

HOLOTYPE. — India. Kerala State, Malappuram District, Calicut University Campus , on the ground, 20.VI.2015, K. P. Deepna Latha DKP343 (holo-, CAL [ CAL 1289 ]).

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

DESCRIPTION

This species is characterised by slenderly tricholomatoid basidiocarps, a brown pileus with a granulose surface and a lobate margin, emarginate lamellae with a small decurrent tooth, a brown stipe with a whitish base, a context not discolouring on bruising, ellipsoid to oblong-ellipsoid, finely verrucose under both the light microscope and the Scanning Electron Microscope, acyanophilous basidiospores, a cutis-type pileipellis with slightly gelatinised hyphae, and a cutis-type stipitipellis composed of narrow and interwoven hyphae coated with a resinous material.

Figures

FIG. 3. — Calocybella babruka K.P.D.Latha & Manim.(CAL 1289):A, basidiocarps in natural habitat; B, basidiospore under SEM. Scale bars:A, 10 mm; B, 1 μm.