Micropsalliota subumbonata (Agaricaceae), a new species from Maharashtra, India

Abstract

A new species, Micropsalliota subumbonata, is described and illustrated from tropical region of the Western Ghats of Maharashtra, India, and the phylogenetic placement is determined by using nrITS and nrLSU sequence data analyses. Micropsalliota subumbonata, is morphologically circumscribed by its campanulate to conical umbonate pileus, covered with greyish brown to reddish brown squamules, ellipsoid to subcymbiform basidiospores, and cylindrical, long narrow, capitate cheilocystidia with a ventricose base.