Kanad DAS, Rui Lin ZHAO, Arvind PARIHAR, Manoj Emanuel HEMBROM

A new species of Cyathus (Agaricaceae) from India

The Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden is a well-known botanical garden. Cyathus thindii, a new species of bird s nest fungus, was collected from this garden, and is described and illustrated in the present paper. It is distinct with its sessile basidiomata growing on a white mycelial pad, plicate exterior (partly) and interior wall of the peridium, comparatively large peridioles without tunica, and medium sized spores. Its relation with allied taxa is discussed and a provisional key to the Indian species of Cyathusis given in the present paper.

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