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Macrofungal Diversity in the Western Ghats, Kerala, India: Members of Russulaceae Journal of Threatened Taxa | www.threatenedtaxa.org | 26 April 2014 | 6(4): 5636–5648 Macrofungal diversity in the Western Ghats, Kerala, India: members of Russulaceae ISSN Short Communication Short C. Mohanan Online 0974–7907 Print 0974–7893 Division of Forest Health, Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi, Kerala 680653, India OPEN ACCESS [email protected] Abstract: A macrofungal biodiversity inventory carried out in different edible, while a few are hallucinogenic, medicinal, toxic or forest ecosystems viz., west coast tropical evergreen forests, west poisonous. Macrofungal diversity, as with all other sub- coast tropical semi-evergreen forests, south Indian moist deciduous forests, southern subtropical broadleaved hill forests, southern sects of biodiversity, exhibits distinct patterns in both montane wet temperate forests (shola forests), southern tropical space and time. Such fungal diversity patterns are, to dry deciduous forests, grasslands, Myristica swamp forests, and forest plantations falling in different forest divisions in the Western a large extent, unexplored. Recently, systematic studies Ghats, Kerala employing opportunistic as well as fixed-size plot were undertaken by the authors to understand the sampling methods from 2006–2011 yielded several rare and hitherto ecology, diversity, distribution, taxonomy and economic unrecorded macrofungi. In Russulaceae 15 species of macrofungi belonging to the genera Russula and Lactarius were recorded. Of potential of macrofungi in different forest ecosystems in these, 12 species of Russula viz. Russula aciculocystis, R. adusta, R. the Western Ghats. The study reveals that the Western atropurpurea, R. cinerella, R. congoana, R. delicula, R. hygrophytica, R. Ghats is endowed with a remarkably rich macro-fungal luteotacta, R. mariae, R. martinica, R. michiganensis and R. periglypta and white coloured latex exuding Lactarius nebulosus are new records flora. Moist-deciduous and semi-evergreen forests for the Western Ghats. All the Russulaceae members exhibit an support a maximum number of macrofungi followed by ectomycorrhizal association with tree species like Hopea ponga, evergreen and shola forests. Macro-fungal assemblage, H. parviflora, Myristica malabarica, Vateria indica, Calophyllum apetalaum, among others. species abundance and frequency were very characteristic of shola forests and Myristica swamps. Keywords: Lactarius, macrofungal diversity, Russulaceae, Russula, Terricolous, humicolous and lignicolous macro-fungi Western Ghats. form the major group. A total of 166 genera and 550 species falling in 51 families belonging to Basidiomycota Macrofungi are an important component of the and Ascomycota were encountered and of these, a large forest ecosystems and play a major role in ecosystem number of genera and species are reported for the first dynamics, such as litter decomposition, nutrient cycling time from India (Mohanan 2011). In the present paper, and nutrient transport. Most macrofungi are saprobes, taxonomical, ecological and diversity details of members a few are ectomycorrhizal and some are pathogens of of Russulaceae, viz., 13 species of Russula and two woody plants, insects and fungi. Many of them are species of Lactarius are dealt with. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.11609/JoTT.o3620.5636-48 Editor: R.K. Verma, Tropical Forest Research Institute, Jabalpur, India. Date of publication: 26 April 2014 (online & print) Manuscript details: Ms # o3620 | Received 13 May 2013 | Final received 19 March 2014 | Finally accepted 21 March 2014 Citation: Mohanan, C. (2014). Macrofungal diversity in the Western Ghats, Kerala, India: members of Russulaceae. Journal of Threatened Taxa 6(4): 5636–5648; http://dx.doi.org/10.11609/JoTT.o3620.5636-48 Copyright: © Mohanan 2014. Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. JoTT allows unrestricted use of this article in any medium, reproduction and distribution by providing adequate credit to the authors and the source of publication. Funding: Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF), Government of India, New Delhi. Competing Interest: The authors declare no competing interests. Acknowledgements: The author wishes to thank MoEF, Government of India, New Delhi, for financial assistance for carrying out the research. Field support provided by the staff of Kerala Forest Department and technical assistance by Mr. P.M. Sumesh, Mr. P. Rajesh and K.B. Anila are also acknowledged. 5636 Macrofungi of the Western Ghats: Russulaceae Mohanan Materials and Methods Basidiome small to medium sized. Pileus 4–6.5 cm Study areas were selected in the major types of dia., hemispherical or convex with incurved margin forests, such as, western coast tropical evergreen forests, when young, soon broadly convex to plane, finally western coast tropical semi-evergreen forests, southern plano-depressed; surface vivid red, violet brown (11E7) Indian moist deciduous forests, southern subtropical at centre, sticky when wet, sulcate striate at the margin, broadleaved hill forests, southern montane wet cuticle separable one-half to two-thirds way to disk, temperate forests (shola forests), southern tropical dry exposing the white or pale pinkish context below. deciduous forests, grasslands, Myristica swamp forests, Lamellae decurrent, close to sub-distant, forked near and forest plantations falling in different forest divisions stipe, lamellulae rare, ventricose, up to 4mm broad in the Western Ghats of Kerala. Opportunistic sampling at mid radius, white when young soon pale buff; edge of macrofungi was carried out from as many habitats in minutely fimbriate. Context white, unchanging. Stipe the areas as possible. Fixed-size plot sampling (three 2.5–5 cm x 8–12 mm, central, equal or tapered towards sample plots of 100x100 m in four locations, namely, base, stuffed becoming hollow; surface white to pale Nilambur (moist deciduous forests), Iringole (semi- pink, smooth. Annulus absent. Odour agreeable. evergreen forests), Nelliampathy (evergreen forests), Spores 8.5–9.5 x 6.5–7.5 µm, subglobose to Mannavan Shola (shola forest) was also carried out to broadly ovate; ornamentation amyloid, consisting yield quantitative data. Sampling was carried out during of dense conical spines often fused to form short both south-west and north-east monsoons and pre- crusts which join to form fine to coarse more or less and post-monsoon periods. These activities included: complete reticulum; suprahilar area ornamented as collecting sporocarps of macrofungi at the field site, in rest of the spore; appendix non–amyloid. Basidia labelling them, taking photographs, chemical spot tests, 40–47 x 14–16 µm, clavate, hyaline, 4-spored. setting up spore prints, recording macro-morphological Cheilocystidia 40–55 x 9–14 µm, lanceolate arising data in the illustrated data sheet, writing morphological from the subhymenium. Pleurocystidia scattered, rare, descriptions, details on substratum, ectomycorrhizal 85–92 x 13–16 µm, fusoid-ventricose or cylindrical. status, host plants associated, processing the specimens Subhymenium pseudoparenchymatous. Hymenophoral for recording microscopic characters and identification trama heteromorphous with sphaerocytes. Pileipellis of the specimens up to species level. Quantitative data on macrofungi were also recorded from the sample plots periodically for biodiversity analyses. Colours and chemical reactions of tissues and spores in water, KOH, NH4OH, FeSO4, HCl, melzer’s reagent, etc. were studied and used for identification of the taxa. Digital photomicrographs of the fungal structures were also made. The recent taxonomic concept based on the emerging information on molecular phylogenetic data has been followed and taxa have been rearranged accordingly (Kirk et al. 2008). Results a In the present study, 13 species of Russula and two species of Lactarius were collected and identified up to the species level from different forest ecosystems of the © C. Mohanan Western Ghats, Kerala. Taxonomic details, distribution and ectomycorrhizal status, for each species are given below. Russula aciculocystis Kauffman ex Bills & O.K. Mill., Mycologia 76(6): 990 (1984) (Image 1 a,b) Specimens examined: KFRI MF: 2165, 18.ix.2008, Ammayambalam, Arippa, Kerala; KFRI MF: 2293, b 19.ix.2008, Arippa swamp forest, Arippa, Kerala. Image 1 a & b. Russula aciculocystis Journal of Threatened Taxa | www.threatenedtaxa.org | 26 April 2014 | 6(4): 5636–5648 5637 Macrofungi of the Western Ghats: Russulaceae Mohanan consisting of loosely arranged, erect to sub-erect hyphae Specimens examined: KFRI MF: 1760, 18.vi.2008, that terminate as short chains of cylindrical cells, tips Chandhkkunnu, Nilambur, Kerala. of which are dermatocystidioid; sub-cutis gelatinized. Basidiome medium to large sized. Pileus 4–8 cm Caulocystidia similar to cheilocystidia in size and shape. dia., with a deep depression at centre at maturity; Clamp-connections absent in all tissues. margin inrolled when young, becoming uplifted when Russula aciculocystisis distributed in semi-evergreen fully expanded; surface dull white becoming grayish- to evergreen forests and occurs solitary or scattered white then dark brown and finally black on handling on soil under Hopea ponga, H. parviflora, Myristica or ageing, non-striate. Lamellae adnate, white turning malabarica, Vateria indica, and Calophyllum apetalaum black on handling, more or less crowded with lamellulae forming an ectomycorrhizal association. of different lengths, sometimes bifurcated close to the stipe; edge smooth, entire, stipe 3–6 cm x 1–2 cm,
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