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The Journal of Threatened Taxa (JoTT) is dedicated to building evidence for conservaton globally by publishing peer-reviewed artcles OPEN ACCESS online every month at a reasonably rapid rate at www.threatenedtaxa.org. All artcles published in JoTT are registered under Creatve Commons Atributon 4.0 Internatonal License unless otherwise mentoned. JoTT allows unrestricted use, reproducton, and distributon of artcles in any medium by providing adequate credit to the author(s) and the source of publicaton. Journal of Threatened Taxa Building evidence for conservaton globally www.threatenedtaxa.org ISSN 0974-7907 (Online) | ISSN 0974-7893 (Print) Short Communication First report of the fleshy mushroom Trichaleurina javanica (Rehm) M. Carbone et al. (Ascomycota: Pezizales: Chorioactidaceae) from southern India Munuswamy Kumar, Sekar Nithya & Antony Agnes Kayalvizhi 26 April 2021 | Vol. 13 | No. 5 | Pages: 18398–18402 DOI: 10.11609/jot.6552.13.5.18398-18402 For Focus, Scope, Aims, and Policies, visit htps://threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/aims_scope For Artcle Submission Guidelines, visit htps://threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/about/submissions For Policies against Scientfc Misconduct, visit htps://threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/policies_various For reprints, contact <[email protected]> The opinions expressed by the authors do not refect the views of the Journal of Threatened Taxa, Wildlife Informaton Liaison Development Society, Zoo Outreach Organizaton, or any of the partners. The journal, the publisher, the host, and the part- Publisher & Host ners are not responsible for the accuracy of the politcal boundaries shown in the maps by the authors. Member Threatened Taxa Journal of Threatened Taxa | www.threatenedtaxa.org | 26 April 2021 | 13(5): 18398–18402 ISSN 0974-7907 (Online) | ISSN 0974-7893 (Print) OPEN ACCESS htps://doi.org/10.11609/jot.6552.13.5.18398-18402 #6552 | Received 10 August 2020 | Final received 10 September 2020 | Finally accepted 11 April 2021 SHORT COMMUNICATION First report of the feshy mushroom Trichaleurina javanica (Rehm) M. Carbone et al. (Ascomycota: Pezizales: Chorioactdaceae) from southern India Munuswamy Kumar 1 , Sekar Nithya 2 & Antony Agnes Kayalvizhi 3 1,2,3 Department of Botany, Madras Christan College, Tambaram, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600059, India. 1 [email protected] (corresponding author) , 2 [email protected], 3 [email protected] Abstract: Trichaleurina javanica was collected from tropical dry et al. 1992), Malaysia (Chong et al. 2007; Abdullah & evergreen forests, located in the southeastern coastal belt of India. Rusea 2009) but poorly known from India (Pant & Prasad This is the frst report of the species from southern India. Trichaleurina javanica is a feshy and rubbery cup-like mushroom, brownish-grey 2008). Sharma and Rawla (1982) reported G. rufa from in colour with a brilliant yellowish-orange disc. The identfcaton is India but due to unavailability of the specimen, identty supported using morphological and microscopical characters. It is one of the less known wild edible mushrooms belonging to Ascomycota. remained doubtul and it is later mentoned as not recorded in India (Pant & Prasad 2008). Whereas, other Keywords: Ascomycetous mushroom, Ice Apple Mushroom, rubbery species of Galiella namely G. celebica is reported from cup, tropical dry evergreen forests, wild edible mushroom. India (Pant & Prasad 2008) and was later mentoned as Trichaleurina javanica by Patel et al. (2019). The genera Galiella is considered a synonym of Trichaleurina javanica, an ascomycetous mushroom, Sarcosoma Casp. by Le Gal (1958, 1960) and Boedijn called Ice Apple Mushroom is a feshy and rubbery cup (1959) while many other mycologists from Korf (1957) to like mushroom which is brownish-grey in colour with a Pant & Prasad (2008) considered it as a separate genus. brilliant yellowish-orange disc. Trichaleurina is a tropical Recently, Carbone et al. (2013a,b, 2015) proved Galiella and subtropical species which is complex and was is an independent genus in the family Sarcosomataceae not well resolved for its identty using well supported Kobayasi with at least two species G. javanica and G. classical data untl recently. It was separated recently celebica which were formerly included in the same from its allies Sarcosoma and Galiella and re-established genus. as a separate genus recently (Carbone et al. 2013a,b) Later, the phylogentc studies on Sacrocosomataceae based on the phylogenetc evidence. revealed that G. javanica and G. celebica cannot be The most close allies Galiella with type Galiella grouped under the genera and were therefore shifed rufa (Schwein.) Nannf. & Korf., is an American species to the genera Trichaleurina (Carbone et al. 2013a). (Carbone et al. 2015) but also reported from China (Cao Although, the name Trichaleurina was frst used by Rehm Editor: Anonymity requested. Date of publicaton: 26 April 2021 (online & print) Citaton: Kumar, M., S. Nithya & A.A. Kayalvizhi (2021). First report of the feshy mushroom Trichaleurina javanica (Rehm) M. Carbone et al. (Ascomycota: Pezizales: Chorioactdaceae) from southern India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 13(5): 18398–18402. htps://doi.org/10.11609/jot.6552.13.5.18398-18402 Copyright: © Kumar et al. 2021. Creatve Commons Atributon 4.0 Internatonal License. JoTT allows unrestricted use, reproducton, and distributon of this artcle in any medium by providing adequate credit to the author(s) and the source of publicaton. Funding: None. Competng interests: The authors declare no competng interests. Acknowledgements: The authors thank the principal R.W. Alexander Jesudasan for constant support and encouragement; former head Dr. M. Baluswami; Dr. D. Narasimhan; and the present head Dr. G.A.I. Ebenezer, Department of Botany, MCC for providing laboratory facility. We wish to acknowledge DST-FIST for fnancial support to the department. 18398 First report of Trichaleurina javanica from southern India Kumar et al. J TT (1903) as an infrageneric rank within Aleurina Massee., Results & Discussion it was later raised to the genus level (Rehm 1914) by In the present study the fruit bodies of Trichaleurina validatng it with the new (and only) species Trichaleurina javanica were collected throughout the Madras Christan polytricha collected from the Philippines. But much College Campus. They were always collected on dead later (Carbone et al. 2013b), the genus Trichaleurina and decaying wood. was established with well supported morphological and molecular evidence with at least two clearly defned Trichaleurina javanica (Rehm) species—T. javanica and T. tenuispora. Moreover, M. Carbone, Agnello & P. Alvarado (2013) Carbone et al. (2015) also clearly distnguished G. rufa by (Image 1; Figure 1) giving a detailed descripton of the micro-morphological ≡ Sarcosoma javanicum Rehm, Hedwigia 32: 226 characters for clear identfcaton in future. (1893) This Galiella complex (untl recently) mushroom ≡ Galiella javanica (Rehm) Nannf. & Korf, Mycologia which is mustard yellow to light tan in colour is known as 49 (1): 108 (1957) ‘Mata Rusa’ (deer eyes) in Sabah, by Dusuns and ‘Mata = Urnula philippinarum Rehm, Leafets of Philippine Kerbau’ (bufalo eyes) in Sarawak, Malaysia (Abdullah & Botany 6: 2281 (1914) Rusea 2009) was consumed and prized in the market. = Trichaleurina polytricha Rehm, Leafets of Philippine In India, we found the same mushroom is consumed Botany 6: 2234 (1914) raw by the Oorali tribe of Sathyamangalam forest (not = Sarcosoma novoguineense Ramsb.: 186 (1917), reported earlier). This is not reported as an edible fungi fde Boedijn (1932) and Le Gal (1959) from any other part of India. = Sarcosoma decaryi Pat., Mémoirs de l´Académie Mushroom diversity of tropical dry evergreen forests Malgache 6: 37 (1928), fde Le Gal (1953) (TDEF) vegetaton is poorly reported (Kumar 2020). The actual diversity of these regions is much more than what Macroscopic features is known, because TDEFs are among the highly neglected Sporocarps occur in troops, clusters, or singly. region for mushroom biodiversity studies. The species Fruitng body cup-shaped, cup curved inwards during reported in this study was collected during mushroom inital stage, leathery. Inner tssue gelatnous, jelly biodiversity studies in the TDEF region of southern India like, translucent and rubbery, smooth, outer surface being done for the past seven years (2012–2019). blackish-brown to grey brown in colour, rough, velvety, smooth or wrinkled, 5.2–7.8 cm wide and 5.5–6.5 cm Materials & Methods high, cylindric or tapering downwards, hairs sparse The specimens were found on dead and decaying throughout the surface, more hirsute hairs along the wood (Delonix) and collected from Madras Christan rim of the cup, at maturity the hairs not signifcant, College campus, Chennai, India. The campus is a green, hymenial porton reddish-orange to yellowish-orange, extended over 365 acres with TDEF vegetaton. The concave when young, at maturity the hymenial region specimens were cut from the stump in all stages startng prominent, plane, convex and slightly decurving . from inital fruitng to mature stage. Specimens from Margin entre, at maturity sparsely folded. Inside the the feld were wrapped in paper covers. They were cup below the hymenial region cavity present, cavity dried at 70◦C for 24 hours and sealed in polythene covers may be parttoned with two locule, gelatnous tssue along with their label and naphthalene balls for further getng reduced towards the base. Cavity flled with mild examinaton (Kaviyarasan