title: Suillus indicussp. nov. (Boletales, Basidiomycota), a new boletoid fungus from northwestern Himalayas, India.
abstract: The new speciesSuillus indicusis described based on the morpho-anatomical description and molecular analysis of basidiomes found in conifer forests of the northwestern Himalayas, India. Morphologically, the key diagnostic characteristics of the new taxon are brownish-orange to reddish-brown pileus with low obtuse umbo, brownish-red to reddish-brown fibrillose squamules over the pileal surface, and absence of fibrillose squamules and glandular dots on the stipe surface. Sequences derived from the internal transcribed spacer region of basidiomes and culture demonstrated that the species is clearly distinct from other known taxa ofSuillusand new to science.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biotechnology, Thapar University , Patiala , Punjab 147004 , India.
authors.forename: Balwant
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Verma
authors.affiliation: Department of Biotechnology, Thapar University , Patiala , Punjab 147004 , India.
authors.forename: M Sudhakara
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Reddy
keywords: ITS; Suillaceae; ectomycorrhizal; phylogeny; taxonomy