Volume 24, Issue 73, January - June, 2023

On the Xylaria in scrub jungles of southwest India

Tahir Syed, Kodandoor Sharathchandra, Kandikere R Sridhar^♦

Department of Biosciences, Mangalore University, Mangalagangotri, Mangalore 574199, Karnataka, India

^♦Corresponding author
Department of Biosciences, Mangalore University, Mangalagangotri, Mangalore 574199, Karnataka, India

ABSTRACT

Xylaria is a widely distributed genus belong to the family Xylariaceae and grows on a wide variety of substrates in different habitats. Up to 60 species of Xylaria have been reported from the Indian subcontinent, while southwest India is known for about 30 species. Recently, four species of Xylaria (X. arbuscula, X. gramica, X. minuta and X. oxyacanthae) were found to grow on various habitats and substrates during an inventory of scrub jungles of southwest India during 2019-21. Xylaria arbuscula and X. gramica were confined to dead bark, while X. minuta and X. oxyacanthae were grown on the dead twigs and humus, respectively. This study reports description (of the above species), distribution, habitat specificity and substrate specificity of Xylaria spp. in southwest India based on the literature.

Keywords: Macrofungi, substrates, habitat specificity, substrate specificity, conservation

Species, 2023, 24(73), e9s1009

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.54905/disssi/v24i73/e9s1009

Published: 25 January 2023