Gerhardtia foliicola (Agaricales), a New Record of Gilled Fungi from India Based on Morphological and Molecular Analyses

Abstract The study sample was collected during a field survey done in the year 2019 from Darjeeling hills, India. A detailed morphological description along with field images and internal transcribed spacer (ITS) sequence analyses suggested that the collected specimen is Gerhardtia foliicola. It is well characterized by its reddish brown and hygrophanous pileus, densely crowded lamellae, irregular ellipsoid basidiospores and its occurrence on leaf litter and humus in broadleaf or coniferous forests.