First report of Termitomyces bulborhizus holomorph from Goa, India

Abstract

This is the first report of Termitomyces bulborhizus T.Z. Wei, holomorph from Taleigao, Tiswadi and Latambarcem, Bicholim, Goa, India, along with its habit, habitat, sporodochial stage (anamorph), sporophores (teleomorph) and characters in pure cultures. T. bulborhizus is characterized by pale brown to darker, rugose pileus, having swollen stipe with bulbous base showing melanised, striate, rivulose surface. During the survey as many as 13 different developmental stages of the mushroom from primodia to mature sporophores were documented. Spherocysts with lipid globules were prominently detected in subhymenium. Sporodochial culture showed thin walled, simple septate hyphae. Basidiome context culture from the teleomorph showed typical conidia, globose sphaerocysts, aggregated hyphae, and hyphal knots with associated mycelia which take up intense staining withAmmonical Congo Red in addition to the presence of numerous Calcium oxalate mycoliths.