Overview for Meliolales of India, Volumes. II
I started working on meliolaceous fungi in the year 1981. Till then, about seventy species were known in India. Subsequently, an intensive survey of these fungi in the Western Ghats have enriched our knowledge and raised their number to 378, with an additional genus Prataprajella (Hosagoudar, 1992, 1996). Subsequently, a new family Armatellaceae (Hosagoudar, 2003a) has been added and the Beeli formula was modified to include the maximum number of characters to identify the genera (Hosagoudar, 2003b). The genus Basavamyces (Biju et al. 2005) and Ectendomeliola (Hosagoudar and Agarwal, 2006) have been added to this group. To streamline the work, I felt that it is timely to provide a supplement to the Meliolates of India (Hosagoudar, 1996). To maintain the uniformity, the Beeli formula used in the Monograph has been slightly modified for the genera Basavamyces and Armatella. Each taxon is supplemented with notes regarding their identity. Under the material examined, first cited material is the type in HCIO and the TBGT material is isotype. Subsequently mentioned materials reveal an extended distribution or mere collections.
V B Hosagoudar (Author)
Dr. V.B. Hosagoudar, a graduate from Karnataka University; M.Sc. in Mycology from Y.C. Institute of Science, Satara (Shivaji University); DBM from D.G. College of Commerce, Satara (Shivaji University); Ph. D. and D.Sc. from Bharathiar University, Coimbatore. Worked for fifteen years in Botanical Survey of India, Southern Circle, Coimbatore and now in Tropical Botanic Garden & Research Institute, Palode, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. Has more than three decades of research experience in foliicolous fungi, published three books on fungi including Meliolales of India, author of more than 300 research publications in national and international journals. Member and fellow of several scientific societies; recognized Ph.D. Guide in three Universities, advisor to Microbiology to STET, Mannargudi, Tamil Nadu.
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