Abstract:
Five species of mushrooms of family Tricholomataceae, Russulaceae, Cortinariaceae and Agaricaceae were described for the first time form Azad Jammu and Kashmir. These were Pleurotus porrigens, Hypsizygus tessulatus, Lactarius acris, Pholiota caperata and Agaricus subrufescens. Two species of mushroomPleurotus ostreatus and Agaricus silvicola were redescribed from Kashmir. Different macro- and microcharacters are taken into consideration for their proper identification and biochemical analysis of few species was also performed.
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