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Arvind Parihar1* and Manoj Emanuel Hembrom2
1Botanical Survey of India, Arid Zone Regional Centre, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, 342014
2Botanical Survey of India, Industrial Section Indian Museum, Sudder Street, Kolkata,
West Bengal, 700016
Email: arvind_peace@rediffmail.com
Received-25.04.2026, Revised-09.05.2026, Accepted-29.05.2026
Abstract: Corticoid fungi are not a natural and well-defined group but assemblage of many ecological life forms which are kept together for the convenient of survey, collection, characterization, identification, documentation and preservation. In the present communication an annotated checklist of 20 taxa falling under 11 genera belonging to 9 families showing similar ecological life forms i.e. crusty basidiomata, also known as corticoid fungi is being provided.
Keywords: Crust fungi, India, Jharkhand, Koderma, Taxonomy
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