Abstract
A new species of Pluteus has been identified from Kerala State, India based on morphological and molecular (nrITS) characters. This new species, here described as Pluteus fuscopunctatus, has medium‐sized basidiomata, brown pruinose pileus and stipe, globose to subglobose basidiospores, fusiform cheilocystidia, broadly lageniform pleurocystidia, pileipellis of a transitional mixed type epithelium, abundant versiform caulocystidia and lack clamp connections in all tissues. Phylogenetic analysis confirmed the novelty of the species and its placement in Pluteus sect. Celluloderma.
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