Abstract
The medicinal mushroom Ganoderma lucidum infects diverse plant species in the tropics. Nevertheless, there are no reports of G. lucidum infecting members of the plant genus Phyllanthus which consists of many species of economic importance. In 2020, a Phyllanthus acidus tree growing in the botanical garden exhibited symptoms of G. lucidum infection and the tree trunk contained basidiocarps of the fungus. The fungus was identified as G. lucidum based on macroscopic and microscopic characterization of the fruiting body and sequence analysis of 16 S ribosomal DNA. This is the first report of G. lucidum hosting P. acidus.
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This study was financially supported by Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA)-2.0 BCTRC (No. BU/RUSA2.0/BCTRC/2020/BCTRC-CT09D).
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T.M. designed the study. S.A. and S.Y. carried out the macro and microscopical observations and performed statistical analysis. K.N. and P.M. performed the DNA sequencing and analyzed the data. T.M and S.A. wrote the paper and all the authors read and approved the final draft.
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Muthukumar, T., Anaswara, S., Yuvarani, S. et al. Is Phyllanthus acidus a new host for Ganoderma lucidum?. Indian Phytopathology 76, 947–951 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42360-023-00654-5
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