Checklist of Myxomycetes from India

Abstract

India is rich in Myxomycetes (acellular slime moulds). They are predominantly restricted to high rainfall and humid climatic regions. Following a literature review, a checklist is provided of 373 species of Mxyomycetes, 17 varieties and 4 forms within 50 genera, 11 families and 6 orders. Most records come from the states of Himachal Pradesh, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Maharashtra, Karnataka in South India, Jammu and Kashmir.

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Checklist of Myxomycetes from India
Ranade VD1*, Korade ST2, Jagtap AV2and Ranadive KR3
1Ex- Head, Department of Botany, Abasaheb Garware College, Karve Road, Pune – 411004, Maharashtra, India
2Department of Botany, University of Pune, Pune – 411007, Maharashtra, India
3Waghire College, Saswad, Maharashtra, India
Ranade VD , Korade ST, Jagtap AV, Ranadive KR 2012 – Checklist of Myxomycetes from India
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India is rich in Myxomycetes (acellular slime moulds). They are predominantly restricted to high
rainfall and humid climatic regions. Following a literature review, a checklist is provided of 373
species of Mxyomycetes, 17 varieties and 4 forms within 50 genera, 11 families and 6 orders. Most
records come from the states of Himachal Pradesh, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar,
Maharashtra, Karnataka in South India, Jammu and Kashmir.
Key Words – acellular slime moulds – fungi – literature review
Article Information
Received 24 May 2012
Accepted 30 May 2012
Published online 30 June 2012
*Corresponding author: Ranade VD – e-mail – ranade.medha@gmail.com
Introduction
Myxomycetes are plant-like in their
manner of reproduction but resemble animals
in the characteristics of their assimilative
phase. The organism exhibits two alternating
phases in its life cycle, the assimilative phase
and the sporulating phase. The former consists
of a free-living, acellular, mobile mass of
protoplasm i.e., the plasmodium. The
plasmodium absorbs nutrients from the
surroundings and also engulfs solid particles
including bacterial and fungal spores. The
sporulating phase (sporocarp) bears spores
externally on, or inside, a spore case. The spore
case consists of an outer, generally persistent
peridium, which envelops a free thread-like
netted structure, the capilitium, which aids in
spore dispersal.
Myxomycetes are a cosmopilitian
group of organisms that can be found in a
variety of habitats including well-manicured
lawns and flower beds, and damp places,
especially on old wood or other plant material
undergoing decomposition. Slime molds are
also common on dung and a few species may
be restricted to this substratum. Another more
recently recognized, specialized niche is dead
branches attached to living trees.
The important taxonomic treatises
available on slime moulds include Lodhi
(1934), Martin & Alexopoulos (1969),
Alexopoulos (1973, 1978), Farr (1976), Thind
(1977) and Lakhanpal & Mukherji (1981).
Several workers also reported
Myxomycetes from different parts of India,
which were published under the banner of
Fungi of India. [Martin GW (1932); Uppal BN,
Patel MK & Kamat MN (1935); Mundkur BB
(1938); Patel MK, Kamat MN & Bhide VP
(1948); Ramakrishnan K, Subramanian CV
(1952); Subramaniam CV, Ramakrishnan K
(1956); Roy TC (1959); Vasudeva RS (1962);
Tandon RN, Chandra S (1963 – 64); Mathur
RS (1964); Subramaniam CV, Tyagi PD
(1964), Tilak ST, Rao R (1968); Rangaswamy
G, Sheshadri VS & Lucy Channama KA
(1970); Kamat MN, Patwardhan PG, Rao VG
& Sathe AV (1971); Kowalski DT (1973);
Mukherji KG, Juneja RC (1974 – 75); Sarbhoy
AK, Lal G & Varshney JL (1975); Sekhon SS

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Fig. 1 – Map showing the distribution of Mxyomycetes in India
(1976 – 1979); Bilgrami KS, Jamaluddin S &
Rizwi MA (1979); Mishra RL, Ranade VD
(1979); Sood R, Lakhanpal TN
(1980);Sarabhoy AK, Agarwal DK &
Varshney JL (1980 – 1986); Bhide VP, Sathe
AV, Pande Alaka, Patwardhan PG & Rao VG
(1987); Hosagoudar VB, Abraham TK &
Pusphangadan P (1996); Jagtap AP, Singh NP

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(2002); Jamaluddin S, Goswami MG & Ojha
BM (2004); Tembhurne RR, Nanir SP (2011)].
Indian work on Myxomycetes
Many fungi were collected in India by
Dr. Wight and these were examined by
Klotzsch (1830–1833) and Berkeley (1839).
Wight was perhaps the first person to collect a
slime mould, Physarum cinereum (Batsch.)
Pers., from Madras (Chennai), India on grass
leaves in 1830 (Lakhanpal & Mukerji, 1981).
Three species namely, Physarum
conglomeratum (Fr.) Rost. Dictydiaethalium
plumbeum (Schum.) Rost. and Lycogala
epidendrum (L.) Fr. were collected and
reported by Sir J.D. Hooker in 1849–1850 from
Sikkim and Darjelling. J.C. Hobson (1862)
recorded Hemitrichia serpula (Scop.) Rost.
from Bombay (Mumbai). E. S. Berkley
recorded 11 species of Myxomycetes between
1864 and 1882 (Lakhanpal & Mukerji, 1981).
Pioneer work on slime moulds in India
was done by Mrs. A. Drake, who collected
them from different parts of India (1911–
1927). She made 124 collections belonging to
74 species, which were then identified by Miss
G. Lister. Her collection as well as of others
are preserved at the Royal Botanic Garden,
Kew. Lister (1924) published the first paper on
Indian Myxomycetes entitled “Mycetozoa from
North India”. This publication was based on 36
collection made by Mrs. Drake from 1912–
1919. Bruhl & Gupta (1927) published the
second paper on Indian Myxomycetes
describing 16 species from West Bengal.
Butler & Bisby (1931) compiled a list
of Indian Fungi and remarked, “The
Myxomycetes have not been studied in India
but many of these widely distributed organisms
occur there”. They did not include any
representative of this group in their
compilation. However, Lister A (1894) had
already mentioned (under habit only) the
occurrence of 18 species in different parts of
India. Lodhi (1934) published a monograph of
Indian slime moulds describing and illustrating
43 species collected by Mrs. A. Drake.
The period between 1952–1976 can be
considered the Golden Period for the studies of
Mxyomycetes in India. Around 1952 interest
was revived in this field. Dr. K.S. Thind in
North India, and Dr. V. Agnihothurudu in
South India, started work on Indian
Myxomycetes almost simultaneously. Thind et
al. (1955–1973) in a series of 24 research
papers have described about 175 species from
the North Western and Eastern Himalayas and
the Punjab Plains. Their contributions include
19 new species and two new varities.
Agnihothrudu and his collaborators
(Agnihothrudu 1954–1956, 1965–1966;
Agnihothrudu & Chinnappa 1968–1969, Indira
1968, 1975) have described 78 species from
South India, including one new species.
Agnihothrudu (1958–1965) in a series of four
papers described 56 species including two new
species from North-East India.
Ghosh & Dutta (1962) from Orissa,
Pathak & Ghosh (1962) from Uttar Pradesh,
Kar (1964) from Calcutta, Singh, &
Pushpavathy (1965 – 1979), Singh,
Pushpavathy & Sethi (1979) from Delhi,
Patwardhan & Joshi (1975), Patil & Ranade
(1975), Ranade & Mishra (1977, 1979),
Chavan & Kulkarni (1974), Thite (1975) from
Maharashtra, Dhillon (1978), and Dhillon et al.
(1978, 1979) recorded more species of
Myxomycetes from their respective places.
In 1977, Prof. Thind published
“Myxomycetes of India” describing and
illustrating 182 species recorded up to 1973.
Lakahanpal T.N. began work on Myxomycetes
of Kulu and Simla in 1965, later extending the
work to other parts of Himachal Pradesh. From
1965 to 1978 he collected about one thousand
specimens, including about 75 from Delhi
(1969–1975). In his doctoral thesis,
Lakahanpal T.N. described and illustrated 156
species. In this work he recorded 7 genera and
43 species for the first time from India and
described 22 species new to science. He also
reported 50 species (and one variety) from
Delhi, and 83 species from Himachal Pradesh
for the first time. He also amended the
diagnosis of Metatrichia vesparium and
Physarum laevisporum and resolved the
controversy regarding the delimitation of the
species of Lycogala on the basis of the
ontogeny of their corticals scales. Lakhanpal &
Mukherji in a series of 19 papers entitled
“Taxonomic studies on Indian Myxomycetes –

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Table 1 Myxomycetes known from India.
Order
Families
Genera
Species
Variety
Forms
1. Ceratiomxyales
1. Ceratiomxyaceae
1
2
2
-
2. Physarales
2. Physaraceae
8
97
3
2
3. Didymiaceae
5
75
4
-
3. Liceales
4. Liceaceae
2
29
1
-
5. Reticulariaceae
4
14
1
-
6. Cribrariaceae
3
21
3
2
4. Echinosteliales
7. Echinosteliaceae
1
3
-
-
8. Clastodermataceae
2
3
-
-
5. Trichiales
9. Dianemaceae
3
3
1
-
10. Trichiaceae
9
59
1
-
6. Stemonitales
11. Stemonitaceae
12
67
1
-
Total no.
50
373
17
4
I–XVII” and “Experimental studies on Indian
Myxomycetes – I and II” described and
illustrated more than 62 species from Himachal
Pradesh and Delhi and have recorded their
observations on the life cycle and sporangial
development of some important species such as
Licea scyphoides Keller & Brookes,
Macbridela cornea (G. Lister & Cram)Alexop.
and Clastoderma debaryanum Blytt. They also
conducted cultural studies on some species of
Didymium i.e., Didymium muscorum
Lakhanpal & Mukherji, D. karstenii Nann.-
Bremk., D. intermedium Schroet. and D.
squamulosum (Alb. & Schw.) Fr. Earlier,
Thind & Lakhanpal (1968a–d) described 16
species and Lakhanpal (1971–1973) 56 species
from Himachal Pradesh, including some
already described by him with Prof. Thind (loc.
cit.). Kowalski & Lakhanpal (1973) and
Lakhanpal (1972) described one genus and ten
species from Delhi. Lakhanpal (1972) recorded
five species from Nainital in Uttar Pradesh.
Many species have been collected from
natural habitats since 1976 and some more
interesting forms have been obtained, in moist
chambers, from the bark of living trees. The
work after 1976 has seen contributions from
T.N. Lakhanpal, K.G. Mukherji, S.S. Dhillon
(1976–1980), S.D. Patil (1977–1979), V.D.
Ranade (1977–1979), R.L. Mishra (1977–
1979), M.L. Farr (1960–1979), H. Singh
(1981), S.P. Nanir (1979 –1985), S.P. Nanir et
al. (1987), R.R. Tembhurne & S.P. Nanir
(2011), B.G. Rokade & S.P. Nanir (1993), N.E.
Nannenga-Bremekamp, R. Pasricha, R.
Sharma, R.K. Chopra (1990), S. Kaur (1996),
Wrigley and Lado (2005).
Distribution of Myxomycetes in India
Temperature, humidity, rainfall, and
topography are the main factors that determine
the distribution of Myxomycetes. It is
suggested that Myxomycetes attack wood after
it has been partially degraded by
Basidiomycetes, but their role in the decay of
conifer wood may be understated.
The present study provides a checklist
containing 373 species of Mxyomycetes, 17
varieties and 4 forms within 50 genera, 11
families and 6 orders. (Table 1). Liceales is the
dominant order with 3 families. Stemonitaceae
is the dominant family with 12 genera and
Physarum is the dominant genus with up to 76
species in India. Worldwide, these 50 genera
recorded in India are represented by 2344
species, 523 varieties, 4 subspecies and 58
forms (Table 2). Various classification systems
of Kingdom Fungi have been proposed by
mycologists, among which is the recent
classification system given by Alexopoulos et
al. (1996). However, the present study has
taken into consideration the Ainsworth system
of classification of Fungi. For classification of
Mxyomycetes (also called Acellular slime
moulds or True slime moulds), a system
proposed by Martin et al. (1983) is used.
Checklist of Mxyomycetes reported in India.
The genera and species are listed
according to the substrate and areas of India
where these are recorded.

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Table 2 Distribution of Myxomycetes contributed by Indian workers in comparison with the world data.
Order and Family
Sher Ahmad Lodhi (1934)
Butler & Bisby ex Vasudeva (1960)
Agnihothrudu (1961)
Gen.
sp.
var.
for.
Gen.
sp
var
for.
Gen.
sp
var
for.
1. Ceratiomyxales
Ceratiomyxaceae
1
1
-
-
1
1
-
-
1
2
1
-
2. Physarales
Physaraceae
6
20
-
-
7
26
1
1
6
48
1
-
Didymiaceae
1
4
-
-
2
8
3
-
3
20
2
-
3. Liceales
Liceaceae
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Reticulariaceae
1
1
-
-
4
4
1
-
4
7
1
-
Cribrariaceae
1
2
-
-
2
2
2
-
2
6
-
-
4. Echinosteliales
Echinosteliaceae
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Clastodermataceae
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
5. Trichales
Dianemaceae
-
-
-
-
1
1
1
-
1
1
-
-
Trichiaceae
5
18
-
-
6
25
-
-
7
32
-
-
6. Stemonitales
Stemonitaceae
3
8
-
-
4
12
-
-
4
24
1
-
Total
18
54
0
0
27
79
8
1
28
140
6
0

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Table 2 Continued Distribution of Myxomycetes contributed by Indian workers in comparison with the world data.
Order and Family
Thind (1977)
Lakhanpal & Mukerji (1980)
Present Study (2011)
In World
Gen.
sp
var
for.
Gen.
sp
var
for.
Gen.
sp
var
for.
Gen.
sp
var
subsp.
for.
1. Ceratiomyxales
Ceratiomyxaceae
1
2
1
-
1
2
1
-
1
2
2
-
1
11
11
-
4
2. Physarales
Physaraceae
7
56
-
-
8
77
1
1
8
97
3
2
9
586
153
1
17
Didymiaceae
4
36
-
-
5
67
-
-
5
75
4
-
7
361
44
6
3. Liceales
Liceaceae
1
1
-
-
1
14
-
-
2
29
1
-
1
139
15
-
-
Reticulariaceae
4
9
1
-
4
13
-
-
4
14
1
5
138
22
-
1
Cribrariaceae
3
13
-
-
3
21
-
-
3
21
3
2
3
104
38
3
3
4. Echinosteliales
Echinosteliaceae
-
-
-
-
1
3
-
-
1
3
-
-
1
17
-
-
-
Clastodermataceae
1
1
-
-
2
3
-
-
2
3
-
-
2
5
1
-
-
5. Trichales
Dianemaceae
1
1
-
-
2
2
-
-
3
3
1
-
5
17
6
-
-
Trichiaceae
7
29
-
-
7
44
-
-
9
59
1
-
10
516
113
-
18
6. Stemonitales
Stemonitaceae
7
35
-
-
9
47
1
-
12
67
1
-
14
450
120
-
9
Total
36
183
2
0
43
293
3
1
50
373
17
4
58
2344
523
4
58
Gen. – genus sp. – species var. – variety subsp. – subspecies for. - forms.

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Arcyodes incarnata (Alb. & Schw.) O.F.
Cook., 1902 (Trichiaceae)On dead wood,
decaying twigs and bark of Diospyros
melanoxylon
Kulu, Pulga, Thatchi, Mandal, Himachal
Pradesh; Sagar, Madhya Pradesh.
Arcyria affinis (Rost) Nann-Brem., 1875
(Trichiaceae)
On decaying wood.
Delhi.
Arcyria assamica Agnihothrudu, 1958
(Trichiaceae)
On decaying frames of tea infected by Poria
sp.
Tocklai, Assam.
Arcyria brooksii Lakhanpal & Mukerji, 1980
(Trichiaceae)
On decaying wood of Abies pindrow.
Narkanada, Simla, Himachal Pradesh.
Arcyria cinerea (Bull.) Pers., 1801
(Trichiaceae)
On decaying wood, bark, dead stems.
Sinhgad, Pune; Sheva Islands, Bombay;
Kolhapur.
Arcyria denudata (L.) Wettst., 1886
(Trichiaceae)
On tea bark, wood, decaying frames of tea
bush.
Cinnamara, Jorhat, Nazira, Tocklai, Assam;
Cuttack, Orissa.
Arcyria fasciculata Dhillon & Nann.-Brem.,
1978 (Trichiaceae)
On dead wood.
Uttar Pradesh.
Arcyria ferruginea Sauter., 1841 (Trichiaceae)
On dead wood and decaying twigs.
Madras; Cinnamara, Jorhat, Assam; Kulu –
Pulga, Himachal Pradesh.
Arcyria glauca A. Lister, 1908 (Trichiaceae)
On dead wood.
Uttar Pradesh.
Arcyria globosa Schw., 1822 (Trichiaceae)
On leaves.
Lebong Forest and Rangaroon Forest,
Darjeeling, West Bengal.
Arcyria gulielmae Nann. – Brem., 1971
(Trichiaceae)
On decaying wood.
Dalhousie, Himachal Pradesh.
Arcyria incarnata Pers., 1796 (Trichiaceae)
On wood and decaying bark and twigs.
Darjeeling, West Bengal; Tamilnadu; Delhi
and Himachal Pradesh.
Arcyria insignis Kalchbr. & Cooke., 1882
(Trichiaceae)
On dead stems of Saccharum officinarum.
Kolhapur, Maharashtra.
Arcyria magna Rex, 1893 (Trichiaceae)
On dead wood.
Simla, Himachal Pradesh.
Arcyria nigella Emoto., 1977 (Trichiaceae)
On bark of Cedrus deodara.
Simla, Himachal Pradesh.
Arcyria nutans (Bull.) Grev., 1824
(Trichiaceae)
Dead Wood
Simla, Himachal Pradesh.
Arcyria occidentalis (Macbr.) G. Lister, 1911
(Trichiaceae)
On dead coniferous wood.
Simla – Kufri, Himachal Pradesh.
Arcyria oerstedtii Rost., 1875 (Trichiaceae)
On dead wood.
New Delhi Ridge, India.
Arcyria rufosa S. Kaur & Mukerji, 1996
(Trichiaceae)
On bark of Shorea robusta and Diospyros
melanoxylon.
Madhya Pradesh.
Arcyria stipata (Schw.) Lister, 1894
(Trichiaceae)
On dead wood.
Simla – Kotgarh, Himachal Pradesh.

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Arcyria versicolor Phill., 1877 (Trichiaceae)
On decaying tea twigs.
Cinnamara, Assam.
Arcyria virescens Lister, 1921 (Trichiaceae)
On dead wood.
Nainital, Uttar Pradesh.
Badhamia capsulifera (Bull.) Berk., 1853
(Physaraceae)
On living mosses and bark of stumps.
Darjeeling, West Bengal.
Badhamia gracilis (Macbr.) Macbr., 1934
(Physaraceae)
Dead wood
Delhi, Karnataka
Badhamia macrocarpa (Ces.) Rost., 1874
(Physaraceae)
On dead wood, bark and twigs.
Serampore, West Bengal; Coorg, Pollibetta,
Mysore, Karnataka.
Badhamia nitens Berk., 1853 (Physaraceae)
On dead wood.
Chandigarh, Himachal Pradesh.
Badhamia obovata (Peck.) F.J. Smith., 1961
(Physaraceae)
On dead wood.
Chandigarh, Himachal Pradesh.
Badhamia papaveracea Berk. & Rav., 1873
(Physaraceae)
On dead and living exposed roots of deciduous
trees and Quercus incana.
Mussoorie, Uttar Pradesh.
Badhamia utricularis (Bull.) Berk., 1852
(Physaraceae)
On dead wood and mosses.
Himachal Pradesh and Jammu & Kashmir.
Badhamia versicolor A. Lister, 1901
(Physaraceae)
On bark, twigs and leaves of Artocarpus
integrifolia.
Assam.
Badhamia viridescens Meylan, 1921
(Physaraceae)
On bark, dead twigs & decaying leaves of
Artocarpus integrifolia.
Cinnamara, Assam.
Barbeyella minutissima Meylan, 1914
(Clastodermataceae)
On decaying logs associated with mosses and
liverworts.
Himachal Pradesh.
Brefeldia maxima (Fr.). Rostaf., 1873
(Stemonitaceae)
On dead stump.
Himachal Pradesh.
Calomyxa metallica (Berk.) Nieuwl., 1916
(Dianemaceae)
On dead forest stump.
Jamdhari Ghat, Dalhousie, Himachal Pradesh.
Calonema dissipatum Nann. – Brem., R.K.
Chopra & Lakhanpal, 1992 (Trichiaceae)
On bark of Pinus wallichiana.
Himachal Pradesh
Calonema dissipatum var. tubigranulatum
Nann. – Brem., R.K. Chopra & Lakhanpal,
1992 (Trichiaceae)
On bark of Pinus wallichiana.
Himachal Pradesh
Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa (Muller) Macbr.,
1899 (Ceratiomyxaceae)
On decaying wood.
Purandar Fort, Pune, Maharashtra,
Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa var. arbuscula (Berk
& Broome) Nann. – Brem., 1975
(Ceratiomyxaceae)
On dead wood.
Dehradun, Uttar Pradesh.
Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa var. filiformis Berk.
& Br., 1869 (Ceratiomyxaceae)
In coffee plantation.
Karnataka.
Ceratiomyxa sphaerosperma Boedijn, 1927
(Ceratiomyxaceae)
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Fomes lamaensis.
Cinnamara, Assam; Balehonnur, Mysore.
Cienkowskia reticulata (Alb. & Schw.) Rost.,
1875. (Physaraceae)
On dead leaves.
Darjeeling, West Bengal.
Clastoderma debaryanum Blytt., 1880
(Clastodermataceae)
On bark of Pheonix rupicola and other trees.
Amritsar, Punjab; Simla, Himachal Pradesh;
Darjeeling, West Bengal.
Clastoderma dictyosporum Lakhanpal &
Mukherji, 1976 (Clastodermataceae)
On sporophores of basidiomycetes.
Dalhousie, Himachal Pradesh.
Comatricha aequalis Peck., 1878
(Stemonitaceae)
On decaying coniferous wood.
Only in Himachal Pradesh.
Comatricha irregularis Rex, 1891
(Stemonitaceae)
On wooden posts, rotten stumps.
Baliganj, Calcutta, West Bengal; Mussoorie,
Uttar Pradesh.
Comatricha kowalskii Lakhanpal & Mukherji,
1977 (Stemonitaceae)
On gymnosperm wood.
Dalhousie, Himachal Pradesh.
Comatricha laxa Rost., 1874 (Stemonitaceae)
On dead moist twigs of Acacia leucophloea.
Sagar, Madhya Pradesh
Comatricha laxifila R.K. Chopra & T.N.
Lakh., 1992 (Stemonitaceae)
On bark of Pinus wallichiana.
Himachal Pradesh, India.
Comatricha longa Peck., 1890
(Stemonitaceae)
On, bark, on dead and decaying bark.
Pune, Maharashtra; Mussoorie, Uttar Pradesh.
Comatricha lurida Lister, 1925
(Stemonitaceae)
On dried twig of Lantana spp.
University Campus, Delhi.
Comatricha martinii Nanir, 1983
(Stemonitaceae)
On dead wood.
Ahmadpur (Marathwada), India.
Comatricha nannengae Lakhanpal &
Mukherji, 1977 (Stemonitaceae)
On decaying gymnosperm wood covered with
mosses.
Dalhousie, Himachal Pradesh.
Comatricha nigra (Pers.) Schroet., 1885
(Stemonitaceae)
On decaying wood of unidentified host and
decaying frames of tea bushes infected by
Poria sp., dead branches of Erythrina indica.
Jorhat, Cinnamara, Assam; Coorg, Karnataka.
Comatricha nodulifera Wollman & Alexop.,
1968 (Stemonitaceae)
On bark of Cedrus deodara.
Simla, Himachal Pradesh.
Comatricha parvispora Dhillon & Nann.-
Brem., 1977 (Stemonitaceae)
On decaying trunk of wood.
Dalhousie, Uttar Pradesh.
Comatricha pulchella (Bab.) Rostaf., 1876
(Stemonitaceae)
On dead leaves of Syzygium sp., on dead wood,
on decomposing tea roots, dead leaves, tea
bushes infected by Ustulina zonata.
Mahabaleshwar, Amboli, Pachgani, Latur,
Maharashtra; Jorhat, Nazira, Tocklai, Assam;
Mussoorie, Uttar Pradesh.
Comatricha rubens Lister, 1894
(Stemonitaceae)
On dead wood.
Mussoorie, Uttar Pradesh.
Comatricha subcaespitosa Peck., 1890
(Stemonitaceae)
On decaying pieces of wood and barks.
Egmore, Madras, Tamilnadu.
Comatricha suksdorfii Ellis & Everh., 1884
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On bark of Murraya exotica.
Nandi Hills, Bangalore, Karnataka.
Comatricha tenerrima (Berk. & M.A. Curtis.)
G. Lister, 1919 (Stemonitaceae)
On dead herbaceous twig.
Mussoorie, Uttar Pradesh; Kulu, Himachal
Pradesh.
Comatricha typhoides (Bull.) Rostaf., 1873
(Stemonitaceae)
On rotting bark and wood.
Bhillaru, Khad, Mussoorie, Uttar Pradesh.
Comatricha variabilis R.K. Chopra & T.N.
Lakh., 1992 (Stemonitaceae)
On bark of Cedrus deodara.
Himachal Pradesh.
Cornuvia serpula (Wigand) Rost., 1873
(Trichiaceae)
On wood and dead leaves.
Purandar fort, Lohagad fort, Pune,
Maharashtra; Darjeeling, West Bengal.
Craterium aurem (Schum.) Rostaf., 1874
(Physaraceae)
On leaves of Eleusine aegyptiaca, decaying
leaves of tea; dead and decaying leaves of
Quercus incana, dead and decaying twig of
Barberis sp., dead and decaying leaves of
Saccharum sp. and Dalbergia sissoo.
Mussoorie, Uttar Pradesh; Tocklai, Cinnamara,
Nazira, Assam.
Craterium brunneum Nann. – Brem., 1973
(Physaraceae)
On dry leaf of angiosperm, on gymnosperm
leaf.
Bhandardara, Ahmednagar, Maharashtra.
Craterium concinnum Rex, 1893
(Physaraceae)
On leaves.
Darjeeling, West Bengal.
Craterium costatum Dhillon & Nann. – Brem.,
1977 (Physaraceae)
On Barberis sp. leaves.
Uttar Pradesh.
Craterium leucocephalum (Pers.) Ditm., 1813
(Physaraceae)
On dead & decaying leaves; twigs of Grevillea
robusta, leaves of tea, dead leaves and
branches of Quercus incana, Saccharum spp.
and other plants.
Darjeeling, West Bengal; Coorg, Mysore;
Hathichunghi, Assam; Mussoorie, Uttar
Pradesh; Thatchi, Mandal, Himachal Pradesh.
Craterium minutum (Leers.) Fr., 1829.
(Physaraceae)
On dead leaves of Grevillea robusta, dead
bamboo leaves.
Mussoorie, Uttar Pradesh; Darjelling, West
Bengal; Tocklai, Jorhat, Assam; Calcutta, West
Bengal.
Craterium rubronodum G. List., 1915
(Physaraceae)
Habitat not given.
Serampore, Calcutta, West Bengal.
Cribraria argillacea (Pers.) Pers., 1794
(Cribrariaceae)
On dead wood.
Simla, Kotgarh, Himachal Pradesh.
Cribraria aurantiaca Schrad., 1797
(Cribrariaceae)
On decaying gymnosperm wood.
Mandal, Narkanda, Himachal Pradesh.
Cribraria costata Dhillon, Nann. – Brem.,
1978 (Cribrariaceae)
On stump of conifer.
Himachal Pradesh.
Cribraria dictydiodes Cooke & Balf., 1892
(Cribrariaceae)
On rotten wood, roots and dead mosses.
Kempty falls, Mussoorie, Uttar Pradesh.
Cribraria intricata Schrad., 1797
(Cribrariaceae)
On rotten wood, rotten roots, dead mosses etc.
Mussoorie, Uttar Pradesh; Darjeeling, West
Bengal; Cuttack, Orissa.
Cribraria intricata f. simlae Thind &
Lakhanpal, 1968 (Cribrariaceae)
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Mahasu, Himachal Pradesh.
Cribraria intricata Schrad. var. dictyioides
(Cooke & Balf.) List., 1894 (Cribrariaceae)
On rotten wood.
Mussoorie, Uttar Pradesh; Darjeeling, West
Bengal.
Cribraria intricata var. simlae Thind &
Lakhanpal, 1968 (Cribrariaceae)
On dead wood.
Simla, Himachal Pradesh.
Cribraria languescens Rex, 1891
(Cribrariaceae)
On decaying wood.
Mussoorie, Uttar Pradesh.
Cribraria languescens f. magnigranosus
Thind & Sohi, 1957 (Cribrariaceae)
On rotten stems and mosses.
Mussoorie, Uttar Pradesh.
Cribraria macrocarpa Schrad., 1797
(Cribrariaceae)
On dead wood.
Inner Seraj Khanag, Himachal Pradesh.
Cribraria meylanii Brandza., 1929
(Cribrariaceae)
On dead wood.
Manali, Himachal Pradesh.
Cribraria minutissima Schw., 1832
(Cribrariaceae)
On bark of living tree.
Himachal Pradesh.
Cribraria pachydictyon Nann. – Brem., 1966
(Cribrariaceae)
On bark of Pinus excelsa.
Simla, Himachal Pradesh.
Cribraria personii Nann. – Brem., 1971
(Cribrariaceae)
On decaying wood of Abies pindrow.
Simla, Himachal Pradesh.
Cribraria piriformis Schrad., 1797
(Cribrariaceae)
On decaying wood in a coniferous forest.
Dalhousie, Himachal Pradesh.
Cribraria purpurea Schrad., 1797
(Cribrariaceae)
On rotten wood.
Kulu, Pulga, Himachal Pradesh.
Cribraria rubiginosa Fries, 1829
(Cribrariaceae)
On mosses growing on a log.
Mahasu, Narkanda, Himachal Pradesh.
Cribraria splendens (Schrad.) Pers., 1801
(Cribrariaceae)
On dead wood.
Simla, Himachal Pradesh.
Cribraria tenella Schrad., 1797 (Cribrariaceae)
On rotten wood.
Simla, Kumarsain, Himachal Pradesh.
Cribraria violacea Rex, 1891 (Cribrariaceae)
On blotting paper.
University Campus, Chandigarh.
Cribrari vulgaris Schrad., 1797 (Cribrariaceae)
On dead leaves.
Bhandardara, Ahmednagar, M. S.
Cribraria vulgaris var. aurantiaca (Schrad.)
Pers., 1801 (Cribrariaceae)
On wood.
Dargeeling, West Bengal.
Diachea bulbillossa (Berk. & Br.) Lister, 1898
(Stemonitaceae)
On attached green foliage of Hedra helix, dead
leaves of Quercus incana and dead leaves and
twigs of other plants.
Mussoorie, Uttar Pradesh.
Diachea khandalensis Patil & Ranade, 1974
(Stemonitaceae)
On decaying leaves of Mangifera indica.
Khandala. Maharashtra.
Diachea leucopodia (Bull.) Rostaf., 1874
(Stemonitaceae)
On dead leaves and sticks, dead leaves of
Quercus incana, dead leaves of Strobilanthus
spp. leaves and culms of Eleusine aegyptia,
leaves and petioles of Mangifera indica.
Mussoorie, Uttar Pradesh; Nazira, Jorhat,
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Diachea megalospora Thind & Manocha,
1964 (Stemonitaceae)
On dead ferns, dead leaves and twigs, often on
living plants.
Serampore, Darjeeling – Lebong Forest, West
Bengal; Mussoorie, Uttar Pradesh; Cinnamara,
Assam.
Diachea radiata G. Lister & Petch., 1916
(Stemonitaceae)
On stones, living leaves of grass and on
Boerhaavia spp.
Delhi University Campus, Delhi.
Diachea splendens Peck, 1878
(Stemonitaceae)
On dead leaves and twigs, on living plants.
Mussoorie, Uttar Pradesh; Dharanghati,
Himachal Pradesh; Cuttack, Orissa; Delhi.
Diachea subsessilis Peck., 1879
(Stemonitaceae)
On dead leaves and twigs, on living herbs.
Tamilnadu; Dehradun, Uttar Pradesh; Coorg,
Polibetta, Karnataka.
Diacheopsis depressa Thind & Lakhanpal,
1969 (Cribrariaceae)
On dead leaves of Iris sp.
Kulu, Himachal Pradesh.
Dianema nivale (Meyl.) G. Lister, 1925
(Dianemaceae)
On decaying stump.
Narkanda, Himachal Pradesh.
Dictydiaethalium dictyosporum Nann. –
Brem., 1966 (Reticulariaceae)
Host not mentioned.
Sikkim.
Dictydiathalium plumbeum (Schum.) Rostaf.,
1894 (Reticulariaceae)
On dead branches of Allophyllus cobbe,
Vangueria spinosa.
Radhanagari, Kolhapur, Maharashtra.
Dictydiathalium plumbeum var., entoxanthum
(Berk.) G. Lister, 1922 (Reticulariaceae)
On dead and decaying wood.
Sikkim.
Dictydium cancellatum (Batsch.) Macbr., 1899
(Cribrariaceae)
On rotten stump, bark.
Darjeeling, West Bengal; Mussoorie, Jabber,
Uttar Pradesh; Jorhat, Assam; Simla, Himachal
Pradesh.
Dictydium mirabile (Rost.) Meylan, 1931
(Cribrariacea)
On dead wood.
Simla, Himachal Pradesh.
Diderma alexopoulii Lakhanpal, 1978
(Didymiaceae)
On moss covered gymnosperm stump.
Himachal Pradesh.
Diderma alpino-spumarioides Thind, 1977
(Didymiaceae)
On dead leaves and twigs, sometimes on living
moss.
Mussoorie – Lal Tibba, Uttar Pradesh.
Diderma alpinum (Meyl.) Meyl., 1917
(Didymiaceae)
On grass.
Pune University Campus, Pune, Maharashtra;
Mussoorie, Uttar Pradesh.
Diderma asteroides (A. & G. Lister) G. Lister,
1911 (Didymiaceae)
On decaying wood.
Simla Hills, Kotgarh, Himachal Pradesh.
Diderma badhamioides Thind, 1977
(Didymiaceae)
On mosses growing on bark of a tree.
Darjeeling, West Bengal.
Diderma chondrioderma (Deb. & Rot.)
Kuntze., 1898 (Didymiaceae)
On decaying leaves of Lagerstromia sp. and
Grevillea robusta, under undetermined weeds
and fronds of Pteris spp., live mosses and bark
of tree, bark of Azadirechta indica, dead wood
and fallen leaves.
Tocklai, Nazira, Assam; Darjeeling, West
Bengal; Delhi; Thatchi, Mandal, Himachal
Pradesh.
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(Didymiaceae)
On moist soil.
Waghai, Dang, Gujarat.
Diderma circumscissile Patil, Mishra &
Ranade, 1979 (Didymiaceae)
On dead leaves of Mangifera indica.
Lohgad, Pune, Maharashtra.
Diderma combrum Macbr. (Didymiaceae)
On dead stump
Sara, Chamba, Simla, Glen, Himachal Pradesh.
Diderma cor-rubrum Macbr., 1922
(Didymiaceae)
On moss covered stump.
Manali, Himachal Pradesh.
Diderma crustaceum Peck, 1873
(Didymiaceae)
On dead twigs and fruits of Pterocarpus
marsupium, Nyctanthes arbortristis, Porana
volubilis.
Madras, Tamilnadu.
Diderma darjeelingense Thind & Sehgal, 1964
(Didymiaceae)
On leaves of herbs.
Sinchal Forest, Darjeeling, West Bengal.
Diderma deplanatum Fr., 1829 (Didymiaceae)
On dead leaves and twigs of Quercus incana
and other plants.
Jabber, Khet, Mussoorie, Uttar Pradesh.
Diderma effusum (Schw.) Morg., 1894
(Didymiaceae)
On rotting palms and other leaves, leaves of
Setaria sp., Artocarpus integrifolia, living
leaves of Cucurbitaceae, decaying leaf sheath
of Areca catechu, dead leaves of Scitamineae.
Baliganj and Darjeeling, West Bengal; Tocklai,
Hathi chungi, Cinnamara, Jorhat, Assam;
Mussoorie, Uttar Pradesh; Madras, Tamilnadu.
Diderma globosum Pers., 1794 (Didymiaceae)
On dead leaves of Agave sp.
Kotwali Bazar, Dharamshala, Himachal
Pradesh.
Diderma hemisphaericum (Bull.) Hornem.,
1829 (Didymiaceae)
On dead leaves of Eleusine aegyptia, Croton
sparsiflorus, Crotolaria juncea, Salvia sp.,
Pleopeltis sp., Alpinia sp.
Madras, Tamilnadu.
Diderma indicum Thind & Sehgal, 1964
(Didymiaceae)
On mosses and moss covered stump of
gymnosperms.
Himachal Pradesh; West Bengal.
Diderma lohgadense Patil, Ranade & Mishra,
1979 (Didymiaceae)
On dead and fallen leaves of Mangifera indica.
Lohagad, Pune, Maharashtra.
Diderma lyallii (Massee) Macbr., 1899
(Didymiaceae)
On dead leaves.
Panchgani, Satara, Maharashtra.
Diderma marieae Patil, Mishra & Ranade,
1979 (Didymiaceae)
On dead leaves of Mangifera indica.
Lohagad, Pune, Maharashtra.
Diderma mussooriense Thind & Manocha,
1964 (Didymiaceae)
On dead leaves and twigs.
Jam Bridge, Mussoorie, Uttar Pradesh.
Diderma niveum (Rost.) Macbr., 1899
(Didymiaceae)
On dead leaves.
Dalhousie, Uttar Pradesh.
Diderma platycarpum var. platycarpum Nann-
Brem., 1966 (Didymiaceae)
On dead and decaying angiosperm leaves.
Delhi.
Diderma punense Patil, Ranade & Mishra,
1979 (Didymiaceae)
On dead leaves.
Pune, Maharashtra.
Diderma radiatum (L.) Morg., 1894
(Didymiaceae)
On dead wood.
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Pradesh.
Diderma radiatum (L.) Morg. var.
umbilicatum (Pers.) G. Lister, 1913
(Didymiaceae)
On dead wood.
North India.
Diderma reticulosporum Nann.-Brem.,
Mukherji & Pasricha, 1984 (Didymiaceae)
On dead leaf.
Madhya Pradesh, India.
Diderma rimosum U. Eliass and Nann.-Brem.,
1983 (Didymiaceae)
On dry leaves of angiosperm.
Rengola, Lakhandur, Bhandara; Saptashrungi,
Nashik.
Diderma roanense (Rex) Macbr., 1899
(Didymiaceae)
On dead wood.
Manali, Kulu, Himachal Pradesh.
Diderma rugosum (Rex) Macbr., 1899
(Didymiaceae)
On decomposing leaves of Cocos nucifera
Agriculture Horticulture Garden, Madras,
Tamil Nadu.
Diderma simplex (Schroet.) G. Lister, 1911
(Didymiaceae)
On dead leaves.
Darjeeling, West Bengal.
Diderma spumariodes (Fr. & Palmquist) Fr.,
1829 (Didymiaceae)
On living moss and dead leaves of Quercus
incana.
Mussoorie, Uttar Pradesh.
Diderma subdictyospermum (Rost.) List.,
1911 (Didymiaceae)
On fern fronds, dead wood.
Kankeshwar, Maharashtra; Kangra, Himachal
Pradesh; Mysore, Karnataka; Thatchi, Mandal,
Himcahal Pradesh.
Diderma testaceum (Schrad.) Pers., 1801
(Didymiaceae)
On dead leaves of Agave sp and Tectona
grandis, on dead leaf in Cardamom plantation.
Mahabaleshwar, Pachgani, Amboli,
Maharashtra; Murnad, Coorg, Mysore,
Karnataka.
Diderma trevelyani (Grev.) Fries, 1829
(Didymiaceae)
On dead wood.
Himachal Pradesh.
Didymium anellus Morg., 1894 (Didymiaceae)
On bark of Mangifera indica.
Dehradun, Uttar Pradesh.
Didymium chrysoporum Lakhanpal &
Mukerji, 1979 (Didymiaceae)
On decaying angiosperm leaves,
Delhi.
Didymium clavus (Alb. & Schw.) Rab., 1844
(Didymiaceae)
On decaying bamboo mats, palm leaves, twigs
of Ipomea sp.
Madras, Tamil Nadu.
Didymium crustaceum Fr., 1829
(Didymiaceae)
On decaying bamboo mat, dead twig of Ipomea
sp., living herbaceous twigs.
Madras, Tamilnadu; Kulu, Himachal Pradesh.
Didymium delhianum Lakhanpal & Mukerji,
1979 (Didymiaceae)
On decaying angiosperm leaves.
Delhi.
Didymium difforme (Pers.) S.F. Gray, 1821
(Didymiaceae)
On dead leaves of Tectona grandis, on dead
and decaying leaves and twigs of Helianthus
annuus and other members of Compositae.
Manabaleshwar, Katraj, Bhimashankar,
Maharashtra; Mussoorie, Uttar Pradesh.
Didymium disciforme Kowaleski &
Lakhanpal, 1973 (Didymiaceae)
On dead leaves of Ficus benghalensis.
Delhi.
Didymium discoideum Thind & Sehgal, 1964
(Didymiaceae)
On dead leaves.
Senchal Forest, Darjeeling, West Bengal.

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Didymium dubium Rostaf., 1874
(Didymiaceae)
On dead palm leaves, twigs and bamboo mats,
on grass and ferns.
Madras, Tamilnadu; Kulu, Himachal Pradesh.
Didymium flexuosum Yamashiro, 1936
(Didymiaceae)
On dead leaves, leaf litter in coffee plantations.
Nandi hills, Madal, Himachal Pradesh;
Polibetta, Coorg, Karnataka.
Didymium floccosum Martin, Thind & Rehill,
1959 (Didymiaceae)
On dead leaves.
Dehradun, Uttar Pradesh.
Didymium fulvum Sturgis, 1917
(Didymiaceae)
On decaying wood.
Haretta, Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh.
Didymium haretianum Lakhanpal & Mukerji,
1979 (Didymiaceae)
On decaying angiosperm leaves.
Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh.
Didymium intermedium Schroet., 1896
(Didymiaceae)
On bark.
Delhi.
Didymium iridis (Ditm.) Fr., 1829
(Didymiaceae)
On dead leaves of Quercus incana, living
leaves of Gerbera sp., on twigs of Diospyros
melanoxylon.
Kulu, Himachal Pradesh; Mussoorie, Uttar
Pradesh; Sagar, Madhya Pradesh.
Didymium karstensii Nann.-Brem., 1964
(Didymiaceae)
On decaying leaves of Ficus religiosa.
Delhi.
Didymium lenticulare Thind & Lakhanpal,
1969 (Didymiaceae)
On fern fronds.
Kulu Hills, Himachal Pradesh.
Didymium leoninum Berk. & Br., 1875
(Didymiaceae)
On dead leaves of Mahonia sp., ferns and other
plants.
Mussoorie, Uttar Pradesh.
Didymium megalosporum Berk. & Curt., 1873
(Didymiaceae)
On litter of Coffea arabica.
Coorg, Karnataka; Madras, Tamil Nadu.
Didymium melanospermum (Pers.) Macbr.,
1899 (Didymiaceae)
On dead leaves and twigs.
Tamil Nadu; Uttar Pradesh.
Didymium melanospermum Macbr. var.
bicolor List., (Didymiaceae)
On dead wood and leaves.
Landour, Mussoorie, Uttar Pradesh; Jobner,
Rajasthan.
Didymium minus (Lister) Morg., 1894
(Didymiaceae)
On dead leaves and twigs, sometimes on living
grasses.
Palni Hills, Tamilnadu; Mussoorie, Uttar
Pradesh; Darjeeling, West Bengal.
Didymium mirabile (Rost.) Meylan
(Didymiaceae)
On dead wood.
Simla, Baghi, Himachal Pradesh.
Didymium muscorum Lakhanpal & Mukerji,
1976 (Didymiaceae)
On decaying leaves and twigs.
Delhi.
Didymium nigripes (Link) Fr., 1818
(Didymiaceae)
On dead leaves, vegetable debris.
Madras, Tamil Nadu; Serampore, Calcutta,
West Bengal; Delhi; Assam; Mussoorie, Uttar
Pradesh.
Didymium nigripes (Link) Fr. var. xanthopus
(Ditm.) List., 1894 (Didymiaceae)
On decaying leaves.
Serampore, West Bengal.
Didymium nigrisporum Nann.-Brem., K.G.
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(Didymiaceae)
On herbaceous stem.
Madhya Pradesh.
Didymium ochroideum G. List., 1931
(Didymiaceae)
On dead leaves.
Serampore, West Bengal.
Didymium ovoideum Nann.-Brem., 1958
(Didymiaceae)
On dead leaves.
Baghi, Himachal Pradesh.
Didymium perforatum Yamashiro, 1936
(Didymiaceae)
On living grass leaves.
Chandigarh.
Didymium projectile Lakhanpal & Mukerji,
1979 (Didymiaceae)
On living fern fronds, dry needles of Cedrus
deodara.
Himachal Pradesh.
Didymium quitense (Pat.) Torrend, 1908
(Didymiaceae)
On grass stem, dead potato leaves.
Dalhousie, Himachal Pradesh.
Didymium saturnus Keller, 1970
(Didymiaceae)
On cotton and maize leaves, kangaroo dung.
Delhi.
Didymium simlense Lakhanpal & Mukerji,
1979 (Didymiaceae)
On dead leaves of Quercus incana.
Himachal Pradesh.
Didymium squamulosum (Alb. & Schw.) Fr.
& Palmquist, 1818 (Didymiaceae)
On dead leaves of Quercus incana, twigs, bark
and other substrates, decaying leaves of
Diospyros melanoxylon.
Mussoorie Uttar Pradesh; Delhi; Sagar,
Madhya Pradesh.
Didymium sturgisii Hagelst., 1937
(Didymiaceae)
On Pinus sp. bark.
Tamil Nadu; Uttar Pradesh.
Didymium tubi-crystallinum Nann.-Brem. &
Critchfield, 1988 (Didymiaceae)
On dead herbaceous twig.
Milind Garden, Aurangabad, Maharashtra.
Didymium vaccinum (Dur. & Mont.) Buchet,
1920 (Didymiaceae)
On rotten unidentified leaves.
Cuttack, Orissa.
Didymium verrucosporum Weldem., 1954
(Didymiaceae)
On decaying stem of Euphorbia royleana and
Saccharum sp., leaf litter.
Kulu, Himachal Pradesh; Madras, Tamil Nadu.
Echinostelium cribrariodes Alexop., 1961
(Echinosteliaceae)
On bark of Rhododendron sp.
Simla, Himachal Pradesh.
Echinostelium elachiston Alexop., 1958
(Echinosteliaceae)
On bark of Eucalyptus sp.
Delhi University; Shevan Islands, Bombay.
Echinostelium minutum de Bary, 1873
(Echinosteliaceae)
On bark of Populus sp.
Simla, Himachal Pradesh; Shevan Islands,
Bombay; Jammu & Kashmir.
Elaeomyxa miyazakiensis (Emoto) Hagelstein,
1942 (Stemonitaceae)
On rotten wood.
Cuttack, Orissa.
Erionema aureum Penzig, 1898
(Physaraceae).
On moss covering decaying wood of Abies
pindrow.
Narkanda, Simla, Himachal Pradesh.
Fuligo cinerea (Schw.) Morg., 1896
(Physaraceae)
On bark and cow dung, on dead leaves of
Dalbergia sissoo, Saccharum sp. and on rotten
cloth pieces.
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Doiwala, Dehradun, Uttar Pradesh; Delhi.
Fuligo intermedia Macbr., 1922 (Physaraceae)
On dry stem of Euphorbia sp.
Daulatabad, Aurangabad, Maharashtra.
Fuligo megaspora Sturgis, 1913 (Physaraceae)
On wood, soil and leaves.
Chandigarh, Himachal Pradesh.
Fuligo septica for. ovata (Schaeff.) Pers.,
(Physaraceae)
On decaying bark, leaves.
Assam; Chandigarh, Himachal Pradesh; Tamil
Nadu.
Fuligo septica (L.) F.H. Wigg, 1780
(Physaraceae)
On decaying vegetable debris in pigeon pea
field.
Agricultural Horticultural Gardens, Madras,
Tamil Nadu.
Hemitrichia calyculata (Speg.) Farr, 1974
(Trichiaceae)
On wood, on decaying gymnosperm wood.
Kanakeshwar, Mahabaleshwar, Maharashtra;
Assam; Mandi, Narkanda, Himachal Pradesh;
Orissa, Uttar Pradesh.
Hemitrichia clavata (Pers.) Rostaf., 1873
(Trichiaceae)
On wood, on dead wood and rotten wood.
Mahabaleshwar, Maharashtra; Darjeeling,
West Bengal; Mussoorie, Uttar Pradesh;
Madal, Kulu, Manali, Himachal Pradesh;
Sagar, Madhya Pradesh.
Hemitrichia imperalis G. Lister, 1929
(Trichiaceae)
On dead and decaying wood.
Kulu, Himachal Pradesh.
Hemitrichia karstenii (Rostaf.) List., 1894
(Trichiaceae)
On dead wood and palm.
Darjeeling, Baliganj, Calcutta, West Bengal;
Assam.
Hemitrichia leotrichia (Lister) G. Lister, 1911
(Trichiaceae)
On Acacia pinnata, on bark of Pinus excelsa
kept in moist chamber.
Amboli, Ratnagiri, Maharashtra; Himachal
Pradesh.
Hemitrichia serpula (Scop.) Rostaf., 1873
(Trichiaceae)
On decaying leaves of palm like Areca
catechu, Cocos nucifera, Agave sp., on dead
wood, mosses, leaf blade of Musa paradisiaca.
Mahabaleshwar, Purandar fort, Vani, Amboli,
Maharashtra; Darjeeling, West Bengal;
Mussoorie, Uttar Pradesh; Tocklai, Assam;
Panchmarhi, Madhya Pradesh.
Hemitrichia stipitata (Massee) Macbr., 1899
(Trichiaceae)
On dead wood, living mosses, decaying wood
of Albizia procera, bark of Mangifera indica,
root and root bark of Tea bush.
Mussoorie, Uttar Pradesh; Tocklai, Jorhat,
Assam; Polibetta, Coorg, Karnataka; Cuttack,
Orissa; Thatchi, Mandi, Himachal Pradesh.
Hemitrichia vesparium (Batsch) Macbr., 1899
(Trichiaceae)
On dead wood, rotten wood.
Kotgarh, Simla, Himachal Pradesh; Mussoorie,
Uttar Pradesh; Balehonnur, Mysore, Karnataka.
Lamproderma alexopouli Lakhanpal &
Mukerji, 1979 (Stemonitaceae)
On decaying angiosperm leaves and
herbaceous twigs.
Delhi.
Lamproderma arcyrionema Rost., 1874.
(Stemonitaceae)
On dead leaves, wood and mosses.
Mussoorie, Uttar Pradesh; Darjeeling, West
Bengal; Simla, Himachal Pradesh; Kalka,
Punjab.
Lamproderma collinsi Lakhanpal & Mukherji,
1979 (Stemonitaceae)
On decaying wood of Abies pindrow.
Narkanda, Simla, Himachal Pradesh.
Lamproderma columbinum (Pers.) Rostaf.,
1873 (Stemonitaceae)
On moss covered stump.
Kulu, Pulja, Himachal Pradesh.

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Lamproderma echinulatum (Berk.) Rostaf.,
1876 (Stemonitaceae)
On moss.
Darjeeling, West Bengal.
Lamproderma griseum Thind & Lakhanpal,
1969 (Stemonitaceae)
On decaying leaves of Iris sp.
Kulu, Manali, Himachal Pradesh.
Lamproderma retispora Dhillon & Nann. –
Brem., 1977 (Stemonitaceae)
On Quercus sp. leaves.
Uttar Pradesh.
Lamproderma scintillans (Berk. & Br.)
Morgan, 1894 (Stemonitaceae)
On dead leaves of Mangifera indica and
Tectona grandis, on decaying palm leaves.
Sinhgad, Lohagad, Pachgani, Pune, Khandala,
Maharashtra; Darjeeling, West Bengal;
Mussoorie, Baliganj, Uttar Pradesh.
Lamproderma thindianum Lakhanpal &
Mukerji, 1979 (Stemonitaceae)
On decaying leaves of Iris sp.
Kulu, Manali, Himachal Pradesh.
Lamproderma verrucosum Martin, Thind &
Sohi, 1957 (Stemonitaceae)
On dead leaves of Quercus incana.
The Company Garden, Mussoorie, Uttar
Pradesh.
Leocarpus fragilis (Dicks.) Rostaf., 1875
(Physaraceae)
On bark of Cedrus deodara, dead needles of
Pinus sp. and Cedrus sp.
Leudon, Mussoorie, Uttar Pradesh; Simla,
Himachal Pradesh.
Lepidoderma effusum Rokade & Nanir, 2004
(Didymiaceae)
On dry straw of angiosperm plants.
Kolegaon, Malsiras, Solapur, Maharashtra;
Gujarat; Madhya Pradesh.
Lepidoderma tigrinum (Schrad) Rostaf., 1873
(Didymiaceae)
On dead wood, fallen needles of Pinus sp. and
Cedrus sp.
Kodai forest, Karnataka; Mussoorie, Uttar
Pradesh; Kulu, Himachal Pradesh.
Lepidodermopsis leonina (Berk. & Br.) Hohn.,
1909 (Didymiaceae)
On dead and decaying leaves, fern fronds.
Simla, Himachal Pradesh; Uttar Pradesh.
Lepidodermopsis martinii T. N. Lakh., 1978
(Didymiaceae)
On stumps of Cedrus deodara.
Himachal Pradesh.
Leptoderma irridescens G. Lister, 1913
(Stemonitaceae)
On decaying gymnosperm wood.
Kalatop, Dalhousie, Himachal Pradesh; Tamil
Nadu.
Licea belmontiana Nann.-Brem., 1966
(Liceaceae)
On bark of Abies pindrow, Pinus sp.
Himachal Pradesh; Shivan Islands, Bombay.
Licea biforis Morgan., 1893 (Liceaceae)
On decaying wood.
Darjeeling, West Bengal; Chandigarh,
Himachal Pradesh.
Licea castanea G. Lister., 1911 (Liceaceae)
On bark of Aesculus indica.
Chandigarh, Himachal Pradesh.
Licea confundens T.N. Lakhanpal, N.E.
Nann.-Brem. & R.K. Chopra, 1990 (Liceaceae)
On bark of Quercus incana.
Himachal Pradesh.
Licea elloriana Nanir & Rokade, 2003
(Liceaceae)
On dry leaves of angiosperm.
Panhala, Kolhapur, Maharashtra; Gujarat,
Madhya Pradesh.
Licea erecta Thind & Dhillon, 1967
(Liceaceae)
On decaying bamboo twig.
Darjeeling, West Bengal.
Licea exiguum (Authority and year not
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On unidentified bark.
Sagar, Madhya Pradesh.
Licea floriformis T.N. Lakhanpal & R.K.
Chopra, 1990 (Liceaceae)
On bark of Quercus incana.
Himachal Pradesh.
Licea hydragyra Nann.-Brem., T.N. Lakhanpal
& R.K. Chopra, 1990 (Liceaceae)
On bark of Quercus incana.
Himachal Pradesh.
Licea lilacina Nann.-Brem., T.N. Lakhanpal &
R.K. Chopra, 1990 (Liceaceae)
On bark of Quercus incanca.
Himachal Pradesh.
Licea kleistobolus Martin, 1942 (Liceaceae)
On bark.
Shivan Islands, Bombay.
Licea marginata Nann.-Brem., 1965
(Liceaceae)
On fallen leaves of Tectona grandis.
Nandoshi, Vitthalwadi, Pune, Maharashtra.
Licea minima Fr., 1829 (Liceaceae)
On decaying gymnosperm wood.
Glen, Simla, Himachal Pradesh.
Licea morchelloides T.N. Lakhanpal, Nann.-
Brem. & R.K. Chopra, 1990 (Liceaceae)
On bark of Quercus incana.
Himachal Pradesh.
Licea mysorensis Agnihothrudu, 1965
(Liceaceae)
On bark of Coffea arabica.
Saklespur, Hassan, Karnataka.
Licea nigromarginata Nann.-Brem., T.N.
Lakhanpal & R.K. Chopra, 1990 (Liceaceae)
On bark of Pinus wallichiana.
Himachal Pradesh.
Licea operculata (Wingate) Martin., 1942
(Liceaceae)
On bark of Cedrus deodara.
Simla, Himachal Pradesh.
Licea pedicellata (Gilbert.) Gilbert, 1942
(Liceaceae)
On bark of Butea monosperma and Acacia
leucophloea, Pinus excelsa.
Sagar, Madhya Pradesh; Simla, Himachal
Pradesh.
Licea perexigua Brookes & Keller, 1977
(Liceaceae)
On bark of living tree.
Simla, Himachal Pradesh.
Licea punctiformis Martin, 1969 (Liceaceae)
On horse dung.
Nainital, Uttar Pradesh.
Licea scyphoides Brookes & Keller., 1977.
(Liceaceae)
On bark of living trees.
Simla, Himachal Pradesh.
Licea sinhgadensis Patil, Ranade & Mishra.,
1977 (Liceaceae)
On dead leaves of Tectona grandis.
Sinhgad, Pune, Maharashtra.
Licea tenera Jahn, 1919 (Liceaceae)
On horse dung.
Delhi; Chandigarh, Himachal Pradesh.
Licea testudinacea Nann - Brem., 1965
(Liceaceae)
On bark of Abies pindrow.
Himachal Pradesh.
Licea tuberculata var. papillata Nann.-Brem.,
T.N. Lakhanpal & R.K. Chopra,
1990 (Liceaceae)
On bark of Quercus incana.
Himachal Pradesh.
Licea variabilis Schrad, 1797 (Liceaceae)
On horse dung.
Delhi.
Licea verrucospora (T.N. Lakh., Nann.-Brem.
& R.K. Chopra) D. Wrigley & Lado, 2005
(Liceaceae)
On bark of living Quercus incana.
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Lindbladia tubulina Fr., 1849 (Cribrariaceae)
On decaying gymnosperm wood.
Simla, Narkanda. Himachal Pradesh.
Lycogala conicum Pers., 1801
(Reticulariaceae)
On dead wood, fresh stump of Pinus
roxburghii.
Mussoorie, Uttar Pradesh; Manali, Mandal,
Thatchi, Simla, Jakhu & Ellen, Himachal
Pradesh.
Lycogala epidendrum (L.) Fries, 1829
(Reticulariaceae)
On dung, decaying leaves, dead wood
Mahabaleshwar, Pachgani, Vani hills,
Maharashtra; Sikkim; Darjeeling, West Bengal;
Nilgiri hills, Madras; Pahlgan, Kashmir.
Lycogala exiguum Morgan, 1893
(Reticulariaceae)
On rotten wood, dead stump of Cedrus sp.
Saklespur, Karnataka; Assam; Himachal
Pradesh.
Lycogala flavofuscum (Ehrenb.) Rost., 1873
(Reticulariaceae)
On dead gymnospermous wood.
Nainital, Uttar Pradesh.
Lycogala mysorensis (Agnihothrudu)
Agnihothrudu, 1966 (Reticulariaceae)
On soil.
Ossoor Coffee Estate, Karnataka.
Macbrideola coprophila Nann.-Brem.,
Mukerji and N. Singh, 1979 (Stemonitaceae)
On dung of peacock.
Rajashthan; Delhi.
Macbrideola cornea (G. Lister & Cran)
Alexo., 1967 (Stemonitaceae)
On bark of Abies sp. and Pinus excelsa.
Jaku hills, Narkanda, Simla, Himachal Pradesh.
Macbrideola indica (Sarbhoy, S.M. Singh &
D.K. Agarwal) Nann.-Brem., Lakhanpal,
Mukerji & H. Singh, 1981 (Stemonitaceae)
On dung of peacock.
Rajasthan; Delhi.
Macbrideola robusta Pal & Mukherji, 1977
(Stemonitaceae)
On bark of Rhododendron sp.
Simla, Himachal Pradesh.
Margarita mettalica (Berk.) List., 1894
(Dianemaceae)
On dead wood
Kotgarh, Simla hills, Himachal Pradesh.
Margarita mettalica (Berk.) List. var.
plasmodiocarpa (Blytt) R.E. Fries., 1925
(Dianemaceae)
On dead wood.
Western Himalayas.
Metatrichia arundinariae (Rammeloe)
Lakhanpal & Mukherji, 1977 (Trichiaceae)
On decaying gymnosperm wood.
Himachal Pradesh.
Metatrichia vesparium (Batsch.) Nann.-
Bremk. ex. G.W. Martin & Alexop., 1969
(Trichiaceae)
On dead and rotten wood of Poria sp.
Simla, Kotgarh, Himachal Pradesh; Mussoorie,
Jabbar khet, Uttar Pradesh.
Oligonema flavidum (Peck) Peck, 1879
(Trichiaceae)
On dead leaves.
Kotgarh, Simla hills, Himachal Pradesh;
Serampore, Darjeeling, West Bengal;
Mussoorie, Uttar Pradesh.
Perichaena chrysosperma (Currey) List., 1894
(Trichiaceae)
On dead wood, dead and decaying leaves of
Agave sp.
Darjeeling, West Bengal; Mussoorie, Uttar
Pradesh; Tamil Nadu.
Perichaena corticalis (Batsch.) Rost., 1875
(Trichiaceae)
On bark.
Chandigarh.
Perichaena depressa Libert, 1837
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deciduous tree and bark of a tree. Darjeeling,
West Bengal; Tocklai, Assam; Dehradun, Uttar
Pradesh; Delhi; Tamil Nadu; Himachal
Pradesh; Amritsar, Punjab.
Perichaena microspora Penz. & A. Lister,
1898 (Trichiaceae)
On dry angiosperm leaves.
Bada Mahadev, Panchmarhi, Madhya Pradesh
Perichaena minor (G. Lister) Hageslt., 1943
(Trichiaceae)
On dead bark of Tamarindus indica.
Sagar, Madhya Pradesh.
Perichaena quadrata Macbr., 1899
(Trichiaceae)
On wood.
Darjeeling, West Bengal.
Perichaena thindii Nanir, 1981(Trichiaceae)
On dead wood.
Daulatabad, Aurangabad, Maharashtra.
Perichaena vermicularis (Schw.) Rost., 1876
(Trichiaceae)
On decomposing leaves of Bignonia
unguiscati, decaying balls of Gossypium
arboretum, stem galls of Acacia leucophloea.
Madras, Tamilnadu; Tocklai, Assam;
Dehradun, Uttar Pradesh; New Delhi.
Physarella oblonga (Berk. & Curt.) Morg.,
1896 (Physaraceae)
On decaying leaves of Ficus sp., on decaying
wood and polypore, soil, bark of tea bushes,
decaying bark of Albizia stipulate.
Pune Universtiy Campus, Pratapgad,
Mahabaleshwar, Maharashtra; Darjeeling,
West Bengal; Dehradun, Uttar Pradesh; Jorhat,
Assam; Cuttack, Orissa.
Physarella oblonga f. alba Alexop., 1964
(Physaraceae)
On dead twigs, broken earthen pots.
Delhi.
Physarina echniospora Thind & Manocha,
1964 (Didymiaceae)
On dead wood, leaves.
Jamna Bridge, Uttar Pradesh.
Physarum aeneum (Lister) R.E. Fries., 1903
(Physaraceae)
On dead pinnae of small ferns.
Hooghly, Serampore, West Bengal.
Physarum auriscalpium Cooke, 1877
(Physaraceae)
On bark of Rhododendron sp.
Narkanda, Jakhu Hills, Simla, HImachal
Pradesh; West Bengal.
Physarum bethelii Macbr., 1911 (Physaraceae)
On dead wood.
Darjeeling, West Bengal.
Physarum bitectum G. List.,
1911(Physaraceae)
On decaying leaves of Agave sp and other
angiospermic plants.
Mussoorie, Uttar Pradesh; Tamil Nadu.
Physarum bivalve Pers., 1795 (Physaraceae)
On dead leaves of Agave sp; Tectona grandis,
Mangifera inidca, Ficus benghalensis, on dead
leaves of Quercus incana and other plants.
Sinhagad, Pune, Karjat, Maharashtra; Dhobi
ghat, Mussoorie, Uttar Pradesh; Delhi; West
Bengal.
Physarum bogoriense Racib., 1898
(Physaraceae)
On fallen leaves of Ficus benghalensis, on
dead and living leaves and twigs of herbaceous
plants, leaves and stems of Setaria sp.
Pune University Campus, Pune, Maharashtra;
Mussoorie, Uttar Pradesh; Seramapore, West
Bengal; Cinnamara, Tocklai, Assam; Himachal
Pradesh; Karnataka.
Physarum brunneolum (Phill.) Massee, 1892
(Physaraceae)
On lichens, mosses and decaying wood.
Kalatop, Dalhousie, Himachal Pradesh.
Physarum carneum G. Lister & Sturgis, 1910
(Physaraceae)
On decaying twigs of Acacia catechu. Sagar,
Madhya Pradesh.
Physarum cinereum (Batsch) Pers., 1794
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On blades of living grasses, decaying leaves of
Syzygium sp., on dead leaves and twigs often
on living herbaceous plants, rarely on wood.
Pune, Sinhagad, Mahabaleshwar, Karjat,
Maharashtra; Serampore, West Bengal;
Mussoorie, Uttar Pradesh; Madras, Tamil
Nadu; Amritsar, Punjab; Delhi; Karnataka.
Physarum citrinum Schum., 1803
(Physaraceae)
On dead leaves and angiosperm twigs.
Himachal Pradesh; Darjeeling, West Bengal;
Mussoorie, Uttar Pradesh.
Physarum compressum Alb. &. Schw., 1805
(Physaraceae)
On decaying leaves of Agave sp., Euphorbia
sp., palm inflorescence, on bark of dead
branches of Erythrina indica, living grass and
vegetable debris, on dead bark of
Rhododendron arboreum.
Mahabaleshwar, Sinhagad, Pune,
Kanakeshwar, Maharashtra; Madras, Tamil
Nadu; Coorg, Karnataka; Simla, Himachal
Pradesh; Uttar Pradesh; Assam.
Physarum conglomeratum Rost., 1874
(Physaraceae)
On dead leaves.
Landour, Mussorie, Uttar Pradesh; Sikkim.
Physarum contextum (Pers.) Pers., 1801
(Physaraceae)
On dead leaves of Mangifera indica, Grevillea
robusta, on dead leaves.
Lohagad, Pachgani, Maharashtra; Darjeeling,
West Bengal.
Physarum crateriforme Petch, 1909
(Physaraceae)
On decaying leaves and bark of Azadirechta
indica, Wrightia tinctoria.
Agricultural Horticultural Society, Garden,
Tamil Nadu; Delhi; Mussoorie, Uttar Pradesh;
Nazira, Assam.
Physarum decipiens Curt., 1848 (Physaraceae)
On dead leaves of Tectona grandis, Ficus
benghalensis.
Pune University Campus, Pune, Maharashtra.
Physarum dictyosporum Martin, 1962
(Physaraceae)
On dead and decaying leaves of Dalbergia
sissoo.
Chandigarh, Himachal Pradesh.
Physarum diderma Rostaf., 1874
(Physaraceae)
On decaying leaves of Agave sp. and bark,
twigs and leaves of angiospermic plants.
Mussoorie, Uttar Pradesh; Delhi; Himachal
Pradesh.
Physarum didermoides (Pers.) Rostaf., 1874
(Physaraceae)
On dead bark of tree, decaying leaves of Agave
sp.
Dehradun, Adunca Bridge, Mussoorie, Uttar
Pradesh; Coorg, Karnataka; Simla, Himachal
Pradesh.
Physarum dudlianum Lakhanpal & Mukherji,
1981 (Physaraceae)
On dead twigs, leaves and fruits.
Delhi and Uttar Pradesh.
Physarum durjoylingum Lodhi, 1934
(Physaraceae)
On wood.
Darjeeling, West Bengal.
Physarum echinosporum Lister, 1899
(Physaraceae)
On dead leaves of Tectona grandis and
Syzygium sp., on dead leaves of Mimusops
elengi.
Sinhagad, Lohagad, Mahabaleshwar, Pune,
Maharashtra; Sibpur, Baliganj, West Bengal;
Jorhat, Assam; Chennai, Tamil Nadu;
Dehradun, Uttar Pradesh.
Physarum famintzini Rost., 1874
(Physaraceae)
On dead and decaying leaves.
Delhi.
Physarum flavidum (Peck.) Peck., 1879
(Physaraceae)
On logs of wood and mosses in coniferous
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Simla, Jakhu hills, Dalhousie, Himachal
Pradesh.
Physarum gilkeyanum Gilbert, 1932
(Physaraceae)
On leaves of Polyalthia longifolia, as a
contanimant in a petri dish containing Eleusine
coracana, coffee litter, on bark of Azadirechta
indica.
Pollibeta, Coorg, Karnataka; Delhi, Tamil
Nadu.
Physarum globuliferum (Bull.) Pers, 1801
(Physaraceae)
On decaying logs of wood and decaying
stumps.
Chamba – Sahu, Himcahal Pradesh; Patni top,
Jammu and Kashmir.
Physarum gyrosum Rost., 1875 (Physaraceae)
On sheathing leaf bases of Cycas sp. and
leaving grasses, on soil, fallen flowers, dead
twigs, on leaves of Tagetes sp.
Pune, Kankeshwar, Maharashtra; Cinnamara,
Jorhat, Tocklai, Assam; Amritsar, Punjab;
Madras, Tamilnadu.
Physarum javanicum Racib., 1898
(Physaraceae)
On decaying gymnospermous and
angiospermous wood.
Delhi.
Physarum javanicum Racib. var.
macrosporum Lakhanpal & Mukherji, 1981
(Physaraceae)
On wood, fruits of Sesamum orientale.
Delhi.
Physarum laevisporum Agnihothrudu, 1963
(Physaraceae)
On decaying leaves and twigs of Camellia
sinensis.
Cinnamara, Assam; Hamirpur, Haretta,
Himachal Pradesh.
Physarum lateritium (Berk. & Rav) Morgan,
1896 (Physaraceae)
On dead leaves and twigs, sometimes on dead
roots.
Jamna Bridge, Mussoorie, Uttar Pradesh.
Physarum leucophaeum Fries. & Palmquist,
1818 (Physaraceae)
On dead leaves stem, decaying vegetable litter,
animal refuse.
Serampore, West Bengal; Dehradun, Uttar
Pradesh; Cinnamara, Tocklai, Assam.
Physarum leucopus Link, 1809 (Physaraceae)
On dead leaves of Tectona grandis, on dead
leaves and bark.
Karjat, Maharashtra; Cinnamara, Tocklai,
Assam; Darjeeling, West Bengal; Amritsar,
Punjab; Coorg, Karnataka; Sagar, Madhya
Pradesh; Kalka, Haryana.
Physarum listeri Macbr., 1934 (Physaraceae)
On wood, needles and twigs of Picea
smithiana.
Simla, Himachal Pradesh; North Western
India.
Physarum luteo-album Lister & G. Lister,
1904 (Physaraceae)
Host not mentioned.
North-Western India.
Physarum luteolum Peck, 1878 (Physaraceae)
On decaying leaves, on decaying leaves of
coffee.
Pachgani, Maharashtra; Karadibetta Estate,
Hassan, Karnataka.
Physarum megalosporum Macbr., 1922
(Physaraceae)
On dead leaves of Ficus benghalensis.
Pune, Maharashtra.
Physarum melleum (Berk. & Br.) Massee,
1892 (Physaraceae)
On dead leaves, living mosses, dead leaves of
Quercus incana, living leaves of Gerbera sp.
Mussoorie, Uttar Pradesh; Dehradun, Uttar
Pradesh; Calcutta, Darjeeling, West Bengal;
Mandi, Haretta, Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh;
Chennai, Tamil Nadu; Guntur, Andhra
Pradesh; Amritsar, Punjab.
Physarum mortonii Macbr., 1922
(Physaraceae)
On bark and living mosses.
Mahabaleshwar, Maharashtra.

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Physarum mutabile (Rostaf.) G. List., 1911
(Physaraceae)
On dead leaves of Ficus benghalenis, decaying
leaves of Tectona grandis, on dead leaves and
pods of Dalbergia sissoo, dead leaves of
Saccharum sp.
Pune, Lohagad, Sinhagad, Maharashtra;
Dehradun, Uttar Pradesh; Chandigarh,
Himachal Pradesh; Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
Physarum nicaraguense Macbr., 1893
(Physaraceae)
On decaying bark, on decaying leaf base of
Cycas circinalis, dead leaves of Agave sp.,
dead wood and bark of tree.
Pune, Katraj, Maharashtra; Madras,
Tamilnadu; Dehradun, Uttar Pradesh; Cuttack,
Orissa; Cinnamara, Assam. Hamirpur, Mandi,
Haretta, Himachal Pradesh.
Physarum notabile Macbr., 1922
(Physaraceae)
On decaying leaves of Quercus incana.
Narkanda, Simla, Himachal Pradesh.
Physarum nucleatum Rex, 1891 (Physaraceae)
Physarum simile Rostaf., 1876
On dead and rotten wood stump, dead leaves of
Quercus incana, leaf sheath of Musa
paradisiaca, fronds of Pteris spp. Mussoorie,
Uttar Pradesh; Cinnamara, Jorhat, Nazira,
Assam; Sagar, Madhya Pradesh; Hamirpur,
Mandi, Himachal Pradesh; Serampore, West
Bengal.
Physarum nudum Macbr., 1932 (Physaraceae)
On leaves of Bamboo and Ficus benghalensis,
on green grass leaves, leaves and inflorescence
of grass.
Pune, Maharashtra; Thatchi, Mandi, Himachal
Pradesh; Nandi hills, Mysore, Karnataka.
Physarum nutans Pers., 1975 (Physaraceae)
On leaves of Cajanus cajan, decaying cotton
balls, roots of lawn grass, moss growing on
bark of trees and dead twigs.
Chennai, Tamil Nadu; Tocklai, Assam;
Darjeeling, West Bengal; Sagar, Madhya
Pradesh; Dehradun, Uttar Pradesh; Simal,
Dalhousie, Himachal Pradesh.
Physarum oblatum Macbr., 1922
(Physaraceae)
On leaves of Agave americana and Syzygium
sp., on tea soil.
Purandar fort, Maharashtra; Tocklai, Assam;
Serampore, Calcutta, West Bengal; Simla,
Himachal Pradesh.
Physarum ovisporum G. Lister, 1921
(Physaraceae)
On fallen leaves of Saccharum sp. and
Bougainvillea sp.
Delhi.
Physarum pachaganiensis Nanir &
Tembhurne, 2011 (Physaraceae)
On living angiospermic leaves.
Pachgani, Satara, Maharashtra.
Physarum panhalensis Nanir & Tembhurne,
2011 (Physaraceae)
Host not mentioned.
Panhala, Kolhapur, Maharashtra.
Physarum pedicellata (Gilbert) Dhillon, 1976
(Physaraceae)
On bark of Aesyculus indica
Manali, Himachal Pradesh.
Physarum pezizoideum (Jungh.) Pav. & Lag.,
1903 (Physaraceae)
on tree stems and fence posts.
Surajpur, Chandigarh; West Bengal.
Physarum psittacinum Ditmar, 1817
(Physaraceae)
On dead and decaying wood in a mixed forest.
Banikhet, Dalhousie, Himachal Pradesh.
Physarum pulcherrimum Berk & Curtis, 1873
(Physaraceae)
On dead stems of Andropogon sorghum.
Patna, Bihar.
Physarum pusillum (Berk. & Curt.) G. List.,
1911 (Physaraceae)
On bark, decaying leaves of Agave sp,
decaying cord and paper.
Pune University Campus, Pune, Maharashtra;
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Nilgiris, Karnataka; Serampore, West Bengal;
Delhi; Hamirpir, Himachal Pradesh. Amritsar,
Punjab.
Physarum reniforme Lister, 1911
(Physaraceae)
On decaying leaves of Musa paradisiaca,
decaying bark of Albizia stipulata, decaying
wood and bark of trees, bushes infected with
Poria sp.
Jorhat, Borbhetta, Tocklai, Assam.
Physarum retisporum Martin, Thind & Rehill,
1959 (Physaraceae)
On dead leaves, twigs and bark.
Mussoorie, Uttar Pradesh.
Physarum rigidum (Lister) Lister, 1925
(Physaraceae)
On rotting wood and on Aporpium sp.,
decaying wood of shade tree, bark of poles of
Casuarina equisetifolia, dead leaves of Ipomea
sp.
Mussoorie, Uttar Pradesh; Coorg, Karnataka;
Madras, Tamil Nadu; Manali, Himachal
Pradesh.
Physarum roseum Berk. & Br., 1875
(Physaraceae)
On decaying leaves of Euphorbia sp., on wood
and bark, dead twig of Enterolobium saman
and gymnospermous plants.
Kankeshwar, Maharashtra; Dehradun, Uttar
Pradesh; Tocklai, Assam; Narkanda, Simla,
Himachal Pradesh.
Physarum serpula Morg., 1896 (Physaraceae)
On fallen leaves of Syzygium sp, on grass, on
decaying bark of Hibiscus rosa-sinensis, dead
leaves of twigs of trees, decaying bamboo mat,
dead twigs of Ipomea sp.
Pachgani, Mahabaleshwar, Maharashtra;
Tocklai, Assam; Madras, Tamil Nadu.
Physarum sessile Brandza., 1921
(Physaraceae)
On dead leaves, decaying leaves of Musa
paradisiaca, leaf sheath of Scitamineae, leaves
and culms of a reed grass, on dead leaves of
Mangifera indica.
Darjeeling, West Bengal; Tocklai, Jorhat,
Nagajanka, Assam; Hamirpur, Haretta,
Himachal Pradesh.
Physarum sinuosum (Bull.) Wienm., 1829
(Physaraceae)
On dead leaves.
Mussoorie, Uttar Pradesh.
Physarum spinulosum Thind & Sehgal, 1964
(Physaraceae)
On bark and mosses.
Senchal forest, Darjeeling, West Bengal.
Physarum spumariodes Lakhanpal &
Mukherji. 1979 (Physaraceae)
On decaying angiosperm leaves.
Haretta, Himachal Pradesh.
Physarum stellatum (Massee) G. W. Martin,
1947 (Physaraceae)
On leaves of Agave americana, on dead wood,
mosses and oak stump.
Kanakeshwar, Mahabaleshwar, Maharashtra;
the Park, Mussoorie, Uttar Pradesh; Simla,
Himachal Pradesh.
Physarum straminipes A. Lister, 1898
(Physaraceae)
On dry petiole of Phoenix sp. in moist chamber
culture.
Ahmadpur, Latur, Maharashtra.
Physarum sulphureum Alb. & Schw., 1805
(Physaraceae)
On dead decaying angiospermic leaves.
North Point, Darjeeling, West Bengal; Coorg,
Polibetta, Karnataka, Mussoorie, Uttar
Pradesh; Tocklai, Cinnamara, Jorhat, Assam.
Physarum sumatii Patil & Ranade 1975
(Physaraceae)
On dead and decaying leaves.
Kanakeshwar, Maharashtra.
Physarum superbum Hagelst., 1940
(Physaraceae)
On Phylloclades of Euphorbia sp., on dead
leaves.
Kanakeshwar, Maharashtra; Darjeeling, West
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Physarum tenerum Rex, 1890 (Physaraceae)
On dead leaves of Tectona grandis, Syzygium
sp., Mangifera indica, Ficus benghalensis, on
dead wood.
Katraj, Sinhagad, Khandala, Lohagad, Pune,
Karjat, Amboli, Pachgani, Maharashtra;
Mussoorie, Uttar Pradesh; Simla, Himachal
Pradesh; Kodaikanal, Tamil Nadu.
Physarum thindii Patil & Ranade 1975
(Physaraceae)
On decaying leaves of Memeceylon
umbelatum.
Mahabaleshwar, Maharashtra.
Physarum urnae Singh & Pusphavathy, 1979
(Physaraceae)
On living grass leaves.
Delhi.
Physarum variegatum Thind & Dhillon, 1967
(Physaraceae)
On decaying stump.
Darjeeling, West Bengal.
Physarum vernum Somm ex Fr., 1829
(Physaraceae)
On fallen leaves of Tectona grandis and
Syzygium sp., on decaying plant material, dead
leaves of Agave sp., living leaves of Ipomea
sp., bark of dead branches.
Mahabaleshwar, Lohagad, Karjat, Pune,
Maharashtra; Madras, Tamil Nadu; Mussorie,
Uttar Pradesh; Delhi; Coorg, Karnataka;
Amritsar, Punjab; Mandi, Haretta, Hamirpur,
Himachal Pradesh.
Physarum virescens Ditmar, 1817
(Physaraceae)
On dead leaves and twigs, cladodes of
Parkinsonia aculeata.
Darjeeling, West Bengal; Chennai, Tamil
Nadu.
Physarum viride (Bull.) Pers., 1795
(Physaraceae)
On wood, on rotten wooden stump.
Lohagad, Maharashtra; Kempty Falls,
Mussoorie, Uttar Pradesh; Delhi, Benjar,
Himachal Pradesh; Darjeeling, West Bengal.
Physarum viride var. aurantium (Bull) Lister,
1894 (Physaraceae)
On dead wood in Oak forest.
Chamba; Khijjiar, Dalhousie, Himachal
Pradesh; Mussoorie, Uttar Pradesh.
Physarum viride var. hinnuleum G. Lister,
1924 (Physaraceae)
On decayed wood.
Tindharia, West Bengal; Uttar Pradesh.
Pleiomorpha belmontiana (Nann.-Brem.)
Dhillon, 1978 (Liceaceae)
On bark of Abies sp.
Manali, Himachal Pradesh.
Pleiomorpha biforis (Morgan) Dhillon, 1980
(Liceaceae)
On bark of Populus sp.
Narkanda, Himachal Pradesh.
Pleiomorpha pedicellata (Gilbert) Dhillon,
1978 (Liceaceae)
On bark of Aesculus indica.
Manali, Himachal Pradesh.
Reticularia jurana Meylan, 1908
(Reticulariaceae)
On bark.
Manali, Himachal Pradesh.
Reticularia lycoperdon Bull., 1790
(Reticulariaceae)
On bark of Pinus excelsa, soil between tea
bushes.
Dalhousie, Mandi, Himachal Pradesh;
Cinnamara, Jorhat, Tocklai, Assam.
Reticularia splendens Morgan, 1893
(Reticulariaceae)
On bark.
Chandigarh, Himachal Pradesh.
Reticularia venulosa Berk. & Curt., 1868
(Reticulariaceae)
On dead wood.
Khandala, Bombay, Maharashtra.
Stemonitis axifera (Bull.) Macbr., 1889
(Stemonitaceae)
On wood, on dead wood, living green mosses,
decaying tea frames, on decaying coniferous
wood.
Mahabaleshwar, Maharashtra; Tindharia,

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Darjeeling, West Bengal; Mussoorie, Uttar
Pradesh; Nazira, Tocklai, Assam; Mandi,
Simla, Narkanda, Himachal Pradesh.
Stemonitis confluens Cooke & Ellis, 1876
(Stemonitaceae)
On wood of dead stump.
Polibetta, Coorg, Karnataka; Chennai, Tamil
Nadu.
Stemonitis farrensis Lakhanpal & Mukherji,
1977 (Stemonitaceae)
On decayed gymnosperm wood covered with
mosses.
Narkanda, Simla, Himachal Pradesh.
Stemonitis flavogenita Jahn., 1904
(Stemonitaceae)
On dead rotting wood, dead archegoniosphore
of Marchantia sp.
Cuttack, Orissa; Darjeeling, West Bengal;
Thatchi, Mandi, Simla, Himachal Pradesh;
Delhi University Campus, Delhi.
Stemonitis fusca Roth., 1787 (Stemonitaceae)
On decaying wood, on dead gymnosperm
wood.
Mahabaleshwar, Kanakeshwar, Matheran,
Maharashtra; Jorhat, Assam; Dalhousie,
Narkanda, Hamirpur, Nainital, China Peak,
Himachal Pradesh; Mussoorie, Uttar Pradesh;
Coorg, Karnataka; Darjeeling, West Bengal;
Cuttack, Orissa; Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
Stemonitis fusca Roth. var. papillosa Meylan.,
1935 (Stemonitaceae)
On decaying wood.
Thatchi, Mandi, Himachal Pradesh.
Stemonitis graciliformis Nann.-Brem., K.G.
Mukerji & R. Pasricha, 1984 (Stemonitaceae)
On herbaceous stem.
Sagar, Madhya Pradesh.
Stemonitis herbatica Peck, 1873
(Stemonitaceae)
On living grasses, decaying leaves, on sandy
garden soil, stem of Ipomea sp., Maize leaf,
fern fronds, living and dead angiospermic
leaves.
Pune, Vavoshi, Maharashtra; Cinnamara,
Nazira, Assam; Delhi, Chennai, Tamil Nadu;
Dehradun, Uttar Pradesh; Hamirpur, Himachal
Pradesh; Amritsar, Punjab; Darjeeling,
Serampore, West Bengal.
Stemonitis inconspicua Nann.-Brem., 1966
(Stemonitaceae)
On decaying coniferous wood.
Thatchi, Mandi, Himachal Pradesh.
Stemonitis mussooriensis Martin, Thind &
Sohi, 1957 (Stemonitaceae)
On decayed bark.
Jamna Bridge, Mussoorie, Uttar Pradesh.
Stemonitis nigrescens Rex, 1891
(Stemonitaceae)
On bark of decaying logs, decaying twigs,
leaves and stem of grass, on decaying
gymnospermous wood.
Fruit Research Station, Borliar, Tamil Nadu;
Jorhat, Tocklai, Assam; Dalhousie, Simla,
Himachal Pradesh; Pune, Maharashtra;
Karnataka; Sagar, Madhya Pradesh.
Stemonitis pallida Wingate, 1899
(Stemonitaceae)
On dead wood, dead moist log.
Mussoorie, Dehradun, Uttar Pradesh; Coorg,
Karnataka; Dalhousie, Himachal Pradesh.
Stemonitis smithii Macbr., 1893
(Stemonitaceae)
On rotten fire wood, stump of Cryptomeria
japonica, on moist log, on mosses and bark.
Cuttack, Orissa; Darjeeling, West Bengal;
Coorg, Karnataka; Simla, Himachal Pradesh;
Assam.
Stemonitis splendens Rost., 1874
(Stemonitaceae)
On dead wood, decaying bark and leaves of
Mangifera indica.
Cuttack, Orissa; Doiwala, Mussoorie, Uttar
Pradesh; Delhi; Mandi, Dalhousie, Himachal
Pradesh; Cinnamara, Jorhat, Tocklai, Assam;
Coorg, Karnataka; Sagar, Madhya Pradesh;
Darjeeling, West Bengal.

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Stemonitis travancorensis Erady, 1953
(Stemonitaceae)
On Cereus sp.
Travancore, Kerala.
Stemonitis uvifera T. Macbr., 1922
(Stemonitaceae)
On dead wood, on tea pruning litter.
Dalhousie, Himachal Pradesh; Cinnamara,
Tocklai, Assam.
Stemonitis virginiensis Rex, 1891
(Stemonitaceae)
On decaying wood, decaying frames of tea
bushes.
Cinnamara, Jorhat, Tocklai, Assam.
Stemonitis webberi Rex, 1891 (Stemonitaceae)
On dead wood.
Bhillaru, Khad, Mussoorie, Uttar Pradesh;
Cinnamara, Tocklai, Assam; Kalka, Punjab;
Darjeeling, West Bengal; Kulu, Himachal
Pradesh.
Stemonaria reticulospora Nann-Brem., R.
Sharma & K.S. Thind, 1984 (Stemonitaceae)
On burnt stump of Cryptomeria sp.
West Bengal.
Stemonitopsis hyperopta (Meylan) Nann.-
Brem., 1975 (Stemonitaceae)
On decaying gymnosperm wood.
Himachal Pradesh; Uttar Pradesh.
Stemonitopsis irregularis (Rex) Nann.-Brem.,
1981 (Stemonitaceae)
On decayed conifer wood.
Simla, Himachal Pradesh; Mussoorie, Uttar
Pradesh.
Stemonitopsis suksdorfii (Ellis & Ev.) Nann.-
Brem., 1981 (Stemonitaceae)
On bark of Murraya exotica.
Coorg, Karnataka.
Stemonitopsis typhoides (Bull.) Nann - Brem.,
1981 (Stemonitaceae)
On decaying gymnosperm and angiosperm
wood.
Cuttack, Orissa; Jorhat, Assam; Dalhousie,
Mandi, Simla, Himachal Pradesh; Uttar
Pradesh; Darjeeling, West Bengal and
Southern India.
Symphytocarpus herbaticus Ing. & Nann.-
Brem., 1967
On petioles and fronds of fern.
Mandi, Hamirpur, Haretta, Himachal Pradesh.
Trichia affinis de Bary, 1869 (Trichiaceae)
On dead wood, bark and wood of a stump and
alive mosses growing on it.
Kotgarh, Simla hills, Himachal Pradesh;
Darjeeling, West Bengal; Coffee Research
Campus, Balehonoor, Karnataka.
Trichia botrytis (J. F. Gmel.) Pers., 1794
(Trichiaceae)
On bark of tree and mosses growing on it, on
dead coniferous wood and living mosses.
Darjeeling, West Bengal; Dalhousie, Himachal
Pradesh.
Trichia crateriforme Martin, 1963
(Trichiaceae)
On decaying gymnosperm wood.
Dalhousie, Himachal Pradesh.
Trichia drakii Lodhi, year not given
(Trichiaceae)
On dead and decaying leaves.
Darjeeling, West Bengal.
Trichia decipiens (Pers.) Macbr., 1899
(Trichiaceae)
On dead and decaying wood.
Simla, Manali, Kulu, Nainital, Dalhousie,
Himachal Pradesh; Mussoorie, Uttar Pradesh;
Darjeeling, West Bengal.
Trichia favoginea (Batsch.) Pers., 1794
(Trichiaceae)
On decaying leaves of Agave sp., on rotten
wood, on dead gymnospermous wood, bark
and mosses.
Lingmala, Mahabaleshwar, Maharashtra; North
Western India; Mussoorie, Uttar Pradesh;
Darjeeling, West Bengal; Kumarain, Narkanda,
Kulu, Simla, Himachal Pradesh; Southern
India.
Trichia floriformis (Schw.) G. List., 1919

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(Trichiaceae)
On leaves and woods, live mosses, on dead
coniferous wood.
Dalhousie, Narkanda, Manali, Kulu, Himachal
Pradesh; Darjeeling, West Bengal.
Trichia lutescens (Lister.) Lister, 1897
(Trichiaceae)
On dead decaying wood.
Mussoorie, Uttar Pradesh.
Trichia operculata Bruhl. & Sen-Gupta, 1927
(Trichiaceae)
On decaying leaves of palm petioles.
Baliganj, Calcutta, West Bengal.
Trichia persimilis P. Karst., 1868
(Trichiaceae)
On dead and decaying coniferous bark and
wood.
Kotgarh, Simla Hills, Himachal Pradesh.
Trichia pusilla (Hedw.) Martin, 1949
(Trichiaceae)
On dead wood.
Darjeeling, West Bengal; Mussorie, Uttar
Pradesh.
Trichia scabra Rostaf., 1875 (Trichiaceae)
On dead rotten gymnospermous wood.
The Park, Mussoorie, Uttar Pradesh; Thatchi,
Mandi, Simla, Kulu, Narkanda, Himachal
Pradesh.
Trichia subfusca Rex, 1890 (Trichiaceae)
On dead wood, on decaying gymnospermous
wood.
Sarahan, Mahasu, Kulu, Manali, Himachal
Pradesh.
Trichia subretisporum Lakhanpal & Mukerji,
1980 (Trichiaceae)
On decaying gymnospermous wood.
Mandi, Thatchi, Manali, Himachal Pradesh.
Trichia varia (Pers.) Pers., 1800 (Trichiaceae)
On rotten and decaying gymnospermous wood.
Bhimtal, Dehradun, Mussoorie, Uttar Pradesh;
Simla, Kulu, Narkanda, Himachal Pradesh.
Trichia verrucosa Berk., 1860 (Trichiaceae)
On decaying gymnospermous wood.
Narkanda, Simla, Dalhousie, Himachal
Pradesh.
Tubifera ferruginosa (Batsch.) J.F. Gmel.,
1792 (Reticulariaceae)
On dead wood, on dead stump of Quercus
incana; on dead gymnospermous wood and
conifers.
Kotgarh, Simla, Kulu, Narkanda, Himachal
Pradesh; Mussoorie, Uttar Pradesh; Darjeeling,
West Bengal.
Tubifera microsperma (Berk. & Curt.) Martin,
1947 (Reticulariaceae)
On dead decaying wood of Quercus incana; on
dead stump of Cocos nucifera.
Mussoorie, Uttar Pradesh; Darjeeling, West
Bengal; Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
Tubifera papillata Martin, Thind & Sohi, 1957
(Reticulariaceae)
On rotten wood.
Mussoorie, Uttar Pradesh; Simla, Himachal
Pradesh.
Acknowlegments
We are thankful Dr. (Mrs.) P. K. Jite,
Mycology Laboratory, Department of Botany,
University of Pune for constant
encouragement.
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