K. M. Leelavathy's research while affiliated with University of Calicut and other places

... Mycena indica, described from material collected on the bark of Artocarpus heterophyllus Lamk., is known at present from a single collection from India (Isotype: NY!). Manimohan and Leelavathy (1988) placed the species in sect. Sacchariferae because at the time of publication, sect. ...

... 10.4 × 7.8 µm) and ventricose, lageniform, and clavate cheilocystidia (Manimohan et al. 1995). Entoloma theekshnagandhum has a yellowish-white pileus, a strong and unpleasant odour, slightly broader basidiospores (7.5-10 × 7-9.5 µm), and versiform cheilo-and caulocystidia (Manimohan and Leelavathy 1988). E. vanajum is characterized by a conico-convex, pellucid-striate pileus, longer and cuboid basidiospores measuring on average 12.1 × 11.8 µm, and the absence of cheilo-and caulocystidia (Manimohan et al. 1995). ...

... Several studies have been carried out in Western Ghats focusing on the diversity, distribution, taxonomy, ecology, nutritional, and bioactive potential of macrofungi (Manimohan & Leelavathy 1988, 1989aManimohan et al. 1995Manimohan et al. , 2004Manimohan et al. , 2007Pradeep & Vrinda 2010;Puthusseri et al. 2010;Sudheep & Sridhar 2014;Pavithra et al. 2016). The diversity and distribution of macrofungi were investigated by several researchers (Natarajan 1995;Manimohan et al. 2007;Pradeep et al. 2013Pradeep et al. , 2016. ...

... Singer (1986), however, does not accept Redhead's broader genetic concept for the genus Rimbachia, stressing the inconsistencies associated with using habitat characters genetically in this context. In two recent publications describing new species, Zang (1986) and Manimohan & Leelavathy (1988) have both followed Singer in retaining the genus Mniopetalum. ...

... The taxa are divided into two clades based on the shape of basidiospores. The members with basidiospores angular in all faces are placed in Entoloma clade; while those with basidiospores angular only in polar view that have ornamentations in the form of longitudinal ridges or dominantly dispersed bumps are placed in Rhodocybe-Clitopilus clade (Pegler 1977;Horak 1980Horak , 2008Noordeloos 1984;Singer 1986;Manimohan et al. 1995Manimohan et al. , 2006Baroni & Halling 2000;Gates & Noordeloos 2007;Co-David et al. 2009;Henkel et al. 2010; Baroni & Matheny 2011;Noordeloos & Gates 2012;He et al. 2013;Kluting et al. 2014;Morozova et al. 2014;Karstedt & Capelari 2015Noordeloos et al. 2018;Karstedt et al. 2019;Brandrud et al. 2020;Sulzbacher et al. 2020;Dima et al. 2021;Noordeloos et al. 2021). ...

... Species in Clade globcystis share reddish brown to greyish brown fibrillose or squamulose on the white context (except for M. megarubescens), erect fibrillose or squamulose, basidiospores generally longer than 6 μm (except for M. pseudoglobocystis), cheilocystidia clavate to capitate and almost all staining reddish brown when bruised or cut (Heinemann and Leelavathy 1991;Zhao et al. 2010;Wei et al. 2015;Li et al. 2021). ...

... Also, a taxon previously described from Kerala State as Campanella simulans var. bispora (Manimohan & Leelavathy 1988) is elevated here to the status of species. ...

... Based on the observation that the mushroom's lamellar is broad and well separated, this species might be more properly positioned in Pleurotus, rather than in Panus/Lentinus. [17,18] Karunarathna and colleagues have resolved this issue and concluded that Panus/Lentinus giganteus is indeed positioned within the monophyletic Pleurotaceae family. [19] Consequently, the species has been unified and repositioned in Pleurotus. ...

... In recent literature dealing with the genus Marasmius Fr., we have noticed several later homonyms of validly published names. Six later homonyms are used for well-documented species: Marasmius aratus (Massee 1914), M. asemus (Singer 1989), M. distantifolius (Tan et al. 2009), M. lilacinus (Singer 1951), M. parvulus (Manimohan & Leelavathy 1987), and M. sulcatipes (Patouillard 1924). These names are illegitimate according to Art. 53.1 of the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature (McNeill et al. 2006). ...

... But at that time, an insect-association was not known for Auriculoscypha and, hence, their reluctance to place it in that order. The evidence of an obligate relationship with a coccid was provided by Lalitha and Leelavathy (1990) and they suggested a transfer of Auriculoscypha from Auriculariales to Septobasidiales. This was followed by the observation by Lalitha et al. (1994) of a yeast phase in the life-cycle of Auriculoscypha, which supported its redisposition in Septobasidiales. ...