Dactylicapnos arunachalensis

Dactylicapnos arunachalensis Lidén & M.K.Pathak, Nordic J. Bot. 32(2): 183 (2014); NE-India (Arunachal Pradesh) as per Catalogue of Life;   D. arunachalensis (photo Pathak) : 1 post by 1 author. 1 image- 4.9 mb.   D. arunachalensis photo Pathak : 1 post by 1 author. 1 image- 2.3 mb.  D. arunachalensis : 5 images- around 2.8 mb each.   […]

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Lycaste occulta (Cultivated- USA)

Lycaste occulta Oakeley, Orchid Digest 71: 203 2007. (syn: Lycaste occulta var. alba Oakeley); N. South America to Ecuador as per WCSP; Colombia; Ecuador; Guyana; Venezuela as per Catalogue of Life;   Orchid for ID : Atlanta Botanical Garden, Atlanta, USA : 05APR20 : AK-23 : 8 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (4) Orchids seen at […]

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Scleroderma species ?- Balaju, Raniban, Kathmandu, Nepal

  SK1776 07 Feb 2019 – Mycophyta : 4 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1) Location : Balaju, Raniban, Kathmandu Date : 11 November 2018 Elevation : 1475 m. Habit : Wild From … in another thread: 1985: irgendein Stäubling? I think it means Lycoperdon for Stäublinge as per https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/St%C3%A4ublinge and translates to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lycoperdon Can be […]

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Amaranthus spinosus ?

Amaranthus spinosus ?;   Small herb from Agra, U.P : 5 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (2)- around 600 kb each.  Please help to identify this small plant from Agra, U.P DOP: 10 October 19 Looks like any Amaranthus sp. Amaranthus spinosus L. ??  Thanks, … Leaves look different at Amaranthus spinosus L. Look different may be because […]

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Corydalis ophiocarpa

Corydalis ophiocarpa Hook.f. & Thomson, Fl. Ind. 1: 259 1855. (syn: Capnodes ophiocarpum (Hook.fil. & Thomson) Kuntze; Capnodes streptocarpum (Maxim.) Kuntze; Corydalis japonica Makino (ambiguous synonym); Corydalis makinoana Matsum.; Corydalis streptocarpa Maxim.); China (Anhui, Gansu, Guizhou, Hebei, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Ningxia, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan), Taiwan, SE-Tibet, Bhutan, Sikkim, NE-India (Arunachal Pradesh), Japan […]

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Miconia calvescens (Cultivated- USA)

Miconia calvescens DC., Prodr. 3: 185 1828. (syn: Acinodendron arboreum (Vell.) Kuntze; Cyanophyllum magnificum Groenl.; Melastoma arboreum Vell.; Melastoma calvescens Schrank & C.Martius ex DC.; Melastoma mandiocanum Raddi; Miconia arborea Pav. ex Triana; Miconia magnifica (Groenl.) Triana; Miconia magnifica var. velutina Rodigas; Miconia velutina L.Linden & Rodigas);     Mexico (Chiapas, Guerrero, Oaxaca, Tabasco, Veracruz), Nicaragua, Panama, […]

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Pleurotus species- Jijamata Udyan, Mumbai

    Mushroom For ID : Jijamata Udyan,Mumbai : 181113 : AK-2 :  Attachments (2). 14 posts by 6 authors. Kindly id this Mushroom growing on a Palm tree in Jijamata Udyan, Mumbai during August this year. This is Pleurotus ostreatus, a kind of delicious edible mushroom. Thanks for identifying this Mushroom seen by me. I […]

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Pleurotus species- Hooghly, West Bengal

  Hoogly – Pleurotus sajor-caju (Fr.) Singer? : Attachments (8). 9 posts by 2 authors. Found today (8.8.13), growing singly on axil of a live tree. It has no (bad) smell, as in 1) P. pulmonarius or 2) P. ostreatus (usually forms commune). efi page on Pleurotus sajor-caju I think it may be Hohenbuhelia petaloides. […]

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Anthracophyllum species- Agumbe, Shimoga, Karnataka

  Nature’s little umbrella #6 | IDRequest 03 May2011AR02: Pileus Diameter, Shape color, height : 2cms, Convex, 2 cms Stipe characteristics : Not visible Annual ring: Not visible Habitat: Areca farm fence Number of occurrence : couple of dozens Place: Agumbe, Rain forest, Shimoga,18 Oct 2010 11:59 AM Would this be some Pleurotoid Mushroom..?? Crepidotus species […]

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Volvariella species- Chandagal Village, Mysore district, Karnataka

  Small white mushrooms for ID | 07Jun10 AR02 :  Attachments (8). 6 posts by 3 authors. These brownish white mushrooms found close together have sprouted in a day. Their were no trace of any of them in the previous day.  All that happened was a good summer rains in the night which brought about this change. In […]

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Inocybe species ?- Godawari, Lalitpur, Nepal

  SK1803 21 Feb 2019 – Mycophyta : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2) – 3 Mb each. Location:  Godawari, Lalitpur, Nepal Date: 14 September 2013 Elevation : 1475 m. Habit : Wild  without spore prints???? look at the gills, their roots in some cases, sticky or not, kind of habitat, was there dead […]

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Pluteus species- Kasara, Nepal

  SK1782 09 Feb 2019 – Mycophyta : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2)- 600 kb each.  Location: Kasara Resort Chitwan, Nepal Altitude:  550 ft. Date: 10 August 2014   Habit : Wild  Gill/ Stipe view please…. Sorry, only two images. Pluteus spp. You must show its stipe Thank you … Looks like Pluteus cervinus ! Not sure on […]

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Stelis argentata (Cultivated- USA)

Stelis argentata Lindl., Edwards’s Bot. Reg. 28(Misc.): 64 1842. (syn: Stelis acicularis Luer; Stelis bernoullii Schltr.; Stelis endresii Rchb.f.; Stelis glandulosa Ames; Stelis heylidyana H.Focke; Stelis huebneri Schltr.; Stelis littoralis Barb.Rodr.; Stelis parvibracteata Ames; Stelis pichinchae Dodson & Garay; Stelis praesecta Schltr.; Stelis violascens Schltr.; Stelis yauaperyensis Barb.Rodr.); S. Mexico to S. Trop. America as per […]

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111. Efloraofindia website updated up to 30th April’20

Efloraofindia website updated up to 30th April’20- more than 13,000 species : 2 posts by 1 author. Dear Members, It’s heartening to reiterate that Efloraofindia is the largest google e-group/ forum in the world in this field & the largest nature related e-group (and the most constructive) in India with around 3,49,500 messages so far […]

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Pandanus species- Hlimen, Mizoram

  MS April, 2017/02 Pandanus sp. for ID : 6 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (4) Location : Hlimen, MizoramAltitude : 1,000 – 1,200 m.Habit : Large shrubHabitat : Wild Thank you for sending the mail & images. So far we have collected three Pandanus species from NE – P. emerginatus, P. nepalensis and P. martinianus. […]

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Pandanus species- Bot. Garden, Howrah, WB

    Interesting plants of AJCB Indian Botanic Garden, Shibpur, Howrah: SCREW PINE, PANDANUS (Pandanus foetidus) : SCFEB27 : Attachments (2). 2 posts by 2 authors.  Pandanus foetidus Roxb. (Pandanaceae)  Dioecious; shrubs to medium-sized trees, typically with a broad canopy, heavy fruit, and moderate growth rate. The trunk is stout, wide-branching, and ringed with many […]

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Benstonea thwaitesii

Benstonea thwaitesii (Martelli) Callm. & Buerki, Candollea 67: 340 2012 (syn: Pandanus foetidus var. racemosus Trimen; Pandanus thwaitesii Martelli);   S. India, Sri Lanka as per WCSP;     Pandanus odoratissimus – efloraofindia | Google Groups : 3 images. Flower of Pandanus odoratissimusToday at Kanakeshwar, Alibag (14.2.10) This is a lovely inflorescence, very rare to witness. This […]

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