Lepiota species- Lele, Lalitpur, Nepal

  SK1867 26 April 2019 – Mycophyta : 8 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (4)- around 700 kb each.  Location : Lele, Lalitpur Date : 13 September 2014 Elevation :  1330 m. Habit : Wild Pl. check comparative images at  https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species–fungi/a—l/b/basidiomycota/agaricomycetes/agaricales Any Chlorophyllum species ?  I found only one listed in the book which is Chlorophyllum molybdites […]

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Rhamnus purpurea

Rhamnus purpurea Edgew., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 20(1): 44. 1846 [1851 publ. 29 Aug 1846]; Pakistan (Kurram, Swat, Hazara, Murree), Jammu & Kashmir (Poonch, Kashmir), NW-India (Darjeeling, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh), Nepal as per Catalogue of Life; Common name: Purple Buckthorn • Hindi: Gaunta, Juhish, Kao thalihana, Luhish, Luish   Kashmir Plant:   Plz help […]

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Care of Bonsai Plants

  Care of Bonsai Plants : 2 posts by 2 authors. 1 image. The Ficus genus belongs to a family of mulberry plants and they are the most popular bonsai around the world. Winters are a time of dormancy for all plants, and this can be seen especially in bonsai, who are particularly sensitive to […]

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Nepal- fungi at Suryabinayak, Bhaktapur

  SK1879 30 April 2019 – Mycophyta : 6 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (4) Location: Suryabinayak, Bhaktapur Date: 28 April 2019 Elevation: 1550 m. Habit : Wild  this makes me believe that the fungi do clean up a mess in forest floor Any idea about the Order or family ?

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Machilus species- Arunachal Pradesh

  Arunachal Pradesh – ID290419PJ2 : (mixed thread): 5 posts by 1 author. Attachments (1)- 5 Mb.  Sending some photos for identify. Photos are not up to the mark. They are from Arunachal Pradesh growing in about 1000 m This may be some Machilus‎ or Persea species as per comparative images herein. Pl. check.  

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Lycoperdon species- Lele, Lalitpur, Nepal

  SK1868 26 April 2019 – Mycophyta : 4 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3)- around 700 kb each.  Location : Lele, Lalitpur Date : 13 September 2014 Elevation :  1330 m. Habit : Wild Is this same as SK1865 25 April 2019 – Mycophyta ?? Yes. Appears to be some Lycoperdon species  Lycoperdon altimontanum ?? Could not […]

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Hands-on training on lichen systematics

Fwd: Hands-on training on lichen systematics : Attachments (1)- Lichen workshop brochure_compressed.pdf ILS and CSIR-NBRI is organizing a week long ‘Hands-on training program on lichen systematics’ (collection, preservation and identification) during 28th Sept. to 5th October 2019, at Sattal (Nainital), Uttarakhand. The training is targeted for young researchers, especially holding regular positions in universities, colleges […]

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Major Flowering Trees of Tropical Garden

Fwd: Major Flowering Trees of Tropical Garden : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1) You will recollect you had written to me earlier about sharing my pictures with Dr S L Kochhar. I have shared more than 50 of my pictures with him for this book. ”Major Flowering Trees of Tropical Garden” has been recently […]

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Nepal- Fungi at Telkot, Nagarkot

    SK1895 06 May 2019 – Mycophyta : 9 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (2)- around 700 kb each.  Location: Telkot, Nagarkot Date: 8 September 2016 Elevation: 1500 m. Habit : Wild  Scleroderma sp.?   Can’t say anything from these images. agree with … nothing is really discernible Something like Astraeus species as per … posting as at […]

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Ganoderma species- Phedi, Nagarkot, Nepal

  SK1893 06 May 2019 – Mycophyta : 7 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (1)- 793 kb.  Location: Phedi, Nagarkot Date: 13 August 2016 Elevation: 1500 m. Habit : Wild  May be from Order Polyporales /species–fungi/a—l/b/basidiomycota/agaricomycetes/polyporalesPl. check representative images here.   Most likely some Ganoderma sp.But i am not sure without underside view. agree with … opinion Heterobasidion annosum […]

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Bidens

Keys as per Flora of China: Leaflet margin entire, sometimes ciliolate; leaves 2- or 3-pinnatisect, terminal leaflet narrow.   9 B. bipinnata (Illustration) Leaflet margin prominently serrate; leaves subpinnately divided, terminal leaflet broad, ovate.   10 B. biternata (Illustration) Bidens aurea (Aiton) Sherff Bidens bipinnata L.         Bidens biternata (Lour.) Merr. & Sherff    […]

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Allium prattii

Allium prattii C.H.Wright, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 36: 124 1903. (syn: Allium cannifolium H.Lév.; Allium ellipticum Wall. ex Kunth [Invalid]; Allium prattii var. ellipticum F.T.Wang & Tang; Allium prattii var. vinicolor F.T.Wang & Tang; Allium victorialis var. angustifolium Hook.f.); Nepal to C. China as per WCSP; China North-Central; China South-Central; China Southeast; East Himalaya; Myanmar; […]

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Amanita species- Phedi, Nagarkot, Nepal

    SK1892 05 May 2019 – Mycophyta : 5 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (4)- around 900 kb each. Location: Phedi, Nagarkot Date: 13 August 2016 Elevation: 1500 m. Habit : Wild  Gills are required to be seen.  May be from Agaricaceae‎ Pl. check comparative images herein.  Yes its something in Agaricales  More likely in Amanitaceae  […]

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Trametes species- Phedi, Nagarkot, Nepal

  SK1890 05 May 2019 – Mycophyta : 5 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1) Location: Phedi, Nagarkot Date: 13 August 2016 Elevation: 1500 m. Habit : Wild  Underside needs to be seen May be some Polyporaceae member as per this image ?  Yes …, it is likely some Polyporaceae however underside image is must to get it […]

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Russula species- Phedi, Nagarkot, Nepal

  SK1896 06 May 2019 – Mycophyta : 5 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (4)- around 900 kb each.  Location: Phedi, Nagarkot Date: 8 September 2016 Elevation: 1500 m. Habit : Wild  Pl. check comparative images at  /species–fungi/a—l/b/basidiomycota/agaricomycetes/agaricales Can be Russula sp. Family – Russulaceae  Underside gills images are required. 

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Boletaceae member- Phedi, Nagarkot, Nepal

  SK1897 07 May 2019 – Mycophyta : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2) Location: Phedi, Nagarkot Date: 8 September 2016 Elevation: 1500 m. Habit : Wild  Underside is missing.  On the bases of Pileus structure and after closely looking at the first image i found tiny droplets(secretion) on the underside so its most likely Family […]

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