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On some isolates of the genusPreussia fuckel from Indian soils

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Three species of genusPreussia Fuckel are recorded for the first time from India. These are:P. dispersa (Clum) Cain,P. multispora (Saito and Minoura) Cain andP. aurantiaca Rai and Tewari spec. nov. A fungus formerly described asPseudoeurotium globosum Rai and Tewari has been renamed asPreussia globosa (Rai and Tewari) Rai and Tewari comb. nov.

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  1. Microbiology Laboratory, Botany Department, Lucknow University, Lucknow, India

    J. N. Rai & J. P. Tewari

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Communicated by Dr. S. N. Das-Gupta,f.a.sc.

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Rai, J.N., Tewari, J.P. On some isolates of the genusPreussia fuckel from Indian soils. Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. 57, 45–55 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03053881

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