Sunita Chandel, Sabina Rana an
Abstract
In the present investigation, a new fungal species, Graphium salixicum was isolated and identified from the plant, Salix alba. The current study is the first study ever done to report the said species. The infected samples associated with spots on bark, stem, branches of Salix alba family: Salicaceae (willow family) from Regional Horticultural Research and Training Station, Sharbo, district Kinnaur (Himachal Pradesh) forest were collected. The diseased samples were placed in moist chambers at 20ºC to induce fungal growth and sporulation. The new synnematal anamorphs assigned to the new species of Graphium were reviewed and compared with the previous species reported initially. The taxonomic characteristics of the species were resembled to the genera Graphium and the differentiating characteristics were considered to represent a new species.