Morpho and Molecular Studies on Phellinotus badius from Tamil Nadu, India

Phellinotus, a pathogenic neotrophic fungi, inhabiting on living Fabaceae members.This study demonstrates the first report with molecular evidence of Phellinotus badius from Dindigul and Villupuram districts of Tamil Nadu, India.Morphological and phylogenetic analyses inferred from combined ITS and LSU nrDNA region was carried out.Maximum likelihood and Bayesian analyses placed the current isolates in Phellinotus badius clade.Taxonomic and phylogenetic relationships of P. badius is discussed.