Coltricia raigadensis (Hymenochaetaceae, Basidiomycota), a new species from India.

A new species of Coltricia, C. raigadensis is described from tropical region of Maharashtra, India. The species is recognized on the basis of morphological characteristics and phylogenetic analyses using rDNA ITS1-5.8S-ITS2, partial 28S rDNA and partial 18S rDNA sequences. Coltricia raigadensis is characterized by centrally stipitate basidiocarps, adpressed velutinate to tomentose pileal surface, small pores (2–4 per mm), globose to subglobose, thick walled basidiospores measuring 5.6–7 × 5–6.64 μm. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]