Group of fungi
Desert shaggy mane group
Podaxis, four species
Podaxis pistillaris photographed in Gujarat. The Rajasthan study above covers four Podaxis species.
Image: Malaika Mathew Chawla · iNaturalist · CC BY 4.0 · Daddhar Nani, Gujarat, 27 June 2023 · Resized
What the sources say
- RajasthanFour Podaxis species are reported from Rajasthan, from Barmer, Bikaner, Jaisalmer, Churu, Jodhpur, Jalore, Pali and Sirohi. Three of them are new records for India.[8]
- RajasthanPodaxis pistillaris grows on sand dunes and sandy soil among grasses. Podaxis beringamensis grows on sandy soil with termite nests.[8]
- RajasthanPodaxis pistillaris also occurs among the macrofungi of the Aravalli sanctuaries and is eaten locally.[9]
Sources
- Chouhan R, Panwar C (2021). Diversity of Gasteromycetes in Rajasthan, India-I. Studies in Fungi 6(1): 175-187 (journal). Peer reviewed. Describes four Podaxis species from Rajasthan.
- Singh J, Rathore K, Gehlot P, Singh J, Pathak R, Singh SK (2025). Species Diversity of Macrofungi from Aravalli Mountain Range Forest of Rajasthan. Kavaka 61(3): 61-77 (journal). Peer reviewed. DNA and shape study in three Aravalli sanctuaries.
The coloured tag before each fact shows where it was verified. A fact checked for India or the world is not assumed to hold for Rajasthan.