A NEW FUNGAL SPECIES DISCOVERD IN PUNE, MAHARASHTRA

* RESEARCHERS FROM BOTANICAL SURVEY OF INDIA ( BSI) HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW FUNGAL SPECIES IN PUNE 

* SPECIES NAMED - CORYNESPORA BHARATENSIS 

* RESEARCHERS DR RASHMI DUBEY, DR AMIT D PANDEY, AND DR SAYANTAN JASH FOUND THIS SPECIES 

* THIS SPECIES CONFIRMED THROUGH MICROSCOPY & MODERN DNA BASED TECHNOLOGY - CALLED - POLYPHASIC TAXONOMY.

* THE FUNGUS PRODUCES DISTINCTIVE FASCICLES OF DARK, ELONGATED CONIDIOPHORES And CHARACTERISTICS MULTI SEPARATE CONIDIA 

* FUNGI AS CONTRIBUTION TO DECOMPOSITION, ECOSYSTEM, NUTRIENT CYCLES, AND PLANT MICROBE INTERACTION