Abstract
The genus Hymenagaricus belongs to the family Agaricaceae. It is known by 10 species world overwhile only 06 species are known from India. Genus Hymenagaricus is similar in morphology to Agaricus but differs from it in its cellular pileus cuticle which is hyphal in Agaricus.Agarics were picked from the wild during the monsoon season from various localities of Punjab, of these four species of genus Hymenagaricus viz. H. woodrowii comb. nov. is proposed as new to science, H. ardosiaecolor is first timereport from India While H. subaeruginosus and H. alphitochrous are revised from Agaricus subaeruginosus and Agaricus alphitochrous.
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