Paper · 2026 · Forest Pathology

First Confirmed Record of Ganoderma gibbosum on Three New Hosts in India Based on Morphology and Phylogeny

Shweta Bhimta; Sabyasachi Banerjee; Shailesh Pandey

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Abstract

ABSTRACT Ganoderma gibbosum is a wood‐decaying basidiomycete with a complex taxonomic history and has been inconsistently reported from India, often without adequate morphological or molecular verification. In the present study, G. gibbosum is confirmed from India on three previously unreported hosts— Acrocarpus fraxinifolius , Morus alba and Cupaniopsis anacardioides —based on detailed macro‐ and micromorphological examinations and phylogenetic analyses of the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region. Maximum likelihood and Bayesian inference analyses consistently resolved the newly collected Indian specimens within a clade comprising authenticated G. gibbosum specimens from Asia, including India, China, Japan and Korea. These findings clarify the taxonomic status of G. gibbosum in India and substantially expand its known host range and geographic distribution.

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Ganoderma gibbosum was confirmed on Acrocarpus fraxinifolius in India.

Taxon
Acrocarpus fraxinifoliusAcrocarpus fraxinifoliuse0
Interactor
G. gibbosumGanoderma gibbosume0other
Outcome
previously unreported hostse0
Setting
Indiae0

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Acrocarpus fraxinifolius
Acrocarpus fraxinifolius · TaxonTrees ForTheFuture · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“G. gibbosum is confirmed from India on three previously unreported hosts— Acrocarpus fraxinifolius , Morus alba and Cupaniopsis anacardioides —based on detailed macro‐ and micromorphological examinations and phylogenetic analyses of the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region”

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Ganoderma gibbosum was confirmed on Morus alba in India.

Taxon
Morus albaMorus albae0
Interactor
G. gibbosumGanoderma gibbosume0other
Outcome
previously unreported hostse0
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Indiae0

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Morus alba
Morus alba · TaxonB.navez · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“G. gibbosum is confirmed from India on three previously unreported hosts— Acrocarpus fraxinifolius , Morus alba and Cupaniopsis anacardioides —based on detailed macro‐ and micromorphological examinations and phylogenetic analyses of the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region”

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Observationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

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Ganoderma gibbosum was confirmed on Cupaniopsis anacardioides in India.

Taxon
Cupaniopsis anacardioidesCupaniopsis anacardioidese0
Interactor
G. gibbosumGanoderma gibbosume0other
Outcome
previously unreported hostse0
Setting
Indiae0

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Cupaniopsis anacardioides
Cupaniopsis anacardioides · TaxonTatiana Gerus from Brisbane, Australia · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“G. gibbosum is confirmed from India on three previously unreported hosts— Acrocarpus fraxinifolius , Morus alba and Cupaniopsis anacardioides —based on detailed macro‐ and micromorphological examinations and phylogenetic analyses of the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 229–506 · show in text ↑