Parasynnemellisia khasiana:
A previously unknown fungus named Parasynnemellisia khasiana has been discovered in the bamboo forests around Mawsynram, adding a new species — and even a new genus — to the scientific record from Meghalaya.
- It is a new species of fungus.
- It was discovered in the bamboo forests around Mawsynram, Meghalaya.
- It is named after the Khasi Hills.
- The fungus was found on dead stems of a thorny bamboo species (Chimonocalamus griffithianus) while surveying bamboo litter in the Mawsynram area.
- Laboratory analysis confirmed that the organism did not belong to any existing fungal genus.
- As a result, the researchers established a new genus, Parasynnemellisia, with khasiana as its first described species.
- It forms a distinct evolutionary lineage within the fungal family Phaeosphaeriaceae, separating it from superficially similar bamboo-associated fungi found elsewhere in Asia.
