Two new species of the genus Russula from western Himalaya with morphological details and phylogenetic estimations

Russula lakhanpalii sp. nov. and R. indocatillus sp. nov. which were collected from Uttarakhand Himalaya of India are described here with morphological descriptions, nrITS-based molecular estimation and comparison with allied taxa. The former species belongs to subgen. Heterophyllidia subsect. Cyanoxanthinae whereas, the latter comes under subgen. Heterophyllidia, sect. Ingratae.