- The Western Ghats run along the country’s western coast for 1600 kilometers, from Gujarat to Tamil Nadu.
- A new mushroom species was identified recently in the Western Ghats.
- Scientists from the Jawaharlal Nehru Tropical Botanical Garden and Research Institute produced this discovery.
- Kerala is home to the Jawaharlal Nehru Tropical Botanical Garden and Research Institute.
- ‘Candolemyces albo squamosus’ is the name given to this new mushroom.
- The new species is from the genus Candoleomyces, which has just 35 known species worldwide.
