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Lactarius abbotanus is a member of the large milk-cap genus Lactarius in the order Russulales. It is found in India, and was first described by mycologists J. R. Sharma and Kanad Das in 2003.

Hericium bharengense is a species of fungus in the family Hericiaceae native to Sikkim in India, first described by K. Das, JA Stalpers & Ursula Ebelhardt in 2011. It can be distinguished from related species (H. abietis, H. coralloides and H. erinaceus) by "intricate" branching pattern of hymenophores, moderately long spines, size and ornamentation pattern of fruit bodies.

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Russula mukteshwarica is a mushroom closely related to R. violeipes. It has a purple planoconvex cap 65–130 mm in diameter, and gills that are yellow to yellow-green. The type specimen was collected from a forested region in Uttaranchand State in northern India.

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Nidula shingbaensis is a rare species of bird's nest fungus in the family Agaricaceae. Found in the north district of Sikkim (India), where it grows on small fallen twigs of Bhutan fir (Abies densa), it was described as new to science in 2013. It has a peridium measuring 6–9 mm tall with a mouth diameter of 5–7 mm. The peridium contains up to 40 small "eggs" (peridioles) measuring 0.9–1.3 mm in diameter. The peridioles are filled with broadly ellipsoid to elongated spores that are 6.9–8.3–9.8 by 4.9–5.4–6.1 μm. Measuring 650–720 μm thick, the peridium comprises six distinct tissue layers—a

Mycoleptodonoides sharmae is a species of tooth fungus in the family Meruliaceae. It was described as new to science in 2013 by mycologists Kanad Das, Joost Stalpers, and J. Benjamin Stielow. The specific epithet sharmae honours Jai Ram Sharma, "for his contribution to the Indian mycobiota". The type collection was made in Shingba Rhododendron Sanctuary, a nature park in Sikkim, India. The fungus was found fruiting on a decaying tree trunk of an unidentified broad-leaved tree.

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Hericium yumthangense is a species of fungus in the family Hericiaceae native to Sikkim in India, first described by K. Das, Stalpers & Stielow in 2013 based on specimens from Yumthang (hence the name). It can be distinguished from other Hericium by its small rooting base, intricate three-tier branching system, and its spines which are 8–13 millimetres (3⁄8–1⁄2 in) long.

Boletus recapitulatus is a species of bolete fungus found in Sikkim in northeastern India.

Austroboletus olivaceoglutinosus is a species of bolete fungus found in Sikkim in northeast India. It is so named for its sticky olive-green cap.

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