Thank you Dr Garg. How can we contact Prof Reddy of Thapar Institute as suggested by Dr Kaviyarasan?
Regards, Ashwini On 18-Apr-2015, at 8:37 pm, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks, Venkatesan ji. > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Venkatesan Kaviyarasan > Date: 18 April 2015 at 20:20 > Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:220930] Morchella esculenta?/ABAPR09 > To: "J.M. Garg" <[email protected]> > > > Dear Dr.Garg, > > Thank you for the nice picture of an Morchella sp. Recently > Prof.Sudhakara Reddy , of Thapar Institute has published an interesting > paper on the biodiversity and molecular taxonomy of Himachal Morchell a spp. > > In his personal communication he said that there is no esculentta spp in > India. Please refer his paper or contact him for further clarification. > > With kind regards > Kavi > > On Sat, Apr 18, 2015 at 12:57 PM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please. > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Ashwini Bhatia <[email protected]> > Date: 12 April 2015 at 11:48 > Subject: [efloraofindia:220930] Morchella esculenta?/ABAPR09 > To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> > Cc: Narain Singh Chauhan <[email protected]> > > > Friday, on my walk I met a young local boy collecting something on the > slopes. Curious, I asked him what he was collecting and he was kind enough to > climb down to show me a mushroom he was collecting with another woman. He > told me that it was called Jhinjhiri (or chinchiri, I can't say exactly) and > once dried fetched good price in the medicine market. A kilo of dried stuff > went for about Rs 2000 he said. He allowed me to photograph it and I am > sharing it with you. > > Another local woman later told me that she had eaten it in a vegetable dish > but added that it was rare to get. If I am not wrong it looks like a Common > Morel or Morchella esculenta. > > Dr Narain Singh Chauhan mentions it in his book for its medicinal properties > (p. 268, Medicinal and Aromatic Plants of Himachal Pradesh, 2nd ed.) and use > as food. > > Please advise. > > Morchella esculenta (Common Morel) > Above Mcleodganj, Dharamshala, HP > 1800m > 10 April 2015 > > Thanks. > Ashwini > > <IMG_2974_10Aprl15.jpg><IMG_2977_10Aprl15.jpg> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "efloraofindia" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a thousand species & > eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged > alphabetically & place-wise). You can also use them for free as per Creative > Commons license attached with each image. > For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, > please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group (largest in the world- > more than 2400 members & 2,00,000 messages on 9.9.14) or Efloraofindia > website (with a species database of more than 10,000 species & 2,00,000 > images). Winner of Wipro-NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 for efloraofindia. > Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of India'. > > > > -- > Dr. V. KAVIYARASAN, M.Sc., Ph.D., > ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR > CAS IN BOTANY > UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS > GUINDY CAMPUS > CHENNAI - 600 025 > > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a thousand species & > eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged > alphabetically & place-wise). You can also use them for free as per Creative > Commons license attached with each image. > For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, > please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group (largest in the world- > more than 2400 members & 2,00,000 messages on 9.9.14) or Efloraofindia > website (with a species database of more than 10,000 species & 2,00,000 > images). Winner of Wipro-NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 for efloraofindia. > Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of India'. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
