According to a report published in the journal Phytotaxa, a new genus of fungus has been discovered from the samples collected in Uttarakhand. The discovery is considered important because new antibiotics and other important mixtures (metabolites) derived or developed using the new fungi can be used to treat different types of cancer.

The new genus of fungus, called "Neokamalomyces Indicus," was discovered by botanists from the Banaras Hindu University (BHU) and researchers from the Agharkar Research Institute (ARI), Pune, and the Kerala Forest Research Institute (KFRI), Kerala.

Dr. Raghvendra Singh, senior assistant professor at BHU, stated that the samples of leaves of the banyan tree (with yellow and brown spots) diseased by the fungus were collected from Uttarakhand during a survey in July 2019. 

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