About Hygrocybe Pellucida:
- It is a fungi species characterised by their bright, waxy and often vividly coloured fruiting bodies.
- Habitat: It is typically found in unimproved grasslands, mossy forest floors and other nutrient-poor habitats and commonly known for wax cups.
- It was described as a new species in the Hygrophoraceae family from Kerala during 2024.
- The genus Hygrocybe is a well-known genera of agarics with 350 listed species and distributed worldwide.
Key Facts about Kawal Tiger Reserve:
- Location: It is located in the Telangana State along the banks of river Godavari, forming part of the Deccan peninsula-central highlands.
- The reserve is nestled in the Sahyadri Mountain Ranges.
- The government of India declared Kawal Wildlife Sanctuary a Tiger Reserve in 2012.
- Rivers: The reserve is the catchment for the rivers Godavari and Kadam, which flow towards the south of the sanctuary.
- Geographically, the reserve is situated at the southernmost tip of the Central Indian Tiger Landscape, having linkages with the Tadoba-Andhari (Maharashtra) and Indravati (Chhattisgarh) tiger reserves.
- Vegetation: Southern Tropical Dry Deciduous Forest.
- Flora: Teak along with Bamboo and other species like Anogeissus latifolia, Mitragyna parviflora, etc.
- Fauna: nilgai, chousinga, chinkara, black buck, sambar, spotted deer etc.
