Udaipur. Coral Fungi fungus species have been detected in the Ubheshwar forest area of the Udaipur district, scientifically identified as Phaeoclavulina spell. The credit for discovering this species for the first time in Rajasthan goes to retired forest officer Dr. Satish Sharma and field biologist Dr. Anil Sasavan of the Foundation for Ecological Security, Anand, Gujarat.
According to Dr. Sharma, beautiful fungus of brown and blue color grows on the underground parts of green bamboo. This fungus has been observed in six different bamboo sticks. It is brown and blue in bloom during the monsoon but later dries to black. This fungus multiplies by repeated bifurcation. The branches of the fungus are roughly the thickness of the pan's refill. It is brown at the bottom and blue at the top. Each branch divides into two sub-branches and grows. This type of division has been observed in up to six chakras.
Dr. Sharma said this fungus has been seen near Ubheshwar Mahadev, a high hill area of Udaipur. So far, it has been seen in Mahabaleshwar, Maharashtra. 
Rajasthan is the second state where this species is found. Apart from India, this fungus has been observed in Sri Lanka, Java, Malaysia, Borneo, New Guinea, and North Caledonia. The details of discovering this new fungus have been published in issue 27 (1) of the Indian Journal of Environmental Science.