A new species of Russula subg. Brevipes , growing in Sal‐dominated forests is described based on macro‐ and micromorphological and molecular evidence. It is distinguished macroscopically by small to medium‐sized and ivory to white‐coloured fruit bodies, globose to sub‐globose basidiospores, and clavate or cylindrical hymenial cystidia with a mucronate to rounded apex.

Summary Deep terrestrial subsurface represents a huge repository of global prokaryotic biomass. Given its vastness and importance, microbial life within the deep subsurface continental crust remains under‐represented in global studies. We characterize the microbial communities of deep, extreme and oligotrophic realm hosted by crystalline Archaean granitic rocks underneath the Deccan Traps, through sampling via 3000 m deep scie...