Macrofungal diversity and ecology of the mangrove ecosystem in the Indian part of Sundarbans

Abstract

Sundarbans, the world's largest mangrove biomes, have a rich biodiversity of diverse flora and fauna. Although various attempts had been made previously to explore the diversity of this World Heritage Site, information related to the diversity and ecology of macrofungi in this region is sparse. In this context, the aim of this study was to record the macrofungal diversity and describe the macrofungal communities of this ecosystem whose lifecycles are intricately woven with the mangrove ecosystem of the Indian part of Sundarbans. Carpophore surveys were conducted from June 2010 to September 2012 over 77 randomly placed quadrats (20 × 20 m 2 ). A total of 455 carpophores belonging to 62 species across 27 families and 46 genera were recorded. Of the total number of macrofungal species listed, around 55% were saprophytic. The genera with the greatest species richness were Ganoderma and Tricholoma. Comparing the species richness estimators, the cumulative number of species over the three successive years revealed that 75-100% of potential macrofungal species were recorded. Results from the present study are an important contribution to the knowledge of the macrofungal diversity of the mangrove ecosystems, both in India and worldwide.

Synthesis and Characterization of Phosphine and Arsine Complexes of Ruthenium (Ii & Iii) Ligated With 3-(4-Pyridyl)-4-Substituted-Triazoline-5-Thione

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ProspectingRussula senecis: a delicacy among the tribes of West Bengal

“…In the last 10 years, our research time has conducted extensive field work and inventoried a large number of wild mushrooms from different corners of the state with the active help from ethnic and tribal mushroom hunters of the regions (Pradhan et al, 2012; Dutta et al, 2013). Morphological and molecular investigation revealed that many of them are new to science (Acharya, Dutta & Pradhan, 2012; Dutta et al, 2014), new to the record for India (Dutta et al, 2011; Dutta et al, 2012a) and additionly to the macrofungal flora of West Bengal (Dutta et al, 2012b; Acharya et al, 2014), while some of the remaining mushrooms were revealed not to be currently documented as edible mushroom.…”

Prospecting Russula senecis: A delicacy among the tribes of West Bengal

“…Since last 10 years, extensive field work by our research team inventoried large number of wild mushrooms from different corner of state with active help from the ethnic and tribal mushroom hunters of the regions (Pradhan et al, 2012;Dutta et al, 2013).…”