Diversity and conservation of wild mushrooms in Rinchenpong, West Sikkim of India
Author(s): Ujjal Chettri, Bikkey Chettri and Swati Kumari
Abstract: Apart from scenic beauty and mighty Mt Kanchenjunga the Eastern Himalayan state of Sikkim is also known for its rich species diversity of flora and fauna in India. From the same state many of the diverse mycofloral diversity were explored and new macro fungus species were discovered. Taking same thing in mind a survey was conducted on wild macrofungi associated with open mixed forest of the Rinchenpong region of the West Sikkim, India. In this survey we yielded Macrofungi specimens of 11 different species representing 11 different genera and 10 different families of fungi which includes: 1). Boletellus emodensis (shaggy cap), 2). Xeromphalina kauffmanii (cross vein troop), 3). Lactifluus volemus (Tawny milky cap), 4). Russula dubdiana, 5). Fistulina hepatica (Beefsteak or Oxtongue mushroom) and 6). Micropus vernicipes 7). Amanita rubrovolvata 8). Stereum ostrea 9) Phyllotopsis nidulans 10) Coprinellus disseminatus 11) Cortinarius rubellus. All of the collected macrofungi are completely different owing to special characterstics features and some of them might have reported first time in that particular area which might require further investigations. In this report all of the morphological features of six collected species are mentioned along with their ecological description, habitat and their status of edibility. This is one of the first report on the macrofungal diversity from the forest region of Rinchenpong, West Sikkim, India.
Ujjal Chettri, Bikkey Chettri, Swati Kumari. Diversity and conservation of wild mushrooms in Rinchenpong, West Sikkim of India. South Asian J Agric Sci 2024;4(1):216-221. DOI: 10.22271/27889289.2024.v4.i1c.131