Applied Biological Research

  • Year: 2008
  • Volume: 10
  • Issue: 1&2

Mycorrhizal biodiversity in Kashmir forests and some new records of macrofungi from J&K state

  • Author:
  • Muzafer Ahmad Beig, Gh. Hassan Dar, Nadeem A. Ganai, Nisar Ahmad Khan
  • Total Page Count: 5
  • DOI:
  • Page Number: 26 to 30

Division of Plant Pathology, S.K. University of Agricultural Sciences & Technology of Kashmir, Shalimar, Srinagar-191 121, (J&K).

Abstract

The Jammu and Kashmir State harbours rich biodiversity in macrofungi including the mycorrhizal ones. Hardly 145 species have been reported from J&K so far. This communication reports about five hitherto unreported macrofungi from Jammu and Kashmir State viz., Clavariadelphus ligula (Fr.) Donk, Russula lutea (Huds. Fr.) Gray, Vascellum pretense (Pers. Pers.) Kreisel, Bovista nigrescens Pers. and Hellvela lacuonsa Afzelius ex Fries, collected during the survey of conifer-dominated forests in Kashmir valley.

Keywords

Biodiversity, Clavariadelphus ligula, Bovista nigrescens Hellvela lacuonsa, Jammu & Kashmir, mycorrhizae, Russula lutea, Vascellum pretense