Some wood-rotting fungi from Gautala Autram ghat Sanctuary, Maharashtra(India)

Wood rotting fungi grow and produce fruiting bodies on living trees, dead trees, and wood logs which are capable to decay. Wood decaying fungi are divided in two groups, white rot fungi and brown rot fungi. The white rot fungi degrade lignin and cellulose while brown rot fungi degrade cellulose and hemicellulose. During present investigation, forty nine wood-rotting macro-fungi were collected from various areas of Gautala Autram ghat Sanctuary. Out of these eleven specimens were identified on the basis of morphological and mlcroscoplcteatures. Among these Phellinusbadius, Schizophyllum commune, Scytinostroma duriusculum, and Ganoderma lucidum were dominating macrofungi while Cellulariella acuta, Earliella scabrosa, Funalia leonina, Hypoxylon haematostroma, Lentinus sajor-caju, Pleurotus cystidiosus, and Pseudofavolus tenuis were of rare occurrence.