Wood-rotting macrofungi of Kikruma community forest, Phek, Nagaland

Survey and documentation of wood-rotting macrofungi of Kikruma community forest, Phek, Nagaland was carried out for period of three years from January 2015 to December 2017. The identified wood-rotting macrofungi are classified under two phyla, sixteen families, thirty one genera and forty three species. Thirty six wood-rotting macrofungi belonged to phylum Basidiomycota and the remaining seven to phylum Ascomycota. Polyporaceae was the most dominating Family with fourteen wood-rotting macrofungi, followed by Stereaceae and Xylariaceae with five wood-rotting macrofungi each. For seasonal variation, Pre monsoon (March to April), Monsoon (may to august), Retreating Monsoon (September to November) and Dry Season (December to January) were considered. Majority of the species were sampled during retreating monsoon season followed by monsoon and pre monsoon seasons respectively. Three species, Auricularia polytricha, Lopharia cinerascens and Schizophyllum commune were found growing in all the four seasons. The species dominance index, species evenness and Shannon's diversity index were calculated to be 0.064, 0.517 and 3.077 respectively.