Wood rotting fungi collected from certain important tree species present in Ramgarh forest, Gorakhpur (U.P)

The Gorakhpur region lies in the foothills of Himalayas. It has rich tropical forest due to heavy rainfall and fertile soil. The same climatic condition supports luxuriant growths of fungi also. These conditions have thus been generating a very unique biodiversity including fungal diversity. The trees belong to various families and are of high economic value. Present paper deals with the wood rotting fungi related to the trees only. Their presence affects the ecology and life cycle of the forest and the health and productivity of the trees as well. 43 Plants were taken belonging to 24 families and 20 fungi were reported. Most of these fungi collected belong to the group Ascomycetes and Basidiomycetes