TY - JOUR AU - Afrin Joty, Arifa AU - Aminuzzaman, F. M. AU - Sultana, Nazneen AU - Tanjina, Akter AU - Sonchita, Debosri Rani Biswas AU - Islam, Md. Nurul PY - 2020/11/11 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Diversity, Distribution and Morphology of Wild Mushrooms Collected from Gajni Forest of Bangladesh JF - International Journal of Environment JA - Int. J. Environ. VL - 9 IS - 2 SE - Research Papers DO - 10.3126/ije.v9i2.32843 UR - https://nepjol.info/index.php/IJE/article/view/32843 SP - 234-255 AB - <p>A survey was carried out in Gajni forest from June to August of 2017 and 2018 to document the diversity, distribution and morphological characterization of wild mushrooms. A total of 32 mushroom samples were collected and identified to 28 species belonging to 11 genera, under 8 families. <em>Ganoderma </em>sp. was found abundantly in the survey area among the other collected species and it exhibited the maximum frequency of occurrence (75%), whereas the maximum density (20.50%) was recorded for <em>Agaricus bitorquis</em> and the dominant host was Shal tree (<em>Shorea robusta</em>). The dominant genera were <em>Ganoderma, Agaricus, Trametes, Volvariella </em>and<em> Amanita.</em> The dominant family of collected wild mushrooms was Ganodermataceae followed by Polyporaceae, Agaricaceae, Amanitaceae, Rusullaceae, Pluteaceae, Marasmiaceae and &nbsp;Strophariaceae. Among collected species, 5 species were found edible, 12 species had medicinal value and 11 species were inedible, poisonous or of unknown importance. The specimens were deposited to the Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University Herbarium of Macro Fungi (SHMF). This is a report of wild mushrooms diversity and their distribution in the Gajni forest region of Bangladesh. This study was asserted that a wide range of mushroom plays an important role in the ecosystem of Gajni forest and might be useful in food and industry sector in future.</p> ER -