ETHNOBOTANICAL SURVEY AND MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION OF WILD MUSHROOMS FROM THE PARTS OF WESTERN GHATS REGION OF KARNATAKA
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2015-06-02
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UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES GKVK, BENGALURU
Abstract
Western Ghats of Karnataka is one of the richest biodiversity hotspot in India,
which receives an average rainfall of 2869 mm and provides congenial atmosphere for
the growth of variety of mushrooms. In the present study eleven mushrooms were
collected from Siddapura, Theertha halli and Agumbe forest area during monsoon season
(June-September) with the help of Siddi, Adivasi and Alakki tribal community. During
collection, the field information was recorded and the samples were designated as WGM-
1, WGM-2, WGM-3, WGM-4, WGM-5, WGM-5, WGM-7, WGM-8, WGM-9, WGM-10
and WGM-11. Further, these mushrooms were identified by ITS region sequence
homology using NCBI data base. The mushrooms identified based on sequence
homology are Lentinus squrossulus (WGM-1), Pleurotus salmoneostramenius (WGM-2),
Termitomyces sp. (WGM-3), Termitomyces sp. (WGM-4), Leucoagaricus
purpureolilacinus (WGM-5), Tricholosporum porphyrophyllum (WGM-6), Agrocybe
pediades (WGM-7), Leucocoprinus birnbaumii (WGM-8), Podoscypha petalodes
(WGM-9), Xylaria sp. (WGM-10) and Antrodia serialis (WGM-11). Among the eleven
mushrooms identified, WGM-1, WGM-2, WGM-3, WGM-4 and WGM-5 were
belonging to edible species. The two mushrooms viz., Lentinus squrossulus (WGM-1)
and Termitomyces sp. (WGM-4) was cultured in-vitro on Potato Dextrose Agar and
conserved.
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