Occurrence of macrofungi on the Coromandel coast of Tamil Nadu, southern India

Occurrence of macrofungi on the Coromandel coast of Tamil Nadu, southern India

A groundwork survey of marcofungi was carried out in three forest sites on the Coromandel Coast of Tamil Nadu, southern India. A total of 39 species, belonging to 26 genera in 16 families were recorded in the three study sites. Of the 39 species, 9 species (23%) were common in all the sites. The spe...

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Main Authors: S. Mani, V. Kumaresan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wildlife Information Liaison Development Society 2009-01-01
Series:Journal of Threatened Taxa
Online Access:http://threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/article/view/310
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spelling doaj-ce0a41c69b5a415ebffdafab8b2130922020-11-25T03:20:18ZengWildlife Information Liaison Development SocietyJournal of Threatened Taxa0974-78930974-79072009-01-0111545710.11609/JoTT.o1773.54-7296Occurrence of macrofungi on the Coromandel coast of Tamil Nadu, southern IndiaS. ManiV. KumaresanA groundwork survey of marcofungi was carried out in three forest sites on the Coromandel Coast of Tamil Nadu, southern India. A total of 39 species, belonging to 26 genera in 16 families were recorded in the three study sites. Of the 39 species, 9 species (23%) were common in all the sites. The species colonizing different substrates varied considerably across the sites. More number of species were recorded from soil (50.8%) and leaf litter scored very poor (9.5%) in all the sites. This study gives some insight into the macrofungal composition in tropical dry evergreen forest type, not studied so far.http://threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/article/view/310
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Occurrence of macrofungi on the Coromandel coast of Tamil Nadu, southern India
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title Occurrence of macrofungi on the Coromandel coast of Tamil Nadu, southern India
title_short Occurrence of macrofungi on the Coromandel coast of Tamil Nadu, southern India
title_full Occurrence of macrofungi on the Coromandel coast of Tamil Nadu, southern India
title_fullStr Occurrence of macrofungi on the Coromandel coast of Tamil Nadu, southern India
title_full_unstemmed Occurrence of macrofungi on the Coromandel coast of Tamil Nadu, southern India
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description A groundwork survey of marcofungi was carried out in three forest sites on the Coromandel Coast of Tamil Nadu, southern India. A total of 39 species, belonging to 26 genera in 16 families were recorded in the three study sites. Of the 39 species, 9 species (23%) were common in all the sites. The species colonizing different substrates varied considerably across the sites. More number of species were recorded from soil (50.8%) and leaf litter scored very poor (9.5%) in all the sites. This study gives some insight into the macrofungal composition in tropical dry evergreen forest type, not studied so far.
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