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- Title
Tribal Relation to Spatio-Temporal Variation of Wild Mushrooms in Eastern Lateritic Part of India.
- Authors
Manna, Sumit; Ray, Debal; Roy, Anirban
- Abstract
Mushrooms are one of the most significant biodiversity components from both an ecological and economic point of view. They are not only a good source of nutrients and medicine but also function in nutrient recycling and act as a niche for several animal resources. The eastern lateritic part of India with its distinct seasonality and undulated topography, harbors mosaic macrofungal resources on the forest floors with distinct spatio-temporal variation. Among 18 species related to tribal use, the most usable species were Astraeus hygrometricus (Pers.) Morgan, Amanita vaginata var. alba (De Seynes) Gillet, Amanita banningiana Tulloss, Russula nigricans Fr., Termitomyces eurrhizus (Berk.) R. Heim, and Termitomyces microcarpus (Berk. & Broome) R. Heim. Monsoon and post-monsoon periods which fall during the second half of August are found to be the optimum time for the production of 11 wild edible mushrooms. Out of the total calculated production, 47.2% of the same was noted during this time. These regions with tribal populations, especially the Santals in the forest fringes, have traditional knowledge related to mushrooms. This paper discusses the patterns of utilization in relation to spatio-temporal distribution of macrofungal diversity, fungal habitat, and traditional tribal knowledge of ecology, use, and other fungal characteristics.
- Subjects
INDIA; MUSHROOMS; BIODIVERSITY; TERMITOMYCES; RUSSULA; FORESTS &; forestry
- Publication
Ethnobotany Research & Applications, 2014, Vol 12, p15
- ISSN
1547-3465
- Publication type
Article