TAXONOMIC STUDIES OF WILD MUSHROOMS DISTRIBUTED IN BANMAUK AND INNTAW TOWNSHIPS
Abstract
- The taxonomic studies of wild mushrooms distributed in Banmauk and Inntaw Townships were undertaken. Those mushrooms were collected from June to October during the year 2018 and identified in Department of Botany, Monywa University. Fifteen species belonging to 10 genera of 9 families were resulted. The identified species were under the genera Amanita, Termitomyces, Tricholoma, Auricularia, Scleroderma, Cantharellus, Phallus, Lentinus, Lactarius and Russula. The volva were present in Amanita fulva Fr. and Phallus indusiatus Vent. while these were not possessed in remaining species. The stipe was spongy in Phallus indusiatus Vent. Among the 15 species, only the members of the genus Lactarius have exude of milky latex. According to the literature nine species were edible and six species were inedible. These finding will be one of the valuable information for the future researchers and compilation on mushroom flora of Myanmar.
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Year
- 2020
Author
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Chaw Thiri Mon
Subject
- Botany
Publisher
- Myanmar Academy of Arts and Science (MAAS)