Volume 24, Issue 74, July - December, 2023

Diversity of Mushroom in Sundarvan - A Nature Discovery Centre Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India

Deep Shah, Khyati Gangwar, Krishna Patel

Sundarvan Nature Discovery Centre, Satellite Rd, Panchsheel Enclave, Jodhpur Tekra, Ahmedabad-380015, Gujarat, India

ABSTRACT

The present study incorporates the vast diversity of mushroom species found on different substratum in the premises of Sundarvan-A Nature Discovery Centre, Ahmedabad by emphasizing the good biodiversity of the area despite being in the busy and confined location of the city. Sundarvan is a mini zoo with dense vegetation supporting diverse species of flora and fauna and managing a natural habitat for species in its premises. In the area monsoon season varies from late July to October; the season is peculiar to observe various species of mushrooms in the region. The substratum on which fungi was observe includes Soil, Green Wood, Dead Wood, Dead leaves, Soil debris or Tree Stem. The study was carried out in the Sundarvan, the mini zoo, Ahmedabad, Gujarat from August 2020 to October 2021. The present study gives the diversity of Mushroom belonging to 18 families, 24 Genus and 32 species.

Keywords: Ahmedabad, Fungi, Mushroom, Sundarvan Park, diversity

Species, 2023, 24(74), e64s1567

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.54905/disssi.v24i74.e64s1567

Published: 17 July 2023