Abstract:
Mushrooms have long been regarded all over the world as the most delectable and
succulent of foods. The floristic composition of Bangladesh has been studied earlier by
several investigators but the biodiversity of mushroom flora which forms an important
component of the ecosystem has been largely neglected in tropical moist deciduous
forest regions of Bangladesh. There are basically four types of forest present in
Bangladesh. This investigation was conducted in seven different regions of tropical
moist deciduous forest of Bangladesh namely Dhaka, Gazipur, Bogra, Rajshahi, Pabna,
Jaipurhat and Dinajpur. Mushroom flora associated with these forest region were
collected, photographed and preserved in laboratory for the first time in Bangladesh. A
total of fifty samples were collected and identified to twenty one genus and thirty three
species. The predominant genera were Ganoderma sp., Daedaleopsis sp., Lepiota sp.,
Marasmius sp. and Collybia sp. All the mushroom flora and its morphological
characteristics have been described and illustrated.
Description:
A Thesis
Submitted to the Faculty of Agriculture
Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka
in partial fulfillment of the requirements
for the degree of
MASTER OF SCIENCE
PLANT PATHOLOGY
Semester: July-December, 2013
