Department
of Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agriculture, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural
University, Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Dhaka-1207, Bangladesh.
The
south western region of Bangladesh is known as mangrove forest region,
positioning at 22?55\'N latitude and 89?15\'E longitudes having a wide range of
ecosystem. The present survey was conducted to record the biodiversity,
distribution and morphological characterization of mushrooms of south western
region of Bangladesh. The survey was conducted from June to October, 2014 in 5
districts namely Kushtia, Chuadanga, Jessore, Satkhira and Khulna. A total of
16 mushroom species belong to 10 genera, under 8 families were recorded during
the survey. Lepiota cristata was found abundantly in the survey areas among the
other collected species and it exhibited the maximum frequency of occurrence (25%),
whereas the maximum density (13.51%) was recorded for Hypholoma fasciculeare
and Coprinellus micaceus, followed by Lepiota cristata, Coprinus comatus and
Mycena californiensis (10.81%). Furthermore, the density of Gymnopilus
purpuratus, Coprinus sterquilinus, Marasmius oreades, Hypholoma capnoides and
Coprinellus plagioporus were recorded as 8.10%. Moreover, Lepiota cristata was
distributed in Daulatpur of Kushtia and Koira of Khulna districts in the south
western region of Bangladesh. This is the first report of macro fungi
biodiversity and their distribution in the south western region of Bangladesh. More
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