Abstract: The study was conducted in a training and workshop which was held at Lalgarh Govt. College on and from 26th august, 2018 to 28th August, 2018 on resource study and methodology applied for biological field. On that ground we have taken a field trail on mycological foray at Purnapani forest under Lalgarh of Jhargram District in West Bengal, India. The prime aim of the study was to know the condition of edible wild macro-fungi growing in and around the forest during monsoon in Binpur-CDB of Jhargram district. Local people were familiar to identify the local macro fungi which were frequently available inside the forest. Local economy depends on the growth of those fungi in forest since June to October each year. Due to lack of other source for income generation except agriculture they collect forest macro-fungi which give them direction for income. In the market all are not available as some are edible while other are poisonous so, need identification and field trial for the said study. Here we study many fungi species in which some were not suitable for body intact as these were poisonous. Seventeen species of macro-fungi we observed and photographed from Purnapani forest of Lalgarh, Jhargram during extensive field study. Of them 9 species were non poisonous may be used as edible species. Accurate determination and proper identification of a species is the only safe way to ensure edibility, and the only safe guard against possible accident is traditional as well as scientific knowledge. Among them, Termitomyces microcarpus, Coprinus comatus, Russula kanadii, Craterellus shoreae, Asterius hygrometricus are very popular for their taste and nutritive value which have a great demand in market.
Keywords: Purnapani forest, macro-fungi, sustainable development.
Title: Preliminary study on forest macro-fungi at Purnapani forest of Jhargram in West Bengal
Author: Rajsekhar Pramanik, Nandita Bhakat, Sanyukta Kundu, Dr. Debabrata Das
International Journal of Life Sciences Research
ISSN 2348-313X (Print), ISSN 2348-3148 (online)
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