A Survey of Macrofungal Diversity in the Ayodhya Region, Uttar Pradesh, India

A survey of wild macrofungi of Ayodhya district, Uttar Pradesh, India, yielded specimens of 30 different species representing 17 genera and 9 families.During the field work, we collected several fruiting bodies of macrofungi from their wild growing habitat and owing to their macroscopic and microscopic characteristic features.Major specimen components including the pileus, stipe, gills, and spore are expressed and concentrated from the fruiting body.A seasonal variation noted herein with nature and edibility.This is the first report of the macrofungal wealth from this holy place of the Ayodhya region in the Uttar Pradesh, India.Collected specimens certainly provide evidence of the high level of macrofungal diversity of study area.