EDIBLE MACROFUNGI OF BORAIL RESERVE FOREST OF DIMA HASAO DISTRICT, ASSAM, INDIAMairingdi Jarambusa and Pradip Kumar BaruahAbstract The present study aims to find out the edible macrofungi in Borail Reserve Forest of Dima Hasao district of Assam. Survey was carried out between the month of April to September, 2022. A total of 09 edible macrofungi belonging to lignicolous and humicolous habitat were identified belonging under 8 genera and 8 families, i.e. Agaricaceae, Auriculariaceae, Fomitopsidaceae, Lyophyllaceae, Phallaceae, Polyporaceae, Schizophyllaceae and Tremellaceae. Among the collected species, Polyporaceae family is found to be the most dominant family and all the edible macrofungi species belongs to Basidiomycota group. |