DEAD WOOD INHABITING FUNGAL DIVERSITY IN FOREST ECOSYSTEM ASSOCIATED WITH WOOD DECAY AND FOREST HEALTH Authors: Pandey S , SAO S AND PARIHAR DK
ABSTRACT
Forest ecosystems harbor large amount of dead woods form of branches, snags and stumps.
Deadwoods offer habitats for a variety of organisms including bacteria, fungi and vertebrates.
The diversity of organism in the habitat are correlated with the health of natural forest. In the
fungal diversity study of Achanakmar Bioresearve, Chhattisgarh state of India total of 53 fungal
species belonging to 42 genera was recorded during the year 2018-2021. Seasonal variation and
dominance analysis suggests that the diversity is greatly influenced by the seasonal change.
However significant numbers of fungal species remain consistent in the habitat in all season.
Keywords: Biodiversity, fungal diversity, forest ecosystem, wood decay, enzyme assay Publication date: 01/03/2022 https://ijbpas.com/pdf/2022/March/MS_IJBPAS_2022_6585.pdfDownload PDFhttps://doi.org/10.31032/IJBPAS/2022/11.3.6585