| Pak. J. Bot., 39(7): 2629-2649, 2007. | Back to Contents | ||||
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CHECK LIST OF BASIDIOMYCETES (APHYLLO. AND PHRAGMO.) OF KAGHAN VALLEY-11
KISHWAR SULTANA AND RIZWANA ALEEM QRESHI
Abstract: The present list of Basidiomycetes: orders: Tremellales, Dacrymycetales and Aphyllophorales (toad stools) of Kaghan valley includes 110 species belonging to 57 genera. Taxonomically they were treated under 3 orders after Ahmad, 1972. Auricularia and Cantharellus genera were edible while the other hard toad–stools like Ganoderma and Polyporus reported as medicinal. These were collected mostly from Sharhan, Kamal ban, Shogran, Naran and Lalazar locallities ranging from 5000 feet to 9000 feet. More over the forest become scanty in alpine (upper most) region, however at Babusar top (13684 feet) few Polyporus species and Stereum were growing on pine twigs.
Pakistan Museum of Natural History, H 7, Garden Avenue Shakarparian, Islamabad, Pakistan Biological Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan. |
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