A Study of Macrofungal Flora of Chilkigarh, Jhargram District of West Bengal, India

Macrofungal are very important for various reasons. The diversity of macro fungi in Laterite region of West Bengal was explored. One subgenus has some ecological functions, were found to grow among two types of habitats, i.e., natural forests and plantation forests. Extensive field survey in different location of Chilkigarh of Jhargram district of West Bengal, was conducted from April, 2021 to July, 2021. Those macro fungi were collected for preparation of ataxonomic profile of macro fungi of this region. From this study area different types of macro fungus were collected. Among all identified macro fungal members belongs to Basidiomycota and Ascomycota. Among those 7 species areedible, 8 species are medicinally important and 3 species are poisonous. Keywords: Wild fungi, Chilkigarh, Fungal flora of West Midnapore, Macrofungal diversity