A preliminary study on the depositional pattern of fungal spore in relation to the different vegetation types from Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary and its implications to the palaeoherbivory and palaeoecology analysis

In total, 20 fungal spore types were identified which are commonly encountered in the studied surface soil samples. The presence and abundance of the recovered fungal spore were observed in relation to the different vegetation types namely Forestland, Grassland and Swamp in the Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary (PWS). The studies reveal that both coprophilous and non-coprophilous fungal spores, such as Sporormiella, Ascodesmis, Saccobolus, Glomus, Nigrospora and Tetraploa, are regularly encountered in the studied samples and significant which could be a strong proxy and complementary to pollen for the palaeoherbivory and palaeoecology analysis in the PWS and to correlate the other parts of the region.