Morphological Characterization and Yield Potential of Termitomyces spp. Mushroom in Gorakhpur forest Division

Abstract

Termitomyces is a wild mushroom growing in the symbiotic association of termite under or aboveground the termatorium, which is extensively used as human food and medicine from the time immortal. It has many more species throughout the country, but the study reveals in the Gorakhpur forest division confined that there are four species of Termitomyces are found. In order to determine the genetic diversity among these four species were studied by using morphological characterization, phenotypical appearance. Four species naming Termitomyces heimii, Termitomyces clypeatus, Termitomyces mammiformis and Termitomyces microcarpus characterized by different morphological traits i.e., shape of perforatorium, stipe length(cm), pileus length, margin of fruit body, colour of fruit body, gills, flesh, annulus, pseudorrhiza and spore print were recorded. Results indicate that all the four species of Termitomyces shows great diversity in their morphological characters.