Distribution of Boleteceous Mushrooms in India, Some New Records from Sal Forest of Central India

Abstract

An account of Boleteceous mushrooms reported from different part of India is given. Total 84 species of Boletaceae were compiled from literature with records of habitat, distribution and references. Boletus spp. are the most common (37 species) followed by Strobilomyces (9 species), Tylopilus (7 species), Boletellus (6 species), Xerocomus (5 species), Suillus (3 species), Chalciporus, Retiboletus and Pulveroboletus (2 species each), Australoboletus, Borofutus, Hemileccinum, Hortiboletus, Leccinum. Octaviania, Phylloporus, Retiboletus, Rhodactina, Suillellus, Xerocomellus (one species each). Among Indian states, Himachal Pradesh and Sikkim represent the most boletes mushroom (16 species each) followed, Meghalaya (13), West Bengal (11), Madhya Pradesh and Uttarakhand (7 each), Jammu & Kashmir (5) Chhattisgarh and Kerala (4) and rest of states showed 3 or less number of species. Six species of boletes namely: Boletellus ananas, B. chrysenteroides, B. dissiliens, B. pseudochrysenteroides, B. corneri and Boletus edulis were recorded for the first time from sal forest of central India (Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh). These fungi are known to form ectomycorrizal association with sal trees.