BACKGROUND One of the most important environmental problems is the decontamination of petroleum hydrocarbons polluted soil, particularly in the oil-rich country. Bioremediation is the most effective way to remove these pollutants in the soil. Spent mushroom compost has great ability to decompose lignin-like pollution. The purpose of this study was the bioremediation of soil contaminated with cr...

Fungal endophytes were isolated from healthy stems and pods of Theobroma gileri, an alternative host of the frosty pod rot pathogen of cacao. Non-sporulating isolates were grouped into 46 different morphological species according to their colony morphology. Many of these morphospecies were assumed to be basidiomycetes and, therefore, were of particular interest. Basidiomycetous endophytes have ...

The Family Russulaceae comprises of some important agaricoid and gasteroid taxa of Agaricomycetes. Two genera, Lactarius and Russula are distinctive basidiomycetes that possesses heteromerous tissue composed of sphaerocyte cells and amyloid ornamentation on their basidiospores. Some of the important ectomycorrhizal, edible, poisonous and medicinal species have been rested in genera Lactarius an...

A descriptive account of four polypore species collected from Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, and Union Territory Chandigarh has been provided. Among these, Fomes dahlii Henn., Ganoderma tsunodae (Yasuda ex Lloyd) Sacc., Xanthoperenniporia maackiae (Bondartsev & Ljub.) B.K.Cui Xing, Ji are described as new to India tropicum (Jungh.) Bres., Pradesh Chandigarh.

The genome sequences of the basidiomycete Agaricomycetes species Coprinopsis cinerea, Laccaria bicolor, Schizophyllum commune, Phanerochaete chrysosporium, and Postia placenta, as well as of Cryptococcus neoformans and Ustilago maydis, are now publicly available. Out of these fungi, C. cinerea, S. commune, and U. maydis, together with the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, have been invest...

Atheliales (Agaricomycetes, Basidiomycota) is an order mostly composed of corticioid fungi, containing roughly 100 described species in 20 genera. Members exhibit remarkable ecological diversity, including saprotrophs, ectomycorrhizal symbionts, facultative parasites plants or lichens, and symbionts termites. Ectomycorrhizal members are well known because they often form a major part boreal tem...

Eight species of aphyllophoroid fungi with poroid hymenophore were revealed for the first time Kaluga Region (European part Russia) as a result mycological survey forest ecosystems carried out by author in August 2022 southern area Kaluzhskie Zaseki State Nature Reserve. The Poriella subacida is listed Central Russian Upland. Detailed information on recorded wood substrates and habitats, geogra...

The study of Agaricomycetes in the Brazilian Pampa Biome is still incipient, but it very necessary for valorization and preservation activities this area. In terms fungal diversity, least studied biome, with only 84 species already described site, despite great diversity fauna flora that biome presents. objective work to know more about mycodiversity contributing a better understanding distribu...