Macrofungi Species in Para Rubber Plantation in Kaeng Hang Maeo District, Chanthaburi Province, Thailand
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This study aimed to investigate the macrofungi species in a para rubber plantation in Kaeng Hang Maeo District, Chanthaburi Province, to identify them by a molecular method, and to evaluate their mode of life, and edibility data. Twenty-three macrofungi samples were collected, of which 16 macrofungi with different fruiting body forms were selected for identification. Based on macro-morphological characteristics, they were divided into 5 groups: (i) Cordyceps, Xylaria, and Daldinia, (ii) Earth tongues, (iii) Gilled fungi, (iv) Polypores and bracket fungi, and (v) Jelly fungi. The gilled fungi (37.5%) were mostly found in this area. Subsequently, the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) was amplified by a polymerase chain reaction (PCR), and its sequence was analyzed. The macrofungi were classified into 2 phyla, 4 classes, 5 orders, 9 families, and 15 genera. Most macrofungi were classified in the phylum Basidiomycota (75%) and the family Polyporaceae (31.25%). However, only 1 sample could not be identified at the species level, which was Gerronema sp. (KM12). Additionally, most of the macrofungi played a role as saprotrophs in the ecosystem (93.75%), and only 1 sample was found to be a pathotroph (6.25%). Although most macrofungi lacked edibility data (87.5%), edible macrofungi, including Schizophyllum commune (KM2) and Dacryopinax spathularia (KM3), were identified (12.5%). However, poisonous macrofungi were not reported in this study.
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