Diversity of heart and root rot fungi on park and roadside trees in Maharashtra, India

In this present study 8 sites including Baneshwar, Dongarvadi, Dapoli-Dabhol road, Film institute- Pune, Karad, Mulshi, Pirangut and Poultry training center-Pune in Maharashtra state of India were selected by random to investigate the diversity of the heart and root rot fungi with special reference to Ganoderma and Phellinus species. On park and roadside trees. The healthy and infected trees (Trees associated with Conk/basidiocarp of Ganoderma and Phellinus) were counted by means of transect/quadrat. The tree communities was recorded as: Acacia nilotica, Albizzia lebbek Benth., Artocarpus integrifolia, Azadirachta indica., Buhinia purpurea, Caesalpinia coriuria, Casuarina equisetifolia, Dalbergia melanoxylon, Delonix regia, Ficus bengalensis, Gliricidia sepium, Mangifera indica, Peltophorum ferrugineum, Swietenia mahogany, and Tamaridus indica (more popular trees in the park and roadside). The diversity of the studied locations was found to be maximum in Dapoli-Dabhol road. The highest number tree species was found at Poultry training center-Pune. Mangifera indica was dominating amongst the studied tree species. Film Institute-Pune, showed to have the highest number of conk on the infected tree. Phellinus fastuosus was the most dominant fungi.