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.
