A total of 90 mushrooms including members of the order Agaricales (80 species), Aphyllophorales (05 species), Lycoperdales (3 species), Nidulariales and Sclerodermatales (one species each) were recorded in and around Bangalore.
The order Agaricales was found to be dominant followed by Aphyllophorales and Gasteromycetes in this region. Among Agaricales the family Tricholomataceae, followed by Agaricaceae, Coprinaceae were found to be dominant in this region.
Coprinus disseminatus followed by Coprinus fibrillosus, Schizophyllum communae were found to be abundant and occur consistently through out rainy season.
Litter decomposers and wood rot mushrooms were recorded to be high when compared to Coprophilous and Mycorrhizal forms.
12 species were found to be edible and 18 species were known to be having medicinal values.
However there is large number of mushrooms whose economic importance is not known, further investigation help to exploit the useful metabolites from these mushrooms.
Overall mushroom diversity was found to be higher in restricted areas like Raman Research Center campus, IISC campus, scrub jungles of Savandurga, when compared to that of urban places in Bangalore.
This was attibuted to high human activities in these areas.