Bangalore (Bengaluru) is also called as a Garden city of India, positioned at 12°58' and 12°97' N lat
and 77°34' and 77°56’ E longitudes with a wide range of ecosystem.
The floristic composition of this region has
been studied earlier by several workers, but the fungus which forms an important component of the ecosystem
has been largely neglected in a biodiversity studies.
The present investigation is an attempt to give a broad
picture of biodiversity of mushrooms belonging to the class Basidiomycetes in Bangalore.
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