• Neelima Kumari
• Anjani Kumar Srivastava

The wild edible mushrooms are very important in food security of tribal group throughout the Jharkhand. Despite of its commercial importance the diversity of the wild mushroom in Jharkhand has been little studied. The aim of this study is to produce a preliminary mushrooms checklist based on the collection and document the edible mushroom from different forest of Ranchi District. Extensive field visits and communication with ethnic groups were performed to collect the data on each mushroom. A survey was conducted in the rural areas as well as rural “Haat”of Ranchi District. A total of 10 varieties of wild edible mushroom were reported from the study area. Among the 10 most wild mushrooms irrespective of extent of availability, the most predominant was Termitomyces clypeatus R,Heim, followed by Termitimyces heimii, (Natrajan1979) . Astraeus hygrometricus(petrs)Morgan(1889) In the present paper details of ten species of wild edible mushroom has been discussed. Keywords: wild edible mushroom,ethnic knowledge. The wild edible mushrooms are very important in food security of tribal group throughout the Jharkhand. Despite of its commercial importance the diversity of the wild mushroom in Jharkhand has been little studied. The aim of this study is to produce a preliminary mushrooms checklist based on the collection and document the edible mushroom from different forest of Ranchi District. Extensive field visits and communication with ethnic groups were performed to collect the data on each mushroom. A survey was conducted in the rural areas as well as rural “Haat”of Ranchi District. A total of 10 varieties of wild edible mushroom were reported from the study area. Among the 10 most wild mushrooms irrespective of extent of availability, the most predominant was Termitomyces clypeatus R,Heim, followed by Termitimyces heimii, (Natrajan1979) . Astraeus hygrometricus(petrs)Morgan(1889) In the present paper details of ten species of wild edible mushroom has been discussed. Keywords: wild edible mushroom,ethnic knowledge. The wild edible mushrooms are very important in food security of tribal group throughout the Jharkhand. Despite of its commercial importance the diversity of the wild mushroom in Jharkhand has been little studied. The aim of this study is to produce a preliminary mushrooms checklist based on the collection and document the edible mushroom from different forest of Ranchi District. Extensive field visits and communication with ethnic groups were performed to collect the data on each mushroom. A survey was conducted in the rural areas as well as rural “Haat”of Ranchi District. A total of 10 varieties of wild edible mushroom were reported from the study area. Among the 10 most wild mushrooms irrespective of extent of availability, the most predominant was Termitomyces clypeatus R,Heim, followed by Termitimyces heimii, (Natrajan1979) . Astraeus hygrometricus(petrs)Morgan(1889) In the present paper details of ten species of wild edible mushroom has been discussed.

Keywords: wild edible mushroom,ethnic groups.

"Collection And Documentation Of The Wild Edible Mushrooms From Different Forest Of Ranchi District Collection And Documentation Of The Wild Edible Mushrooms From Different Forest Of Ranchi District Collection And Documentation Of The Wild Edible Mushrooms From Different Forest Of Ranchi District ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no.981-990, June 2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1908613.pdf

"Collection And Documentation Of The Wild Edible Mushrooms From Different Forest Of Ranchi District Collection And Documentation Of The Wild Edible Mushrooms From Different Forest Of Ranchi District Collection And Documentation Of The Wild Edible Mushrooms From Different Forest Of Ranchi District ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no. pp981-990, June 2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1908613.pdf