Saprotrophic macrofungi in lowland dipterocarp forests of Mt. Siburan and Mt. Malasimbo, Mindoro Island, Philippines
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Field-based survey, Fungi, Species richness, Tropical forest, BiodiversityAbstract
Mindoro island is one of the major terrestrial biogeographic regions in the Philippines, yet studies on their macrofungi remained lacking. A field-based survey of macrofungi in two lowland dipterocarp-dominated forest sites in Mindoro Island was carried out. A total of 122 specimens were collected, and these were identified by conventional morphometric analysis and molecular methods as belonging to Ascomycota with two genera and Basidiomycota with 21 genera. We recorded 17 species in Mt. Malasimbo and 25 species in Mt. Siburan. The identified macrofungi belong to the following genera ─ Agaricus, Auricularia, Campanella, Cookeina, Cyathus, Cymatoderma, Dacrymyces, Favolus, Fomes, Fomitopsis, Ganoderma, Geastrum, Hexagonia, Lentinus, Lycoperdon, Neofomitella, Nigroporus, Perenniporia, Podoscypha, Pycnoporus, Schizophyllum, Trametes, and Xylaria. Our study highlights the richness of macrofungi in the Philippines and calls for more active research documenting our mycoflora, particularly in different forest habitats in the country.
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