In this article we will discuss about:- 1. Habit and Habitat of Polyporus 2. Mycelium of Polyporus 3. Economic Importance of Polyporus. Habit and Habitat of Polyporus: It is a cosmopolitan genus including about 50 species. All grow parasitically on the roots, trunks and larger branches of trees. They are common on dead or dying, standing or fallen tree trunks. [...]
The below mentioned article provides a note on puccinia. The genus includes about 3,000 species. Of these 147 have been reported from India. All are internal parasites attacking angiosperms. Only the spore masses are visible externally. Some of them such as Puccinia graminis tritici (Black stem rust of wheat) are of great economic importance as they cause destructive rust diseases [...]
In this article we will discuss about the features and classification of heterobasidiomycetidae. Diagnostic Features of Heterobasidiomycetidae: (i) Lack dolipore septa and clamp connections. Recently, however, clamp connections have been recorded in many species. (ii) Formation of thick-walled binucleate spores known as the teleutospores. (iii) Basidium partitioned transversely or longitudinally into two, three or four cells (phragmobasidium). (iv) The basidia [...]