In this article we will discuss about the economic importance of rust fungi. The order included a group of some 4,500 species of highly specialized and economically most important internal parasites which attack higher plants and sometimes the ferns. They are economically important because majority of them cause disease of cereals and other crops resulting in enormous losses. In spite [...]
The below mentioned article provides a short note on lycoperdon which grows on the rotting wood or in soil. Mycelium of Lycoperdon: The primary mycelium produced by the germination of the basidiospore consists of short, uninucleate cells. It grows on the rotting wood or in soil. It is short-lived and soon changes into the dikaryotic mycelium by hyphal fusion and [...]
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. [...]