MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF POLYPORE MACRO FUNGI ASSOCIATED WITH Dalbergia sissoo COLLECTED FROM BOGRA DISTRICT UNDER SOCIAL FOREST REGION OF BANGLADESH

An investigation was carried out in Bogra district under the Social forest region of Bangladesh to study the biodiversity, distribution and morphology of wild macro fungi during June to October, 2015. A total of 32 fungal samples were collected and identified to 16 species belong to two genera under 7 families. The polypore genera were Ganoderma sp. (87.5% of collected samples) and Polyporus sp. (12.5%). The maximum frequency of occurrence (75%) was exhibited by Ganoderma lucidum, Ganoderma multipileum, Ganoderma boninense, Ganoderma sp. and the maximum density was exhibited by Ganoderma resinaceum (66.67%). The collected specimens were deposited to the SAU Herbarium of Macro Fungi (SHMF).