A Study of Mushroom Diversity at Siriba Campus, Maseno University Maseno, Kenya| Chapter 5 | Innovations in Microbiology and Biotechnology Vol. 8

 About 3500 class of mushroom exist in all world. Examples being the ring sprout, honey fungi, the harmful amanita, the button mushrooms and the oyster silvery mushrooms among others. Before this study, no study had existed conducted in western Kenya and expressly Maseno University forest ecosystem to show the existent mushroom flora though Mushroom class are known to exhibit various morphological and anatomical forms that could be useful in their labeling. This study was therefore initiated to recognize and record the available mushroom class in the area because allure climatic state admits abundant mushroom development. This study was conducted at the Maseno University forest environment, located within the relates 0° 0′ 17.36″ S, 34° 36′ 1.62″ E at an altitude of 1503 meters above sea level. The landscape where the collection was approved mainly involved sloppy forest plants with mean temperature all the while the collection period grazing between 19°C and 21°C. Stratified randomized sampling form was used whereby the field of study was divided into portions/ sites. Mushrooms were calm on their vegetative stages and sorted correspondingly. The location and substrate on which mushrooms evolved were also recorded and so forth the species collected labeled based on their morphological traits.  Some of the species labeled included; Daedalia quercina, Formitopsis gibba, Poliporous cinnabarinus, Xerula radicata, manita rannesces, Lycoperdon echinatum, Laccaria bicolor, Clitocybe gibba, Suillus luteu and Daedalia unicolor. More studies need to be attended in this forest to label other unidentified class.

Author(s) Details:

George T. Opande,
Department of Biology and Agricultural Sciences, School of Science, Kaimosi Friends University, Kaimosi, Kenya.

David M. Musyimi,
Department of Botany, School of Physical and Biological Sciences, Maseno University, Maseno, Kenya.

Tirop C. Sarah,
Department of Botany, School of Physical and Biological Sciences, Maseno University, Maseno, Kenya.

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