A study of socio-economically significant variety of fleshy medicinal Mushroom of Chhattisgarh, India
1*Indu Soni, 2Madhu Yamini Soni and 3Sadhana Dixit
1*Department of Botany, 3Department of Zoology, B. P. L. P.G. Govt. College Arang, Raipur-493441 (India) 2Department of Botany, Atal Bihari Vajpayee Vishwavidyalaya Bilaspur-495009 (India) 1*Corresponding author Email: indusonibotany@gmail.com
ABSTRACT
India has a very high rich assemblage from since ancient time of traditional healing systems. Traditional aboriginals knew very much the medicinal importance of edible and wild mushrooms. In developing countries like India mushroom are boon for progress in the field of food, medicine, industries and unemployment. Mushroom in 20th century are well known to people, Mushrooms and toadstools belong to the kingdom fungi are highly nutritive, low-calorie food with good quality proteins, vitamins and minerals and an important source of medicines. Mushroom represents a big major and untapped source of potent new pharmaceutical products and industries. In developing countries like India mushroom progress is a boon in the field of food, medicine, vitamin, protein and in generating employment. The immense socio-cultural diversity and nutrition makes it an ideal storehouse of traditional medicinal knowledge. The only safe way to distinguish between edible and poisonous species is to learn to identify them accurately. The aim of the present study was brings into light the species diversity of agaric flora as well as socio-economic value as non edible, edible and mushroom medicines in different agro-climatic zones of Chhattisgarh India.