Wild mushroom

1. Ganoderma spp.( Red mushroom)

• Parasitic on living hardwoods (especially oaks) and saprobic on the deadwood of hardwoods; causing root rot.

a) Cap:-

• 2-30 cm; at first irregularly knobby or elongated, but by maturity more or less fan-shaped.

b) Stem :-

• Sometimes absent, but more commonly present

c) Flesh:-

• Brownish

2. Morchella spp.( Guchi chayu).

Three species common in Nepal;

i.Morchella esculanta

ii. M. conica

iii. M. smithiana

iv. M. vulgaris (found in India)

v. M. deliciosa (found in India)

• Highly flavored and has high medicinal value.
• Temperature requirement 25 °C for mycellium growth.

a. Morchella esculenta : “Seto Gucchi” or White Morels

• It is found in hill in the side exposed to sunlight.
• Fruiting bodies are rounded, egg shaped with honey comb like arrangement.
• Colour ranges from white, pale yellow to black.
• Cap is conical.
• It is Never eaten raw.

b. Morchella conica : “Kalo Gucchi” or Black Morels

• It is found in damped soil.
• Cap is conical.
• It can be consumed as raw.

3.Yarshagumba (Cordyceps sinensis / Caterpillar fungus).

• Half of its life cycle is completed inside the insect specially of Lepidopteran Insects available in hilly areas.
• it has high medicinal value used to cure Asthma.
• Mushrooms come from head of larvae.

4. Armillaria spp. (honey fungus).

• There color is honey light but spore are white.
• The fungus grows parasitically on a large number of broad leaf trees.