Variables

Plot

Total

1

2

3

4

5

Species richness

8

9

7

11

10

18

Genera

7

7

6

8

7

14

Family

7

5

7

5

6

8

Density

79

46

87

70

53

335

Substratum

 

 

 

 

 

 

          Dead wood

-

1

2

-

-

3

          Leaf litter

40

31

16

20

40

147

          Twig

-

4

7

9

1

21

          Soil

39

10

62

41

12

164

Shannon index

0.75

0.87

0.64

0.91

0.88

 

 

Table 1. Total species richness and density of macrofungi in five plots of man-made Pitchandikulam Forest, southern India

 

Table 2. Total individual species density of macrofungi in the five plots

Sl.no.

Species name

Family

Substratum

Plot

Total

1

2

3

4

5

1.

Lycoperdon sp.

Lycoperdaceae

Soil

11

5

27

19

1

63

2.

Marasmiellus nigripes

Tricholomataceae

Leaf litter

32

6

1

4

15

58

3.

Termitomyces sp.1

Amanitaceae

Soil

2

4

32

8

7

53

4.

Maramiellus sp.1

Tricholomataceae

Leaf litter

3

7

15

7

7

39

5.

Agaricus sp.

Agaricaceae

Soil

13

-

-

11

-

24

6.

Marasmius sp. 2

Tricholomataceae

Leaf litter

-

11

-

6

6

23

7.

Marasmius sp.1

Tricholomataceae

Leaf litter

5

7

-

3

5

20

8.

Mycena sp.

Tricholomataceae

Twig

-

4

-

8

1

13

9.

Macrolepiota sp.

Agaricaceae

Soil

8

-

-

-

2

10

10.

Gerronema sp.

Tricholomataceae

Twig

-

-

7

1

-

8

11.

Marasmius sp.3

Tricholomataceae

Leaf litter

-

-

-

-

7

7

12.

Coprinus sp.

Coprinaceae

Soil

5

-

-

-

-

5

13.

Cystoagricus trisulphuratus

Agaricaceae

Soil

-

-

3

-

-

3

14.

Pisolithus sp.

Sclerodermataceae

Soil

-

-

-

1

2

3

15.

Camarophyllus sp.

Tricholomataceae

Dead wood

-

-

2

-

-

2

16.

Termitomyces sp.2

Amanitaceae

Soil

-

-

-

2

-

2

17.

Calocera sp.

Dacrymycetaceae

Dead wood

-

1

-

-

-

1

18.

Thelephora ramarioides

Thelephoraceae

Soil

-

1

-

-

-

1

 

Grand total

 

 

79

46

87

70

53

335

 

Figure 1. Monthly mean annual rainfall (mm) (dark and open bars) and mean annual temperature (°C) (dark and open circles) for 2006 and 2007 of the study area.

 

 

 

Figure 2. Species rank abundance of the five plots in the man-made Pitchandikulam Forest of Tamil Nadu, southern India.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Figure 3. Regression between (a) logarithm of rainfall and logarithm density, and (b) logarithm of relative humidity and logarithm density. Each dot corresponds to total of individuals from the collection periods (4 months).

RF – Relative rainfall; RH – Relative humidity; D – species density; df – degree of freedom; SE - Standard Error