38 new records of Fungi identified from India: Punjabi University research will be beneficial in the medical field
Kanwar Inder Singh/ royalpatiala.in News/ September 3,2023
According to a recent research conducted at the Department of Botany, Punjabi University, Patiala, 38 new records of wood-rotting fungi have been described from India. The research has been done by researcher Elu Ram under the guidance of Dr. Avneet Pal Singh to identify different species of corticioid and poroid fungi associated with wood in the area under Kullu district of Himachal Pradesh.
Researcher Elu Ram said that during this research, after surveying different places in the relevant area, they visited there different times. 260 samples of different species of fungi were collected from various places. After this, identification or marking of these different types of fungi was done using traditional and modern techniques. He said that based on these techniques, a total of 136 species were identified in these collected samples. He said that we have succeeded in identifying new records of these fungal species in addition to the already identified species as per the research objective.
Dr. Avneet Pal Singh told that the outcomes of the research revealed that among these collected species, there were seven genera of fungi which were new to India i.e. they had not been reported to be here before. In addition, a genus of fungi was discovered which was new to Himachal Pradesh. The research confirmed 38 new fungal species for the first time in India based on these genera and identified 11 new species in Himachal Pradesh. Dr. Avneet Pal Singh said that while this research will form the basis of further research in the field of botany, it has also special importance in the field of medical or treatment methods.
38 new records of Fungi identified from India: Punjabi University research will be beneficial in the medical field said Prof. Arvind, vice chancellor. He also congratulated the researcher and supervisor on this research and said that the reputation of Punjabi University will be further enhanced by the discovery of such high-quality research in the field of science. While appreciating the research results, he said that as a scientist himself, he can understand more deeply how important such researches are in the field of science.
