Bilgrami's Fungi of India List and References (1988-2020)

By: Manoharachary, C. Atri, N.S., T. Prameela Devi, Deeba Kamil, S. K. Singh and A.P. Singh

₹ 3,995.00 ₹ 3,595.50

ISBN: 9789391734411
Year: 2022
Binding: Hardbound
Language: English
Total Pages: 500


About The Book

Fungi are ubiquitous and cosmopolitan in distribution. Fungi are non-chlorophyllus organisms that occur in diversified habitats as saprophytes and parasites. Fungi are the second species-rich organism group after Insects. It is more challenging to complete the fungal inventory as compared to other organisms such as plants. Fungi play an important role in decomposition, industry, agriculture, medicine, biotechnology and other related aspects of human welfare. Hawksworth and Lucking (2017) have stated that there may be 2.8 3.8 million of fungi. Wu et al (2019) have estimated 13 million fungi that may be occurring in the world. Today around 140,000 fungal species are reported in the world, while in India 30000 fungal species are reported. There is no red data book on fungi in India. Keeping in view the above aspects diversity, conservation and utilization aspects of fungi are very much important.

The fungal flora of India is rich and diverse. One-third of the global biodiversity of fungi occur in India. In early dates, D. D. Cunningham, Barkley, Cooke, H&P. Sydow and others have described several fungi occurring in India. Butler in collaboration with H & P Sydow published "Fungi Indiae Orientalis". Butler and Bisby have published fungi of India in 1931 followed by a supplement by Dr. B.B. Mundkur in 1938. Fungi have been reported from time to time by many researchers and eminent mycologists of India which include E.J. Butler, S. R. Bose, K. C. Mchata, B.B. Mundkur, S. B. Saksena, R. K. Saksena, K. D. Bagchee, Ramakrishnan, K S Thind, Thirumalachar, Das Gupta, Tandon, K.S. Bilgrami, Subramanian, C. V, K. S. Bhargava, B. S. Mehrotra, R. S. Mehrotra, R. S. Dwivedi, G. P. Agarwal, K. G. Mukerji, Pavgi, Ram Dayal, Manoharachary, D. G. Bhat, Dargan, K Natarajan, V. Agnihotrudu, T. N. Lakhanpal, T. S. Suryanarayana, R. N. Kharwar, Sanajpati, R. S. Upadhyay, Saikia, Hasija, Rajak, Jamaluddin, A. K Pandey, Kamal, Mohanan, Sankaran, S.T. Tilak, P. N Chowdhari, I. B. Prashar, Dhingra, Raghuveer Rao, Rama Rao, S. M. Reddy, T. Satyanarayana, B. N. Johri, Kushwaha, Deshmukh, Sudhamall, S. C. Agarwal, R. K. S Chauhan, Sashi Chauhan, S. Raghu Kumar, Chandralatha, J. R Sharma, V. V.Sharma, Hosagouder, N S. Atri, Mukhopadhya, Ramachar, Prameela Devi, M. V. Deshpande, J. N. Kapoor, A.K. Sarbhoy, Rashmi Aggrawal, D.K. Agarwal and several others.

Fungi reported from time to time have been listed in different volumes as "Fungi of India" by P.C. Roy (1949), Uppal et al (1949, 1951),Baruah and Bhattacharya (1952), Payak (1953), Thirumalachar et al (1956), Subramanian and Ramakrishnan (1956), Chidarwar (1958), Chona and Munjal (1960), Subramanya and Tyagi (1960), Butler and Bisty (1960), Pathak and Ghosh (1962), Tandon and Chandra (1963), Tilak and Rao (1970) Rangaswami et al (1970), Kamat et.al (1971), Agarwal and Hasija (1972), Mukerji and Juneja (1976), Sarbhoy et al (1975, 1980, 1986, 1996) and Jamaluddin et.al (2004). The above indexing of fungi not only includes Fungi of India but also fungi reported from different states. But many of the above-listed publications are out of print. Late Professor K. S. Bilgrami Doyen of Indian Botany and Eminent Mycologist understood the enormous problems faced by researchers in Universities. Colleges and research institutions due to the no availability of complete data reported fungi from India. Hence it is essential in bringing out up to date lists of fungi reported from India particularly for fungal taxonomists. Therefore Prof. Bilgrami and his associates have listed Indian Fungi in 1979. Later on again based on his visits to Institutes and Universities he thought the necessity of bringing out another volume of Fungi of India as Part 2 in 1981, which is followed by another volume in 1988, in all these volumes they have mentioned the name of the fungus, collection place, date! year etc. along with its related references. In the present revision of "Fungi of India" Part 1 includes fungi reported from 1979 to 1988 and Part II includes enlisting fungi from 1988-

2020 There have been lot of difficulties faced by the authors due to the non-availability of some of the reprints and some journals in which fungi have been reported. However, the carlier Fungi of India volumes have also missed the large number of fungi that are reported by various authors. Therefore the present volume is a compilation of fungi reported from time to time in different journals. The authors of this volume have also contacted some of the researchers for their research papers. Despite taking care there may be some lapses in this volume, which will be rectified in due course of time. If some researchers feel that their data on fungi are not reported, they are requested to send their reprints to the authors of this volume so that they can be rectified in the next volume. The researchers are requested to excuse us for our lapses and errors if any occurring in this volume. However, we feel that every researcher dealing with fungal taxonomy will find this volume useful as a ready reference. We thank all the teachers, researchers and scientists working on fungi in this country for their valuable contribution to the fungal taxonomy and we owe a lot to them from bottom of our heart. We are pleased to inform the users that the dream of Late Prof K. S. Bilgrami for bringing out the updated volume is materialized. Our Sat Sat Pranams to late Prof. K. S. Bilgrami and grateful thanks to their family.

Part I has been contributed by Bilgrami et al. (1979-1988) and Part II volume "Fungi of India" is the outcome of hard work, concerted efforts and vision of the below- mentioned mycologists besides taking care of revision of part I.

The Today and Tomorrow Publishers, New Delhi is to be complimented for their keen interest and solid support given in bringing out this revised volume. The publishers have shown keen interest from time to time. Despite the pandemic, they have brought out this volume successfully. We express our thanks to the publishers for their support and keen interest. Finally, we dedicate this Volume Part I & Part II to Late Prof. K. S. Bilgrami, the mentor, great teacher and researcher of this country.

About Author

Fungi are omnipresent and cosmopolitan in distribution. Fungi are the second species-rich organisms group after Insects. Fungi play an important role in decomposition, industry, agriculture, medicine, biotechnology and many other related aspects of human welfare. 13 million fungi have been in the world. Today around 140,000 fungal species are reported in the world, while in India only 30000 fungal species are reported.  This is more challenging task to compile the fungal inventory as compared other organisms such as plants. Moreover, there is no red data book on fungi in India. Keeping in view the above aspects diversity, conservation and utilization aspects of fungi have much greater important.
The fungal flora of India is rich and diverse. One-third of the global biodiversity of fungi occur in India. The problems faced by the researchers are enormous due to the non-availability of complete data on the reported fungi from India. Hence, it has become important in bringing out up to date list of fungi reported from India. It has also become a necessity for fungal taxonomists. Therefore, the listing of Indian Fungi is important. Earlier, Late Prof.   K. S. Bilgrami and his colleagues had taken much of effort to bring out the volumes of Fungi of India, wherein they had mentioned about the name of the fungus, collection place, date/ year etc. along with its related references. The present revision of “Fungi of India” Part I includes fungi reported from 1979 to 1988 and Part II includes enlisting fungi from 1988-2020, with their complete data with 1051 references.

 
Contact Us:
Today & Tomorrow’s Printers and Publishers
4436/7, Ansari Road, Daryaganj
New Delhi 110 002