Macrofungi in Some Forests of Telangana State, India

Table 3

Mycological characters of identified wild mushrooms.

Name	Hymenium type	Cap shape	Which gills	Stipe character	Spore print colour	Ecological type	Edibility
T. versicolor	Pores	Offset or distinct	Decurrent	—	White to yellow	Saprotrophic	Edible but unpalatable
T. hirsuta	Pores	Distinct	Decurrent	Bare	Cream	Saprotrophic	Inedible
T. elegans voucher	Pores and gills	No distinct cap	Decurrent	—	White	Saprotrophic	Inedible
Ganoderma lucidum	Pores	Offset or indistinct	Irregular	Bare	Brown	Saprotrophic	Edible
Daedaleopsis flavida	Pores	No distinct cap	Decurrent	—	White	Saprotrophic	Inedible
T. gibbosa	Pores	Offset	Decurrent	Bare	White to cream	Saprotrophic	Inedible
T. elegans	Pores	Distinct	Decurrent	Bare	Cream	Saprotrophic	Inedible
Pycnoporus cinnabarinus	Pores	Distinct	Decurrent	Bare	Cream	Saprotrophic	Inedible
Fomitopsis feei	Pores	No distinct cap	Decurrent	—	Brown	Saprotrophic	Inedible
Schizophyllum communae	Pores	Offset or indistinct	Decurrent	—	White	Saprotrophic	Inedible