Distribution and species listing of wild macrofungi in Gabaldon, Nueva Ecija Philippines
| dc.contributor.author | Franz Seyhan R. Corpuz | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-06-11T02:50:53Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-06-11T02:50:53Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2023 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The profile of natural habitat, physical distribution, and taxonomic listing of naturally occurring macrofungi on Mt. Mingan, Barangay Sawmill, Gabaldon, Nueva Ecija Philippines are presented in this paper. Purposive sampling and opportunistic sampling was conducted once a month at the three collection sites from February to march 2023. Most macrofungi were found to be gregarious and forest-dwelling, which grew and thrived on decomposing tree trunks, branches, stumps and fallen logs, with a pH level ranging from 3.81 to 8.01. The macrofungi's physical distribution was significantly influenced by the collection site, collection month, and elevation, including varying vegetation as substrates, climatic conditions including temperature, humidity and precipitation and human disturbances. Among the three collection sites and three collection months, collection site C (65.91%) and April (59.09%) recorded the highest percentage composition of macrofungal species. Macrofungi grew at the lowest elevation of 212 masl to the highest elevation of 324 masl. However, most macrofungi were located at 291-320 masl (61.36%). the 89 collected macrofungi were morphologically identified and taxonomically classified under six classes, 21 families, 36 genera and 44 species. Out of 44 species, 19 were morphologically identified down to the genus level only, while 25 were identified down to the species level. Most macrofungi species belong to the classAgaricomycetes, wherein Polyporaceae had the most number of species. Microporus xanthopus (Fr.) Kuntze and Schizophyllum commune (Fr.) were observed consecutively in all collection sites and collection months. Four macrofungi were successfully tissue-cultured. Thus, Mt. Mingan harbors many macrofungal species with prospective applications. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://granarium.clsu.edu.ph/handle/123456789/241 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.subject | Research Subject Categories::NATURAL SCIENCES::Biology | |
| dc.subject | Research Subject Categories::NATURAL SCIENCES::Biology::Organism biology::Microbiology | |
| dc.title | Distribution and species listing of wild macrofungi in Gabaldon, Nueva Ecija Philippines | |
| dc.type | Thesis |