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Diversity of Macrofungi in the Nature Trail of Namtok Phlio National Park, Chanthaburi Province, Thailand

Diversity of Macrofungi in the Nature Trail of Namtok Phlio National Park, Chanthaburi Province, Thailand

Original Research ArticleMar 12, 2025Vol. 25 No. 4 (2025) https://doi.org/10.55003/cast.2025.263544

Abstract

The aim of this study was to explore the diversity of macrofungi in the nature trail of Namtok Phlio National Park, Chanthaburi Province, Thailand, the role in the ecology, and their edibility. Fifty-eight macrofungi samples were collected from the nature trail in June 2023. Twenty-eight macrofungi samples with different fruiting bodies (a similar morphology was excluded) were selected and classified according to their morphology. The results indicated that the gilled fungi were the most diverse species (42.9%). Subsequently, they were identified by sequence analysis of the internal transcribed spacer (ITS). They were classified into 2 phyla, 3 classes, 9 orders, 18 families, and 23 genera, and most commonly in the phylum Basidiomycota (89.3%), the family Polyporaceae (21.4%), and played a major role as saprotrophs (85.7%). Additionally, most of them did not have any information for the edibility data (82.1%), however, edible (10.7%) and poisonous (7.1%) macrofungi were reported. Moreover, some macrofungi samples need further investigation for molecular identification based on analysis of additional genes. These results could be used as a database of the macrofungi diversity in the nature trail of Namtok Phlio National Park.

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Author Information

Saowapha Surawut*

Department of Biology, Faculty of Science and Technology, Rambhai Barni Rajabhat University, Chanthaburi 22000, Thailand

Sorasak Nak-eiam

Department of Biology, Faculty of Science and Technology, Rambhai Barni Rajabhat University, Chanthaburi 22000, Thailand

Chutapa Kunsook

Department of Biology, Faculty of Science and Technology, Rambhai Barni Rajabhat University, Chanthaburi 22000, Thailand

Attakorn Khamchatra

Department of Environmental Science, Faculty of Science and Technology, Rambhai Barni Rajabhat University, Chanthaburi 22000, Thailand

Namonrug Khamchatra

Department of Biology, Faculty of Science and Technology, Rambhai Barni Rajabhat University, Chanthaburi 22000, Thailand

Tawat Jenkarn

Namtok Phlio National Park, Chanthaburi 22190, Thailand

Kanokwan Chanapon

Microbiology Program, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science and Technology, Rambhai Barni Rajabhat University, Chanthaburi 22000, Thailand

Onanong Boonmee

Department of Biology, Faculty of Science and Technology, Rambhai Barni Rajabhat University, Chanthaburi 22000, Thailand

Chatmongkol Seeprasong

Department of Biology, Faculty of Science and Technology, Rambhai Barni Rajabhat University, Chanthaburi 22000, Thailand

Pornpimon Kanjanavas

Faculty of Nursing, Kasem Bundit University, Bangkok 10510, Thailand

About this Article

Journal

Vol. 25 No. 4 (2025)

Type of Manuscript

Original Research Article

Keywords

macrofungi
identification
ITS
Namtok Phlio National Park

Published

12 March 2025

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