TY - JOUR AU - Sarwar, Samina AU - Aziz, Tanzeela AU - Muhammad Hanif, - AU - Ilyas, Sobia AU - Saba, Malka AU - Khalid, Sana AU - Muhammad Fiaz, - PY - 2020/06/13 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Plectological and molecular identification of economically important wild Russulales mushrooms from Pakistan and their antifungal potential against food pathogenic fungus Aspergillus niger JF - Bangladesh Journal of Plant Taxonomy JA - Bangladesh J. Plant Taxon VL - 27 IS - 1 SE - Articles DO - 10.3329/bjpt.v27i1.47568 UR - https://www.banglajol.info/index.php/BJPT/article/view/47568 SP - 67-77 AB - <p>Present study deals with the plectological and molecular analysis as well as use of economically important wild Russuloid mushrooms against food pathogenic fungus <em>Aspergillus niger. </em>Three different species of mushrooms <em>viz., Russla laeta, R. nobilis, </em>and <em>R. nigricans </em>were collected and identified from Himalayan range of Pakistan and are found as new records for this country. Major objective of this study was to highlight the importance of these wild creatures as antifungal agents against <em>A. niger. </em>For this purpose methanolic extract of selected mushrooms of different concentration levels <em>viz., </em>1, 1.5, 2 and 3% were used. This activity is also first time reported from Pakistan by using this group of mushrooms. Results showed that all tested mushrooms exhibit growth inhibition of <em>A. niger </em>and can be used as biocontrol agents<em>. R. nigricans </em>showed maximum inhibition of fungus growth that is 62% at 3% concentrations while minimum inhibition was observed in <em>R. nobilis </em>at same concentration that is 43.6%.</p><p>Bangladesh J. Plant Taxon. <strong>27</strong>(1): 67-77, 2020 (June)</p> ER -