MANGALURU: In an unique initiative, Yenepoya (deemed to be university), has undertaken a complete find out about of the mushrooms present on the Derlakatte campus.
The find out about, which used to be carried out over a period of six months, has yielded rich data on the macrofungal resources of the campus. About 60 species of mushrooms had been noticed on the campus, out of which about 40 had been described in the e book. Out of the 40 species revealed, 12 species are safe to eat, 12 species are medicinal, two species ectomycorrhizal and one species is parasitic. Two species which might be rare and recognized to be toxic are also recorded.
The data used to be documented in a ready reference e book titled ,‘Macrofungal resources of Yenepoya University’. Yenepoya chancellor Abdullah Kunhi released the e book at a rite held on the campus on Tuesday, in the presence of vice-chancellor M Vijayakumar and registrar G Shreekumar Menon. The e book is dedicated to M Abdul Rahiman, former vice-chancellor, Kannur and Calicut Universities.
Yenepoya is the primary tutorial institution in the region to start up any such find out about of mushrooms on the campus. Though mushrooms play a singular position in the ecosystem, importance is at all times given to only flora and fauna, stated assets. Yenepoya has initiated different equivalent studies to report the flora and fauna of the campus too.
The find out about of macrofungal life on the campus used to be undertaken by way of a analysis team led by way of Okay R Sridhar, Dr N C Karun and Dr Bhagya B Sharma from June-November 2016.
Yenepoya has striven to make its 32 acre campus into an eco-friendly zone. The institution has undertaken various measures for greening the campus with different landscapes like lawns, arboretum, bamboo thickets, medicinal plant lawn, areca plantation and acacia grove. The campus comprises a large rainwater harvesting pond, roof water harvesting facilities, waste water treatment and recycling plant, vermicompost unit and solar energy technology facility. The university carries out an ordinary environmental audit of the campus and has an eco membership for students. It is was hoping that these activities will inculcate a love for nature a few of the scholars who find out about here, and inspire them to act as logo ambassadors for nature conservation of their long term life.
The find out about, which used to be carried out over a period of six months, has yielded rich data on the macrofungal resources of the campus. About 60 species of mushrooms had been noticed on the campus, out of which about 40 had been described in the e book. Out of the 40 species revealed, 12 species are safe to eat, 12 species are medicinal, two species ectomycorrhizal and one species is parasitic. Two species which might be rare and recognized to be toxic are also recorded.
The data used to be documented in a ready reference e book titled ,‘Macrofungal resources of Yenepoya University’. Yenepoya chancellor Abdullah Kunhi released the e book at a rite held on the campus on Tuesday, in the presence of vice-chancellor M Vijayakumar and registrar G Shreekumar Menon. The e book is dedicated to M Abdul Rahiman, former vice-chancellor, Kannur and Calicut Universities.
Yenepoya is the primary tutorial institution in the region to start up any such find out about of mushrooms on the campus. Though mushrooms play a singular position in the ecosystem, importance is at all times given to only flora and fauna, stated assets. Yenepoya has initiated different equivalent studies to report the flora and fauna of the campus too.
The find out about of macrofungal life on the campus used to be undertaken by way of a analysis team led by way of Okay R Sridhar, Dr N C Karun and Dr Bhagya B Sharma from June-November 2016.
Yenepoya has striven to make its 32 acre campus into an eco-friendly zone. The institution has undertaken various measures for greening the campus with different landscapes like lawns, arboretum, bamboo thickets, medicinal plant lawn, areca plantation and acacia grove. The campus comprises a large rainwater harvesting pond, roof water harvesting facilities, waste water treatment and recycling plant, vermicompost unit and solar energy technology facility. The university carries out an ordinary environmental audit of the campus and has an eco membership for students. It is was hoping that these activities will inculcate a love for nature a few of the scholars who find out about here, and inspire them to act as logo ambassadors for nature conservation of their long term life.
60 mushroom species documented at Yenepoya campus
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