TAXONOMY AND DIVERSITY OF GONODERMA FROM THE PARBHANI AND NANDED DISTRICT" OF MARATHWADA ,MAHARASHTRA (INDIA).

Ganoderma is the genuos from order Aphyllophorales with more than 300 sp. The type species Ganoderma
lucidum is medicinally important and many other species are worked out for various medicinal properties. Only
a valid species have been reported from India but the present study reports 03 species. The species are each
described and the fruit bodies, spores and cutis are illustrated.