Abstract

• The taxonomic study on wild mushrooms was undertaken from Ngalaik Reserved Forest in Naypyitaw Union Territory. The study areas are situated between North latitude 19° 59.974' and East longitude 96°16. 795'. Ten species were collected during the year from July to October in 2022. The 10 species belonging to 6 genera, 4 families and 2 order were collected, preserved, classified and identified. The collected species were identified as Agaricus arvensis Schaeff., Agaricus bitorquis (Quel.) Sacc., Lepiota castaneidisca Murrill., Termitomyces bulborhizus T.Z.Wei, Termitomyces clypeatus R.Heim., Termitomyces eurhizus (Berk.) R.heim, Termitomyces heimii Natarajan., Podaxis pistillaris (L.)Fr., these 8 species are growing on the soil Podoscypha petalodes (Berk.) Boidin.and Ganoderma lucidum (Curtis) P. Krst., are growing on decaying wood and root. In the present study, the edible, inedible, and medicinal wild mushrooms species were also found. Among them 7 species were edible 2 species were inedible and 1 species were usable for medicinal mushroom. The edible mushrooms were found under genus of Agaricus arvensis Schaeff., Agaricus bitorquis (Quel.), Podaxis pistillaris (L.), Termitomyces bulborhizus T. ZWei, Termitomyces clypeatus R. Heim, Termitomyces eurhizus (Berk.) R.Heim, Termitomyces heimii Natarajan. Inedible 2 species are Lepiota castaneidisca Murrill., Podoscypha petalodes (Berk.) Boidin. Ganoderma lucidum (Curtis) P.Karst. was usable for the medicinal purpose. An artificial key to the studied species was constructed and presented.