The typical position of the Kingdom of Nepal, lying in the north of the Indian subcontinent and in the central part of the snowy-peaked Himalayan range, shows an assemblage of diversity in phytogeographical factors directly resulting the country as a zone of immense biodiversity.
This book is the compilation of the results of investigations done in alpine, subalpine, temperate, subtemperate, and tropical regions by different national and international botanists and mycologists in different periods. A bird's eye view of the total genera and species reported from the country has been tabulated. It is the first revised edition, which incorporates the addition of more than 300 species.
Chapter Overview:
- Chapter I & II: Introduction, exploring the phytogeography and climatology of Nepal.
- Chapter III: Traces a complete picture of the historical accounts on mushroom reports appearing since the work of Lloyd (1808), Berkeley (1838) and J.D. Hooker's (1848 AD) explorations.
- Chapter IV: Enumerates the list of fleshy Ascomycota from Nepal.
- Chapter V: Deals with a list of species and the taxonomic studies on Basidiomycota, including keys to facilitate identification.
- Chapter VI - X: Deep dives into specific genera: Clavaroid genera, Amanita, Lactarius, Russula, and Gastroid genera.
- Chapter XI: Focuses on ethnomycological knowledge, embracing Ayurvedic concepts, ethnic castes and their relationships with fungi, the exploitation of wild edible mushrooms, and their local names and uses in daily Nepalese rural life.
The molecular phylogenetic investigation has brought numerous changes in systematic position and nomenclature of the taxa. Here, the species are arranged in their systematic position, including the short taxonomic characters of orders and families along with their authors following Kirk et al. (2008), Kuo (2012), and Mycobank. The common names in English, French, Nepali, Tamang, and Newari are provided as far as possible.