Species listing, distribution, and molecular identification of macrofungi in six Aeta tribal communities in Central Luzon, Philippines

Abstract

The species of macrofungi found in ancestral domains and resettlement areas of Aetas in three provinces of Luzon are presented in this paper. A total of 76 species of macrofungi were collected from May to October 2011. Fifty-three of the macrofungi were identified up to species level while 23 were identified up to genus level only. The macrofungi belonged to 23 taxonomic families. Some of the collected macrofungi were recorded only in either the ancestral domain (Auricularia polytricha) or in resettlement areas (Ganoderma sinense and Pleurotus sajor-caju). The majority of the fungi were recorded during the rainy season. Many of the collected fungi were not also utilized by the Aeta communities. This is the first comparative report of macrofungi in ancestral domains and resettlement areas of the Aetas in Central Luzon.

Species listing and distribution of macrofungi in Consocep Mountain Resort, Tigaon and Mount Isarog National Park, Goa, Camarines Sur

“…Among these, Consocep Mountain Resort in Tigaon showed a higher number of macrofungal species with a total of 22 species, while Mount Isarog National Park in Goa had only a total of 17 species. It is interesting to note that most of the species reported were from the family Polyporaceae (Table 1), which conformed with the results observed by De Leon et al (2013), Tadiosa et al (2011) and Jacob et al (2017). However, it should be noted that three macrofungal species have been found in common with those sites including Polyporus sp., Stereum sp.…”

“…Most of the information on macrofungi were only noted mainly in Luzon: Mt. Nagpale, Abucay, Bataan (Tayamen et al, 2004), Nueva Ecija (Musngi et al, 2005;Sibounnavong et al 2008), Bazal-Baubo Watershed, Aurora (Tadiosa et al, 2011), Mount Makiling Forest Reserve, Los Baños, Laguna (De Castro & Dulay, 2015Paquit & Pampolina 2017;Nacua et al, 2018), Isabela State University, Isabela (Jacob et al, 2017) Angat Watershed Reservation, Bulacan (Liwanag et al, 2017) and in the Aeta tribal communities scattered across Zambales, Pampanga and Tarlac (De Leon et al, 2013). The present study is the first survey of macrofungi conducted in the Bicol region in southeastern Luzon.…”

In Vitro Management of Ganoderma Basal Stem Rot Disease on Oil Palm Using Wild Basidiomycetes Fruiting on the Ground after Rainfall

“…Majority of them were expected as non-edible basidiomycetous mushroom or poisonous or edibility is not known. A similar finding has been reported by [3] that majority of macrofungi fruiting on ground or ground litter in six Aeta tribal communities in Central Luzon, Philippines which found during the rainy season were identified not edible or poisonous mushrooms.…”

Auricularia thailandica sp. nov. (Auriculariaceae, Auriculariales) a widely distributed species from Southeastern Asia

“…Four species of Auricularia (A. auricula, A. fuscossucinea, A. polytricha and A. tenuis), were collected in the University grounds of the Central Luzon State University (Musngi et al, 2005) and A. fuscossucinea was found at Puncan, Carranglan, Nueva Ecija (Sibounnavong et al, 2008). Auricularia mesenterica and an unknown Auricularia species were found with three previously recorded species from central Luzon in Philippines (De Leon et al, 2013). All the previous studies of Auricularia in Philippines were based on morphology, while this is the first study using morphology and a molecular phylogeny.…”