presentation capturing biodiversity of fungi and insects at Goa University campus in Island of Tiswadi, Goa < India

1. Our fungal and insect diversity – only
a tip of the iceberg has been touched

3. Geastrum triplex-a rare earthstar
mushroom

4. Puffballs….Gasteromycetes

5. Sprassis crispa-jelly
fungi

6. Vovariella –an edible
species

7. Omphalina-a rare
basidiolichen

8. Tree lichens

9. Lignicolous
basidiomycetes

10. Edible oyster
mushrooms
on dead
trunk of silk
cotton tree

12. Marasmius sp. Form a fairy
ring pattern

13. Rare Hygrophorus sp.

14. Parasol mushroom-
Macrolepiota procera is common

15. A toxic mushroom-
Cortinarius sp.

16. Boletus
aestavalis
mycorrhizal
with
banyan tree

17. Fungi in action…

18.  Campus supports a
variety of lives;
 It is a biologically
rich oasis….
 Take a stroll along
the library cirlce
during rain; you
will invariably
notice these
mushrooms:

19.  From the campus:
 (copied from maria’s
thesis)
 Carissa flowering
 Ficus fruiting

20.  On live leaves show
symptoms of leaf-spots
 Microscopic examination
reveals presence of
stroma, conidiophores
and conidia

21. Mononematous
Blastic
Foliicolous fungi on Ficus tree leaves in the campus

22. Mound building, fungus cultivator
termites rule the subterranean world in
the campus

23. Termites play a powerful role in
aboveground litter decomposition

24. The red arboreal
weaver ant Oecophylla
smaragdina dominate
the campus vegetation
build foliar nests and
herd scale insects

25. Various leaf nests of red weaver ants

26. tick insects camouflage so nicely in surrounding grass..
Many such species are seen in the campus after monsoon

27. Nocturnal rest…

30. Dragonflies enjoy the
campus

33. Wild honeybees are
enterprising main
pollinators

34. Spiders are strategic
opportunists…

35. Social wasps believe
in team spirit….

36. Waiting for a feast…

37. Countless beetles appear from
nowhere…

38. Photuris sp. –fireflies are seen from
June to October

39. Better than the hydrofoil-the
water spider

41. A foliar race…