Some Mites Occurring On Edible And Wild Mushrooms From Three Districts Of West Bengal With Their Economic Importance

ABSTRACT

The present paper reports occurrence of 15 species of mites under 10 families and 12 genera collected from edible and wild mushrooms from three districts of West Bengal during, September 2021 to April 2022. Among the mites, there were 9 predatory and 3 each of damage causing and of uncertain association. All the species have been listed giving collection data and remarks pertaining to their importance as damage causing, predatory, or of uncertain association. The mites like Tyrophagus putrescentiae, Fuscuropoda marginata and Leiodinychus krameri were abundantly encountered and were regarded as pest species. Similarly, the mites like Parasitus consanguineous and Asca biswasi were observed to be predator in nature