Table 1.
Collection of saprophytic soil samples from the different species of Mortierella growing in the Western Ghats regions of Tamil Nadu, Kerala, and Karnataka. The total cultivable fungi and the total specific species of Mortierella (state-wise).
| S1 number | Place of collection | Number of soil samples | Total number of fungi | Total Mortierella species |
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| 1 | Mysore | |||
| Bandipur wild forest | 02 | 20 | 0 | |
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| 2 | Tamil Nadu | |||
| Mudumalai wild forest | 20 | 15 | 02 | |
| Nilambur-Gudalur road | 12 | 20 | 08 | |
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| 3 | Kerala | |||
| Nilambur road | 04 | 15 | 04 | |
| Vazhikkadavu | 03 | 12 | 04 | |
| Karimpuzha bridge | 03 | 08 | 02 | |
| Payyavoor road | 02 | 11 | 0 | |
| Chemperi road | 02 | 16 | 0 | |
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| 4 | Karnataka | |||
| Sullia | 03 | 15 | 02 | |
| Puttur | 03 | 14 | 03 | |
| Ujere | 04 | 10 | 03 | |
| Dharmasthala | 02 | 5 | 0 | |
| Subramanya | 01 | 14 | 0 | |
| W.G*1-W.G7 | 16 | 34 | 1 | |
| W.G8 | 03 | 35 | 0 | |
| W.G10 | 03 | 25 | 02 | |
| W.G11 | 03 | 26 | 02 | |
| W.G12 | 03 | 38 | 05 | |
| W.G13 | 04 | 34 | 0 | |
| Sakleshpur | 04 | 12 | 0 | |
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| Total | 67 | 379 | 37 | |
W.G*: Western Ghats.