Ganoderma lucidum is one of the most important member among the Basidiomycetes. These fugal species have equal medicinal and therapeutical importance. They have exhibited various phenotypical features and response to other living organisms in a variable fashion. Recent study was plotted to examine the molecular identity among the species of Ganoderma lucidum colonizing at various sites in Lahore and also to evaluate their antimicrobial potential.

Biological control of root born plant pathogen is successfully achieved by using arbuscular mycorrhiza seperately and in combination with beneficial antagonistic fungi. Mycorrhizal plants showed a significantly better response when exposed to pathogens as compared to those which did not had a prior inoculum of arbuscular mycorrhiza. Plants when inoculated with beneficial antagonistic fungi like Trichoderma along with arbuscular mycorrhiza, the response was further enhanced. Significant results have been obtained by altering soil and other conditions while manipulating the use of AM and other...