The basics of Aphyllophorales, geographical information of Pune District, Maharashtra state,Western Ghats is given. The National and International work on poroid & non-poroid Aphyllophorales has been discussed.The macro and micro-morphological characters of the fruiting bodies of Aphyllophorales has been mentioned systematically. The materials and methods includes two sub-parts namely the Taxonomic and the Database part. It describes the methods followed in the study of Mycobiota of the areas, on the vegetation and the methodology for the IAD Database preparation respectively.The present work...