Present study dealt with study of nutritional status of Basidiomycetous fungi associated with Casuarina. During the investigation various carbon and nitrogen sources were used and the basidiomycetous fungi such as Podaxis pistillaris and Clavaria species were grown invitro. It was found that Podaxis pistillaris flourishes best with xylose and Raffinose sugars as carbon sources and sodium nitrate and sodium ammonium nitrate as nitrogen sources. Clavaria sp. grows best with the carbon sources

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... mannitol and maltose. Glutamine and sodium ammonium nitrate as nitrogen sources for the growth of Clavaria. The inorganic sources help in faster growth of fungus. The effect of growth is positive when the sources are used in combinations.