Tura’s College of Community Science celebrated National Mushroom Day today.
During the programme posters on medicinal, commercially cultivated, edible and poisonous mushrooms were displayed to impart awareness. Different edible mushroom species grown in the NEH region were also displayed.
The event was chaired by the college Dean, Jyoti V Vastrad, and associate professor Kh Aimol and coordinated by assistant professor Rajkumari Padamini.
A folder highlighting the different aspects of mushrooms was released and a total of 45 women participated in the programme.
Kolta Rabha, a ‘mushroom champion awardee’, from Maniganj in North Garo Hills, was felicitated for her successful oyster mushroom growing business.