Ivan V. Zmitrovich

Checklist of Hymenomycetes (Aphyllophorales s.l.) and Heterobasidiomycetes in Israel

A checklist is presented concerning the species composition of Hymenomycetes (Aphyllophorales s.l.) and Heterobasidiomycetes in Israel based on data of previous studies and field sample collections. In total, 242 species are presented, of which five are new records for the Israeli mycobiota, namely Australohydnum dregeanum, Ceriporiopsis consobrina, C. resinascens, Fibroporia vaillantii, and Postia inocybe. The distribution and habitat of each species in Israel are also summarized. This checklist will serve as valuable data for future species diversity studies of these fungi in Israel.

Modern View on the Origin and Phylogenetic Reconstruction of Homobasidiomycetes Fungi

The problem of the origin and phylogeny of Homobasidiomycetes remains controversial. However, various data accumulated in recent decades provide an opportunity to reach some definite conclusions. These conclusions are listed below. 1) Final establishment of the circumscription of the class Homobasidiomycetes (Eumycetes with dolipore septa without nanopores, with perforated, or rarely unperforated, parenthosomata; fungi that have lost their ability to produce secondary spores and microconidia), and the proof of their evolutionary advancement compared with Heterobasidiomycetes. 2) The loss of taxonomic status of such groups as Hymenomycetes/Gasteromycetes and Aphyllophorales. 3) The appearance, in the course of studies of rDNA, of some “molecular concepts”, the most important of which are the rooting of Homobasidiomycetes within the Dacryomycetales-Auriculariales and the basal position of the order Cantharellales. 4) Proof of evolutionary advancement of brown-rot fungi; considerable devaluation of the type of rot as a character in taxonomy Basidiomycetes. 5) Proof of secondary origins of corticioid and gasteroid forms. Any phylogenetic reconstruction of Homobasidiomycetes phylogeny should be based on the concepts listed above. Some difficulties and contradictions still remaining in this field of taxonomy are analyzed.

Checklist of aphyllophoroid fungi (Agaricomycetes, Basidiomycota) in boreal forests of Pinega Reserve, north-east European Russia

Herein we present a checklist of aphyllophoroid fungi of the Pinega Reserve, in the territory of North European Russia. We present 328 species from 158 genera in the checklist. Each record includes data on distribution within key reserve localities, the host/substrate association and the frequency pattern. Most findings are documented by herbarium specimens. A predictive estimation of the Pinega Reserve aphyllophoroid diversity, based on Turing coefficient calculation, resulted in an interval of 360–370 species.

Species diversity of heterobasidiomycetous and non-gilled hymenomycetous (Aphyllophorales s.l.) fungi in Israel

The present study quantifies Aphyllophorales (Homobasidiomycetes) and Heterobasidiomycetes species diversity in Israel. More specifically, our aims were to conduct a critical literature investigation in order to build an inventory based on the presence of Aphyllophorales s.l. and Heterobasidiomycetes fungi in Israel and to contribute new taxa records. As a result, 53 newly recorded taxa, including two novel forms recently described, Peniophora quercina f. merulioides and Stereum hirsutum f. lobulatum, were added to the list of Aphyllophorales s.l. of Israel, which currently contains 232 taxa. In addition, taxonomical structure and trophic division of these fungi in Israel are provided, together with relative abundance analyses (a study based on 126 specimens stored in the HAI herbarium, Institute of Evolution, University of Haifa).

Checklist of aphyllophoroid fungi (Agaricomycetes, Basidiomycota) in boreal forests of the Solovetsky Archipelago (Arkhangelsk Region, European Russia)

Herein we present a checklist of aphyllophoroid fungi of the Solovetsky Archipelago, located in the White Sea (Arkhangesk Region, European Russia). The annotated list contains 275 species belonging to 139 genera of aphyllophoroid basidiomycetes (Agaricomycetes, Basidiomycota). Eight species (Athelia bombacina, Ceraceomyces tessulatus, Clavariadelphus truncatus, Clavaria zollingeri, Clavulinopsis luteoalba, Hyphoderma obtusiforme, Phanerochaete jose-ferreirae, and Ramaria obtusissima) are recorded from the Arkhangelsk Region for the first time, and 23 species were recorded for the first time from the Solovetsky Archipelago. Most records are documented by herbarium specimens.