Kutret Gezer

Four new records of Pluteus Fr. from interesting habitats in the Aegean region of Turkey

Abstract Pluteus hispidulus, Pluteus kovalenkoi, Pluteus semibulbosus and Pluteus shikae of the family Pluteaceae (Basidiomycota: Agaricales) collected in the Aegean region of Turkey are new records for the Turkish mycota. In addition, this is the first report of these taxa growing in the forests under domination of Laurus nobilis and the relict endemic Liquidambar orientalis. Photographs, drawings, detailed descriptions and information about locality and habitat of the taxa are given.

Macrofungal diversity of the Gireniz Valley (Denizli, Turkey)

Abstract This study was conducted to determine the macrofungal diversity of the Gireniz Valley. From 2010 to 2013, 674 samples of macrofungi were collected during field surveys conducted periodically in appropriate ecological conditions. As a result of macroscopic and microscopic studies, a total of 114 macrofungal taxa from the classes Pezizomycetes, Agaricomycetes and Tremellomycetes, distributed in 12 orders and 39 families, were determined. Five families, 10 genera and 20 taxa belonging to one order of Pezizomycetes class, 33 families, 57 genera and 93 taxa belonging to 10 orders of Agaricomycetes class and one family, one genus and one taxon belonging to one order of the class Tremellomycetes were identified. It was determined that among 114 macrofungal taxa identified in the study area, 45 were edible, 60 inedible, and nine were poisonous.