tailieunhanh - Two new Arrhenia Fr. records for the macrofungi of Turkey

Macrofungi samples were collected in Kahramanmaraş and Urfa provinces between 2005 and 2007. Digital colour photographs were taken and ecological features were noted. Arrhenia rickenii (Hora) Watling and Arrhenia spathulata (Fr.) Redhead (Tricholomataceae) were recorded for the first time from Turkey. | Turk J Bot 32 (2008) 419-420 © TÜBİTAK Research Note Two New Arrhenia Fr. Records for the Macrofungi of Turkey Abdullah KAYA1,*, Yusuf UZUN2, Kenan DEMİREL2, İbrahim Halil KARACAN1 1 2 Adıyaman University, Education Faculty, 02030 Adıyaman - TURKEY Yüzüncü Yıl University, Science & Art Faculty, Department of Biology, 65080 Van - TURKEY 3 Emine Mustafa Humanızlı Elementary School, Şehitkamil, Gaziantep - TURKEY Received: Accepted: Abstract: Arrhenia rickenii (Hora) Watling and Arrhenia spathulata (Fr.) Redhead (Tricholomataceae) were recorded for the first time from Turkey. Key Words: Arrhenia, Tricholomataceae, Kahramanmaraş, Urfa, Turkey Türkiye Makrofungusları İçin İki Yeni Arrhenia Fr. Kaydı Özet: Arrhenia rickenii (Hora) Watling ve Arrhenia spathulata (Fr.) Redhead (Tricholomataceae) Türkiye’den ilk defa kaydedilmiştir. Anahtar Sözcükler: Arrhenia, Tricholomataceae, Kahramanmaraş, Urfa, Turkiye Introduction During routine field studies some Arrhenia Fr. samples were collected and identified. Referring to the existing records (Sesli & Denchev, 2005; Solak et al., 2007) Arrhenia rickenii (Hora) Watling and Arrhenia spathulata (Fr.) Redhead (Tricholomataceae) were identified as new records for the macromycota of Turkey. Materials and Methods Macrofungi samples were collected in Kahramanmaraş and Urfa provinces between 2005 and 2007. Digital colour photographs were taken and ecological features were noted. They were brought into the fungarium and necessary macroscopic and microscopic investigations were carried out. They were then identified according to the relevant literature (Breitenbach & Kränzlin, 1991; Barrasa, 2003) and stored at Adıyaman University, Education Faculty, Adıyaman, Turkey. Results Tricholomataceae Arrhenia rickenii (Hora) Watling Syn: Leptoglossum rickenii (Singer ex Hora) Singer and Omphalina rickenii Singer ex Hora. Cap 7-18 mm, convex when young, slightly to deeply umbilicate when mature. Surface smooth, .