tailieunhanh - Macrofungi of Alanya district

The material of this study comprises macrofungi specimens which were collected from different localities in Alanya district in the Mediterranean region between 1999 and 2001. As a result of field and laboratory studies 188 taxa belonging to two classes and 38 families were identified. | Turk J Bot 27 2003 303-312 TOBlTAK Research Article Macrofungi of Alanya District Celâleddin OZTURK Giyasettin KAẸIK Hasan Huseyin DOGAN Sinan AKTAẸ Selfuk University Science and Art Faculty Biology Department Campus Konya - TURKEY Received Accepted Abstract The material of this study comprises macrofungi specimens which were collected from different localities in Alanya district in the Mediterranean region between 1999 and 2001. As a result of field and laboratory studies 188 taxa belonging to two classes and 38 families were identified. Eleven taxa belonged to Ascomycetes and 177 to Basidiomycetes. Key Words Macrofungi flora Alanya Turkey Alanya Yoresi Makrofunguslari Ozet Bu galigmanin materyali 1999-2001 yillarinda Akdeniz bõlgesinin Alanya yõresinden farkli lokalitelerden toplanan makromantar õrneklerinden olugmaktadir. Laboratuvar ve arazi paligmalari sonucu 2 sinif ve 28 familyaya ait 188 takson belirlenmigtir. 11 takson Ascomycetes ve 177 takson da Basidiomyceteấe aittir. Anahtar Sozcukler Makrofunguslar flora Alanya Turkiye Introduction Macrofungi studies have long been of interest to scientists as well as the public due to their important roles in human life such as their beneficial and harmful effects on forests their use in pharmacology and the mass production of cultivated fungi in the food industry as well as their vital role in biodegradation Stojchev et al. 1998 . Despite the fact that a great deal of work has been conducted on Turkish macrofungi flora Dogan et al. 2000 Kagik et al. 2000 Kagik Ozturk 2000 Ozturk et al. 2000 there is still much to be done across all regions of Turkey. Alanya district was chosen as a research area because its climatic conditions plant distributions and field features are very suitable for the growth of macrofungi. The field study was carried out chiefly in the autumn and spring since during these periods the climatic conditions are most suited to carphophore formation. So far two investigations .