Heterobasidiomycetous fungi from Aegean Islands (Greece): New annotated records for a neglected group

• Published in: Plant biosystems Vol. 150; no. 2; pp. 295 - 303
• Main Authors: Polemis, E., Roberts, P., Dimou, D. M., Zervakis, G. I.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Abingdon Taylor & Francis 03-03-2016; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: Auriculariales; Dacrymyces; Exidiopsis; fungal diversity; Fungi; Heterobasidiomycetes; jelly fungi; Mediterranean mushrooms; Tremellales; Tulasnella
• ISSN: 1126-3504; 1724-5575
• DOI: 10.1080/11263504.2014.984793

As part of an inventory of macrofungi in selected islands of the Aegean Archipelago (Greece), 18 species of heterobasidiomycetes (phylum Basidiomycota) belonging to the orders Auriculariales, Cantharellales, Dacrymycetales and Tremellales were collected and identified from the islands of Agios Efstratios, Amorgos, Andros, Crete, Ikaria, Naxos and Nisyros. Among the heterobasidiomycetous fungi collected, Ceratobasidium cornigerum, Dacrymyces lacrymalis, Exidiopsis effusa, E. galzinii, Thanatephorus amygdalisporus, Tremella aurantia, Tulasnella pallida and T. pruinosa constitute first national records, while the genera Ceratobasidium, Thanatephorus and Tulasnella are reported for the first time in Greece. All species are listed with information on their hosts/substrates and occurrence in the investigated islands, while the most interesting records are described, illustrated, and critically discussed in the light of existing taxonomic and distribution data.