Three kinds of sclerotia of Typhula spp. from Ardabil, East Azerbaijan and Qazvin Provinces in the northwest of Iran were collected. Morphology and ITS sequences of rDNA suggested that the collected fungi belonged to Typhula incarnata Lasch, Typhula phacorrhiza (Reichardt) Fr. and Typhula sp. These three taxa are new records in the Middle East and the result of this research suggests that Iran ...

During the study on rust mycobiota of Central Alborz, several rust infected specimens belonging to Salicaceae family including Populus and Salix species were investigated. Populus nigra, P. euphratica, Saix alba and S. excelsa were infected by various Melampsora species. Uredinial (II) and telial (III) stages of rust were present on infected plants. According to morphological characters, five f...