Biodiversity surrogates are commonly used in conservation biology. Here we review how fungi have been used as such in forest conservation, emphasizing proposed surrogate roles and practical applications. We show that many fungal surrogates have been suggested based on field experience and loose concepts, rather than on rigorously collected scientific data. Yet, they have played an important rol...

Mushrooms are macrofungi that famous for their nutritional and pharmaceutical values. On the other hand, lichens form of symbiosis representing complex relation between fungi algae. Understanding ability to grow over anything, this review is focusing on endophytic capable growing in association with mushrooms lichens, respectively. Although reports describing these rare, it important highlight ...

Koramaz Vadisi (Melikgazi, Kayseri, Türkiye) ve çevresinde farklı lokalitelerden 2019 2020 yıllarında 64 makrofungus örneği toplanmıştır. Arazi laboratuvar çalışmaları sonucunda, 2 bölüm 17 familyada dağılım gösteren 36 takson belirlenmiştir. Morchellaceae (4), Hymenochaetaceae (4) Polyporaceae en fazla içeren familyalardır. Bu taksonlardan Entoloma alpicola ülkemizde ilk kez tanımlanmış Türkiy...