Fungi of Cyprus: new data on micro- and macrofungi

Miguel Torrejón

Abstract


This report deals with 79 species of fungi, collected in Cyprus in the second fortnight of November 2011. The list is annotated with diagnostic characters given for some of the specimens. Several taxa are of special interest due to their rarity: Conferticium ochraceum, Eutypa scabrosa, Glonium lineare, Hymenoscyphus calyculus, Hypoderma incrustatum, Hyphoderma nemorale, Hysterographium mori, Myriostoma coliforme, Rectipilus cistophilus, Stictis friabilis, Stictis radiata, Thanatephorus sterigmaticus, Tomentella asperula and Vuilleminia megalospora.

Keywords


anamorphic fungi; Ascomycota; Basidiomycota; Cyprus island

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