Fungal diversity in Mediterranean and sub-Mediterranean plant communities of Strandzha Mountain, Bulgaria
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2025-12-29
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Plovdiv University Press "Paisii Hilendarski"
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The present study reports 131 larger fungi in Mediterranean and sub-Mediterranean plant communities of Mt Strandzha floristic region. Of these, sixty-nine (69) species are reported for the first time from Mt Strandzha floristic region. New localities on sixty-two (62) macrofungi are also reported. The predominant part of species belongs to the class Agaricomycetes (127 species), other part belongs to the Pezizomycetes (4 species). Seven species (Agaricus macrocarpus, Amanita caesarea, A. vittadinii, Clathrus ruber, Chlorophillum agaricoides, Geastrum triplex and Poronia punctata) are included in the Red List of fungi in Bulgaria and Red Data Book of the Republic of Bulgaria. Five of them (Agaricus macrocarpus, Amanita vittadinii, Chlorophillum agaricoides, Geastrum triplex and Poronia punctata) are new to this floristic region. Myriostoma coliforme is rare and threatened in Bulgaria and Europe. The following rare, steppe, xerothermic and thermophilous fungi (Agaricus comtulus, A. cupreobrunneus, Chlorophyllum agaricoides, Entoloma incanum, Geastrum corollinum, G. pectinatum, G. striatum, Geopora arenicola, Hygrocybe virginea, Lepiota erminea, Leucopaxillus lepistoides and Myriostoma coliforme) deserve special attention. In addition, new collections of some threatened, rare, and lesser-known species are also included. The aim of the paper is to enrich the information about fungal diversity of the Mt Strandzha floristic region, which area is important for conservation of the fungal diversity in Bulgaria.
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fungal conservation, fungal diversity, larger fungi, Mt Strandzha