Lenzitopsis oxycedri Malençon & Bertault (Thelephoraceae, Basidiomycota), a Very Rare Wood-Decay Fungus Collected in Turkey

Authors: HASAN HÜSEYİN DOĞAN, MITKO KARADELEV, MUSTAFA IŞILOĞLU, CELALEDDİN ÖZTÜRK

Abstract: Lenzitopsis oxycedri Malençon & Bertault was collected on a living branch of Juniperus foetidissima Willd. from Thermessos national park, Antalya, situated in the southern Mediterranean part of Turkey. This very rare species belongs to a monotypic genus of Thelephoraceae and was previously only known from Morocco, Spain, and Italy. This fungus causes white rot in juniper wood.

Keywords: Basidiomycota, Juniperus foetidissima, Lenzitopsis oxycedri, Turkey, wood-decay fungus

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