Nine discomycete and one sordariomycete (Ascomycota) species are reported for the first time from Turkey. The genera Coccomyces, Kompsoscypha, Pseudopithyella, Strobiloscypha, and Lasiosphaeris have not been reported before in the country. | Turkish Journal of Botany Turk J Bot (2018) 42: 644-652 © TÜBİTAK doi: Research Article New contributions to the Turkish Ascomycota Abdullah KAYA* , Yasin UZUN Department of Biology, Kamil Özdağ Science Faculty, Karamanoğlu Mehmetbey University, Karaman, Turkey Received: Accepted/Published Online: Final Version: Abstract: Nine discomycete and one sordariomycete (Ascomycota) species are reported for the first time from Turkey. The genera Coccomyces, Kompsoscypha, Pseudopithyella, Strobiloscypha, and Lasiosphaeris have not been reported before in the country. Anthracobia, Plicaria, Sclerotinia, and Pithya species are new records added to the previous knowledge. Macro- and micromorphological descriptions and illustrations for each new taxon are provided. Key words: Ascomycota, biodiversity, new records, Turkey 1. Introduction The knowledge of higher fungi in Turkey has been increasing over the years. More than 2500 species has been identified so far in the country, and most of them have been published as checklists (Sesli and Denchev, 2014; Solak et al., 2015). The number of taxa reached almost 210 ascomycetes. Since then, nearly 90 more species of Ascomycota were added to the former list (Akata et al., 2016a, 2016b; Akçay and Uzun, 2016; Doğan et al., 2016; Dülger and Akata, 2016; Elliot et al., 2016; Kaya, 2016; Kaya et al., 2016; Taşkın et al., 2016; Acar and Uzun, 2017; Uzun et al., 2017a, 2017b, 2017c). Presently, the number of ascomycetes has reached almost 300. In this manuscript we present ten new reports for nine genera and seven families of Ascomycota. The aim of this work is to contribute to the knowledge of Ascomycota biodiversity in Turkey. 2. Materials and methods The samples were collected in Gaziantep and Trabzon provinces between 2014 and 2016. During field trips, macrophotographs were taken in their natural habitats. We made notes of morphological and .
