Lenzitopsis oxycedri Malençon & Bertault (Thelephoraceae, basidiomycota), a very rare wood decay fungus collected in Turkey

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. | Turk J Bot 31 (2007) 349-352 © TÜB‹TAK Research Note Lenzitopsis oxycedri Malençon & Bertault (Thelephoraceae, Basidiomycota), a Very Rare Wood-Decay Fungus Collected in Turkey 1, 2 3 1 Hasan Hüseyin DO⁄AN *, Mitko KARADELEV , Mustafa IfiILO⁄LU , Celâleddin ÖZTÜRK 1 Selçuk University, Science & Arts Faculty, Biology Department, 42031 Campus, Konya - TURKEY 2 Institute of Biology, Faculty of Natural Science & Mathematics, Gazi Baba bb., . Box 162, 1000 Skopje, THE REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA 3 Mu¤la University, Science & Arts Faculty, Biology Department, Kötekli, Mu¤la - TURKEY Received: Accepted: 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. Key Words: Basidiomycota, Juniperus foetidissima, Lenzitopsis oxycedri, Turkey, wood-decay fungus Lenzitopsis oxycedri (Thelephoraceae, Basidiomycota), Türkiye’de A¤aç Çürüklü¤üne Neden Olan Çok Nadir Bir Mantar Topland› Özet: Türkiye’nin Güney Akdeniz bölgesinde bulunan Antalya-Termessos Milli park’›nda Juniperus foetidissima Willd. n›n canl› dal› üzerinde Lenzitopsis oxycedri Malençon & Bertault topland›. Bu çok nadir tür Thelephoraceae’nin monotipik bir cinsidir ve daha önce yaln›zca Fas, ‹spanya ve ‹talya’dan bilinmektedir. Bu mantar ard›ç odununda beyaz çürüklük yapar. Anahtar Sözcükler: Basidiomycota, Juniperus foetidissima, Lenzitopsis oxycedri, Türkiye, odun-çürüklük mantar› Introduction The genus Lenzitopsis Malençon & Bertault is a monotypic genus and belongs to Thelephoraceae. It is in an isolated position in the family because of perennial, resupinate to reflexed basidiocarps, a monomitic hyphal system, and globose to subglobose spores, which .