Sclerodermatales IN THE REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA

Karadelev M. , Rusevska K. & Stojkoska K. (2008): Distribution and ecology of the Gasteromycete fungi orders Phallales and Sclerodermatales in the Republic of Macedonia. Proceedings of the III Congress of Ecologists of the Republic of Macedonia with International Participation, 06-09.10. 2007, Struga. Special issues of Macedonian Ecological Society, Vol. 8, Skopje. This is the first paper on systematic research on the gasteromycetes belonging to orders Phallales and Sclerodermatales in the Republic of Macedonia. Within the researches in the Republic of Macedonia 15 species have been recorded: Clathrus ruber, Mutinus caninus, Phallus hadriani, P. impudicus, Astraeus hygrometricus, Pisolithus arhizus, Scleroderma areolatum, S. bovista, S. cepa, S. citrinum, S. meridionale, S. polyrhizum, S. septentrionale, S. verrucosum and Sphaerobolus stellatus. The following four species are new for Macedonia: Phallus hadriani, Scleroderma bovista, S. cepa and S. polyrhizum. Two species are part of the Preliminary Red List of Macromycetes in the Republic of Macedonia Clathrus ruber and Mutinus caninus. Pisolithus arhizus is a species from Appendix I of Bern Convention. ner1939; Sylejmani 1980; Tortić 1988; Karadelev et al., 2002b; Rusevska & Karadelev 2004) and Sphaerobolus stellatus (Karadelev et al. 2003a.). Materials and methods The sources of this paper are exsiccates deposited in different collections, research notes of the present authors. The previously published data are also included so as to have the complete list of these groups of fungi, while the most unpublished data are from the period of 2000th to date. Some of the specimens, as mentioned above, have been preserved at the Botanical Department, Faculty of Science in Zagreb, and in the National Collection of Fungi (FUNGI MACEDONICI) at the Institute of Biology, Faculty of Natural Science, Ss Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje. The collections in the fungarium of the Botanical Department, Faculty of Science in Zagreb, have been mostly collected and examined by M. Tortić. All other species without any fungaria marks in the text have been collected and determined by the present authors. The identification of the species has been done Оригинален научен труд Original Scientific Article Distribution and ecology of the Gasteromycete fungi orders Phallales and Sclerodermatales. 209 Proceedings of the III Congress of Ecologists of Macedonia according to Jülich (1984), Breitenbach & Kränzlin (1986), Pegler et al. (1995), Hansen & Knudsen (1997), Calonge (1998), Krieglsteiner (2000) and Dähncke (2001). In a few cases, the names of the species have been modified according to Index Fungorum 2005 and http://www.mycobank. org/MycoTaxo.aspx. The species are reported alphabetically. Under each fungal species data of geographical distribution, altitude, forest association, substrate, data source and previous publica tions are provided. Marks and abbreviations: leg. legator (collector) exs. collections in which the dried material (exsiccatum) is deposited Ref. references (sources of records of the taxon) vill. village Mt mountain BSRS Biology students research society * new species for the Republic of Macedonia