Callistosporium luteo-olivaceum (Callistosporiaceae: Basidiomycota), an agaric fungi new to Türkiye

Abstract

Callistosporium luteo-olivaceum collected from Mediterranean region of Türkiye is identified based on morphological characters and combined dataset of nuclear ribosomal ITS and LSU sequences. Callistosporium luteo-olivaceum is new to the country’s mycobiota and it is the first report of this species from the relict endemic Liquidambar orientalis forest. Description of the species based on macro and micromorphological characters, colour photograph from its natural habitat and line-drawings of microscopic features are presented.