Abstract
Three lichenicolous fungi occurring on Tephromela atra and Lecidea fuscoatra- Rhymbocarpus fuscoatrae, Sclerococcum tephromelarum and Skyttea tephromelarum, collected from the Tunceli and Bingol provinces of Turkey - are reported as new to Turkey and Asia, following a recent lichenological survey in those provinces. Short descriptions are provided, together with geographic distributions, hosts, and comparisons with similar taxa.
Highlights
Lichenicolous fungi include a large group of about 1.800 taxa (Lawrey & Diederich 2003)
They belong to the Ascomycota, and the rest to the Basidiomycota and grow as obligate parasites or saprotrophs on lichens (Lawrey & Diederich 2003)
In carrying out our projects “Lichen flora of the Tunceli and Bingöl provinces”, we found some interesting lichenicolous fungi
Summary
Lichenicolous fungi include a large group of about 1.800 taxa (Lawrey & Diederich 2003). They belong to the Ascomycota (about 95%), and the rest to the Basidiomycota and grow as obligate parasites or saprotrophs on lichens (Lawrey & Diederich 2003). In carrying out our projects “Lichen flora of the Tunceli and Bingöl provinces”, we found some interesting lichenicolous fungi. No lichenicolous fungi had been reported previously from the Tunceli and Bingöl provinces. Studies on the Turkish flora of lichenicolous fungi have been increasing in recent years, there are many unexplored parts of Turkey (Yazici et al 2011; Yazici & Etayo 2014a, b, 2015). 146 taxa of lichenicolous fungi are known fromTurkey (Halıcı et al 2012; Kocakaya et al 2014, 2016; John & Türk 2017)
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