The diversity of macromycetes in the territory of Batočina (Serbia)

Nevena Petrović,Branislav Ranković,Marijana Kosanić

doi:10.5937/kgjsci1941117p

Abstract

The purpose of this paper was discovering the diversity of macromycetes in the territory of Batočina (Serbia). Field studies, which lasted more than a year, revealed the presence of 200 species of macromycetes. The identified species belong to phyla Basidiomycota (191 species) and Ascomycota (9 species). The biggest number of registered species (100 species) was from the order Agaricales. Among the identified species was one strictly protected - Phallus hadriani and seven protected species: Amanita caesarea, Marasmius oreades, Cantharellus cibarius, Craterellus cornucopiaodes, Tuber aestivum, Russula cyanoxantha and R. virescens; also, several rare and endangered species of Serbia. This paper is a contribution to the knowledge of the diversity of macromycetes not only in the territory of Batočina, but in Serbia, in general.

Highlights

Fungi represent one of the most diverse and widespread group of organisms in terrestrial ecosystems, but, despite that fact, their diversity remains highly unexplored
Even though studying macromycetes in Serbia has been intensified over the past few years (VUKOJEVIĆ and HADŽIĆ, 2013; LUKIĆ, 2013; IVANČEVIĆ, 2016; SAVIĆ, 2016; VUKOJEVIĆ et al, 2016), the diversity of macromycetes of Batočina hasn’t been studied yet, so the primary aim of this study was the contribution to the knowledge of the diversity of macromycetes in the territory of Batočina
The presence of 200 species of macromycetes was recorded in the territory of Batočina municipality

Summary

Introduction

Fungi represent one of the most diverse and widespread group of organisms in terrestrial ecosystems, but, despite that fact, their diversity remains highly unexplored. The number of species of macromycetes was estimated to be 140000, while the rest of those 1.6 million species belonged to micromycetes which is just 10% (STAJIĆ, 2015). Studies of biota in the territory of Batočina remain scarce (GLAVENDEKIC and KOLAROV, 1994; RANKOVIĆ, 2002; MARKOVIĆ et al, 2015) and macromycetes are unexplored. In the territory of Serbia 1 300 species and subspecies of macromycetes were noted, but it is estimated that that number is much bigger, somewhere between 3 000 and 6 000 species of macromycetes (SADIKOVIĆ and KUŠTERA, 2013). Even though studying macromycetes in Serbia has been intensified over the past few years (VUKOJEVIĆ and HADŽIĆ, 2013; LUKIĆ, 2013; IVANČEVIĆ, 2016; SAVIĆ, 2016; VUKOJEVIĆ et al, 2016), the diversity of macromycetes of Batočina hasn’t been studied yet, so the primary aim of this study was the contribution to the knowledge of the diversity of macromycetes in the territory of Batočina

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