Abstract

The hypogeous basidiomycete genus, Wakefieldia is given as new record for Turkish mycobiota based on the collection and identification of Wakefieldia macrospora from İstanbul. Brief description, photographic images related to its micro and macromorphologies and the collection locality of the species were provided.

Highlights

  • Wakefieldia Corner & Hawker is a hypogeous basidiomycete genus in the family Boletaceae (Kirk et al, 2008)

  • The genus contains two species and characterized by globose to irregular gasterocarp, thin, whitish and smooth peridium; minute and crowded chambered loculate gleba, statismosporic, orthotropic, globular spores ornamented with broad verrucae or irregular ridges (Pegler et al, 1993)

  • The ITS and nuc-LSU sequence based data gathered by Kaounas et al (2011) from Greek collections of hypogeous fungi bear a close relation of Wakefieldia Corner & Howker to the Hebeloma (Fr.) P

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Introduction

Wakefieldia Corner & Hawker is a hypogeous basidiomycete genus in the family Boletaceae (Kirk et al, 2008). Wakefieldia, A New Hypogeous Basidiomycete Genus Record for Turkey. The genus contains two species and characterized by globose to irregular gasterocarp, thin, whitish and smooth peridium; minute and crowded chambered loculate gleba, statismosporic, orthotropic, globular spores ornamented with broad verrucae or irregular ridges (Pegler et al, 1993).

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