A new record of Morchella taxon for the Turkish macromycota

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A new record of Morchella taxon for the

Turkish macromycota

Mehmet Halil SOLAK

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& Fadime YILMAZ ERSEL•

&

Mustafa

IŞILOĞLU

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*Muğla Universiıy,

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School, Fungi

Program

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Ula-Muğla-Türkiye

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Abstract

T

h

i

s s

tud

y

is b

ase

d

o

n the macr

ofu

n

g

i

spec

i

men

s collec

t

e

d from

Muğla

province

b

etween

the

years 2000 a

n

d

2001. The morphological

and

ecological

characıeristics

of

th

e macrofung

i h

ave been reco

rd

ed

and ıh

ey

were

photographed

in

t

h

eir natura!

habitaıs.

As a

res

u

lt of

laboraıory

a

nd fi

e

ld

s

tud

ies,

Morclıella umbriııa

r.

ıııacroalveola

Jet.

i

dentified

anıong ıhese

spec

im

e

n

s

h

as

been

reco

r

ded

for

th

e

fir

s

l

time

i

n Turk

ey.

Key

Words :

Morclıella,

T

urki

s

h

macroınycota

Türkiye

makromikotası

için

Morclıella

taksonunun yeni bir

kaydı

Özet

Bu

çalışına

2000

ve 2001

yılları arasında Muğla

i

li

nden

ıoplanan

makrofungus

örnek

l

eri

üzerinde

yapılmıştır. Makrofungusların

mo

r

foloj

i

k

ve ekolojik

k

arak

t

e

rl

eri

kaydedilmiş

ve

doğal habitatlarında fotoğranarı çekilmiştir.

Laboratuvar ve

arazi

çalışmaları

son

u

cunda,

b

u

örnekler

arasından teşhis

e

dil

e

n

Morclıella ıııııbriııa f. ıııacroalveola

Jet.

Türkiye'den

ilk

kez

kaydedilmiştir.

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Introduction

Morcls grow as individually or in groups in spring. fronı February ıo May, in sunny places. in pine forcsıs. cspccially burned arcas. sonıetinıes in clearings. ofıeıı near piled-up barks, on sawdust or wood chippings, alsa in gardens, lawns aııd parks. Various spccies of Morclıella havc bccn collccıcd, cxporıcd aııd consuıııcd by Turkislı people. Especially ıhese nıuslıroonıs grow in Aegeaıı, Mediterranean and Marmara regions. Ecological facıors in ıhcse regioıı arc coııvenienı far nıorels ıo

cxist.

Thc speciıııens were collccıcd during ficld ırips in Muğla 2000-2001. Tlıc nıorphological and ccological characterisıics of' the nıacrofungi wcrc rccordcd and phoıographcd in ıhcir naıural habiıaıs.

The nıacrofuııgi specinıcns were brought ıo ıhc laboratory. Their spore prinıs were taken and sporcs wcrc photographed ıhrough a nıicroscope. Dricd spcciıııeııs wcrc nuıııbercd and placcd in lockcd bags. in addition, ıhcy wcrc put in decp freeze f'or a week to protect ıo intcrnal and cxıcrııal parasiıc

attacks.

The specinıcııs wcre idcnıified wiıh thc hclp of ınacroscopic and nıicroscopic feaıures. Also previous liıcraturc by Marchaııd (I). Brciteııbach aııd Kraıızliıı (2) and Jacqucıant (3) havc bccn

uıilizcd. Ali spccinıcns collected havc bccn kepi inıo thc fungariunı of ıhc Muğla Univcrsiıy. Many sıudies on Morels have bccn done in Turkcy (4-6). Ali article on nıacrofuııgi have been

cxaınincd, ı\1orc/1e/la umbriııa f. macroalveola Jet. have bcen determined asa new record.

Taxonoıııic description

Morchclla unıbrina f. macroalvcola Jet.. Figure 1.

Cap 30-40 111111, oval to subovaı shapcd, velvcty, longitudinal ribs black buı turııing brownish ı;rey with agc. Alveolaıe are frcqucnı and irregular. liglıı brown. Slalk 40-50 111111, cylindric shapcd,

surfacc whiıc ıo ochre, longitudinally wrinkled and hollow. Thc nıargin of cap passcs dircctly inıo ıhc sıalk a sharp bcııd. Flcsh wlıitc ancl ıouglı. Sporcs 20-22 x 12-13 µ.. clliptical, snıooıh. Asci eighı sporcd: paraphyses cylinclrical and with septa. Habitat, under Piııııs brıııia. Dislribution Muğla, Yaraş village. in pine forest, 24.04.2001, M.H. Solak 16.

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Figurc ı. Morchella umbrina. macroalveolaJcı.

a. Fruiıiııg body (life size) b. Sporcs (x 400)

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