Mushrooms collected from different areas in Senegal were molecularly characterized in order to establish phylogenetic relationships with previously described species. For this, PCR products were analyzed by electrophoresis and sequenced. Orthologous Sequences were deduced by Blastn analyses from those available in GenBank and belonging to clearly identified taxonomic units and species. Phylogenetic analyses were performed by the Maximum likelihood method. These analyses led to determine species belonging to three important genera: Agaricus, Ganoderma and Termitomyces. Moreover, phylogenetic analyses have allowed the location of these Senegalese fungal strains in relation with reference species. However, all these Senegalese strains appeared phylognetically distant from the others species and, consequently can be considered as new and still un-described species.
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