First Record of Fourteen Basidiomycetous Macrofungi (Agaricomycetes) from Iraq

Abstract

The present study reports on macrofungi species collected from March 2015 to May 2016 in Amadiyah, Erbil and Suliamaniya districts (Northeast Iraq). In this studies fourteen taxa (Agaricus bitorquis, Amanita fuliginea (Agaricaceae), Agrocybe aegerita, Agrocybe praecox (Bolbitiaceae), Coprinopsis atramentaria, Coprinopsis strossmayeri (Psathyrellaceae), Hymenogaster sp. (Hymenogastraceae), Inocybe glabripes, Inocybe hystrix (Inocybaceae), Tricholoma scalpturatum (Tricholomataceae), Boletus luridus (Boletaceae), Ganoderma adspersum, Polyporus arcularius (Polyporaceae) and Russula delica (Russulaceae) belong to one division, eleven genera, nine families and four orders were recorded for the first time in Iraq.

Anatomical Study of Common Maidenhair Fern (Adiantum Capillus-Veneris L) Pteridaceae, in Iraq

“…The rest samples were divided into two groups: the first group was used for the morphological study by using a dissecting and light microscope whereas the second part was kept and preserved in F.A.A. preservative solution [14] for anatomical studies, transect sections were prepared by free hand sectioning [15] and sectioned, stained with safranine and photographed by using digital camera type (Canon). 2).…”