Initial Report of Inocybe costinitii in Türkiye with Morphological and Molecular Data

Abstract

Inocybe specimens were collected from Ankara University Beşevler 10. Yıl Campus, (Ankara, Türkiye) on October 19, 2022. As a result, the samples were identified as I. costinitii, a new record for Turkish Inocybe. This study presents a detailed description of this newly recorded species, covering aspects such as its location, observations of its habitat, geographical coordinates, the date of collection, and photographs that highlight its macroscopic and microscopic characteristics. Moreover, the study features the species' drawings and some of its microscopic traits. The study is enhanced by images obtained from a scanning electron microscope (SEM), briefly examining the spore features and discussed briefly.