The diversity and distribution of edible and medicinal mushrooms from Mazandaran Province of Northern Iran Biology

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Published: Apr 15, 2019
Keywords:
medicinal and edible mushrooms, diversity, distribution, ecological groups, Northern Iran.

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S. M. Badalyan
YSU
А. Borhani
Agriculture and Natural Resources Research Center of Mazandaran, Passand Forest and Rangeland Research Station, Behshahr

Abstract

The present study was conducted in Mazandaran Province of Northern Iran. A total of 76 species and 2 variations of macrofungi belonging to phyla Basidiomycota and Ascomycota have been collected and identified. Among described species, 54 are edible, 24 possess only medicinal properties, 15 are reported for the first time for Mazandaran Province and 3 Russula species – for mycobiota of Iran. From them 42 species grow on northern slopes, 12 – on southern slopes, and 29 – on all facing slopes. They belong to xylotrophs (37), coprotrophs/xylotrophs (3), humus/litter saprotrophs (17) and mycorrhizal (20) species.

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Vol 53 No 1 (2019): Volume 53 No 1
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Author Biographies

S. M. Badalyan, YSU

S. M. Badalyan

Laboratory of Fungal Biology and Biotechnology, Department of Biomedicine, Institute of Pharmacy YSU, Armenia

E-mail: s.badalyan@ysu.am

А. Borhani, Agriculture and Natural Resources Research Center of Mazandaran, Passand Forest and Rangeland Research Station, Behshahr

A. Borhani

Agriculture and Natural Resources Research Center of Mazandaran, Passand Forest and Rangeland Research Station, Behshahr, Iran

E-mail: borhani.ali@gmail.com