SIX SPECIES OF <i>AGARICOMYCETES</i>, NEW TO THE PAMIR-ALAY MOUNTAINS (UZBEKISTAN PART)
Abstract
New data on basidiomycete species (Crucibulum laeve, Ganoderma resinaceum, Leccinum duriusculum, Lentinus brumalis, Neolentinus cyathiformis, and Volvariella bombycina) recorded for the first time for the Pamir-Alay ranges in Uzbekistan is presented. All collections were made within protected areas of the Zaamin National Nature Park, the Nuratau Nature Reserve, and the Kitab State Geological Reserve. Detailed information on studied specimens deposited in Tashkent Mycological Herbarium of the Institute of Botany of Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan (TASM), including geographical coordinates, descriptions of localities, substrates and habitats, date of collection, as well as the herbarium numbers, is provided. The history of macrofungi studies in Pamir-Alay is briefly described.