Aphyllophoroid Fungi Recorded in the Ichnia National Nature Park (Ukraine)

Abstract

The article outlines results of the mycological researches competed at Ichnia National Nature Park (Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine). The author discovered 161 species of aphyllophoroid fungi. 159 species were discovered at the research region for the first time, 30 were found for the first time in the Left Bank Forest Steppe and two species (Kavinia alboviridis and Skeletocutis brevispora) are new ones for Ukraine. The new locality of Grifola frondosa was discovered. The fungus is known as a rare species for the territory of Ukraine and is red listed in Ukraine. Most of the species are saprotrophs, this fact is fully consistent with the substrate preferences of aphyllophoroid fungi. Moreover, the author recorded six species belonging to dangerous pathogens, that cause different kind of root rot and stem rot.