IDENTIFICATION OF AGARICALES COLLECTED IN MASHHAD AREA

Abstract

Studying on Agaricales fungi collected from different parts of Mashhad and its suburbs (Khorasan province), 23 species were identificed. Among these, 18 species, namely, <em>Lepiota cristata</em>, <em>Tricholoma sulphureum</em>, <em>Flammulina velutipes</em>, <em>Armillaria mellea</em>, <em>Pleurotus ostratus</em>, <em>Conocybe lactea</em>, <em>Agrocybe cylindracea</em>, <em>Mycena galopus</em>, <em>Psilocybe crobulus</em>, <em>Hypholoma fasciculare</em>, <em>Agaricus bitorquis</em>, <em>Pholiota aurivella</em>, <em>Coprinus comatus</em>, <em>C. atramentarius</em>,<em> C. micaceus</em>, <em>C.</em> <em>disseminatus</em>, <em>C. picaceus</em> and <em>Panaeolus rickenii</em> had been already reported in Iran. Five new species that include <em>Tricholoma fulvum</em>, <em>Lepista saeva</em>, <em>Volvariella plumulosa</em>, <em>Entoloma incanum</em>, and <em>Coprinus plicatilis</em> are new reports for the Iranian mycoflora. This paper explains the characterstics of the newly recorded species.