Investigation of Myxomycetes in Selcen Mountain (Turkey) and its close environs

Abstract

In this study, myxomycetes, which have an important place in forest ecosystem, were determined. Myxomycetes act as saprophyte in the forest ecosystem. In this context, the myxomycet diversity of Selcen Mountain and its close environs was determined. This study has been made on the specimens which were obtained from 11 different station areas of Selcen Mountain and its close environs in 2011-2012. The samples were acquired from barks of trees, leaves and the materials of decayed trees. These materials were employed the Moist Chamber Culture and it was tried to develop myxomycetes sporophore. In addition myxomycetes were obtained from natural environment. As a result of field and laboratory studies 57 taxa belonging to 10 families and 21 genera were identified, and they were added to the Turkish Myxobiota.

Myxomycetes of Eşmişek Plateau (Kırıkhan-Hatay)

“…Lignicol species exhibit cosmopolitan distribution. Species obtained in the present study were identified in several other studies as well (Yağız and Afyon 2007;Baba and Tamer 2008;Ergül and Akgül 2011;Ocak and Hasenekoğlu 2013;Ergül et al 2016;Zümre et al 2019).…”

Myxomycetes Diversity of Batman Province and Hasankeyf district

“…Field samples collected in the sporophore stage or obtained from the moist chamber technique were dried in room temperature by laying a two layer of blotter paper in petri dishes and turned into fungarium material (Baba and Tamer, 2007). Identification of myxomycetes were made using Alexopoulos (1969), Farr (1976), Thind (1977), Farr (1981), Martin et al (1983), Neubert et al (1993Neubert et al ( , 1995Neubert et al ( , 2000, Stephenson and Stempen (1994), Alexopoulos et al (1996), Alvarado and Stephenson (2017), Zümre et al (2019); Baba andSevindik (2019, 2020) .…”