New data to the knowledge of macrofungi of Wolin National Park

Abstract

This paper presents the results of mycological studies conducted in the Wolin National Park from July to November 2012, and sporadically in the following 4 years. Explorations were made by a route method over the whole area of the Park, mainly in forest associations: Cephalanthero rubrae-Fagetum, Galio odorati-Fagetum, Luzulo pilosae-Fagetum, and Fago-Quercetum petraeae. In total, 322 taxa of macrofungi were found, 37 Ascomycota and 285 Basidiomycota. Two of them, Hericium coralloides and Inonotus obliquus, are under partial protection, 39 on the red list of fungi in Poland. For the first time, Russula torulosa, previously not reported from Poland, was found in Wolin National Park. Among the examined phytocoenoses, Galio odorati-Fagetum and Luzulo pilosae-Fagetum are characterized by the highest species variety and abundance.

Fungi of the Wolin National Park – New Data on Macromycetes

“…The significant species diversity of mycobiota of the WNP shown in the current and previous studies (Czubiński & Urbański, 1951;Dominik, 1957;Friedrich, 2011;Lisiewska, 1966;Ławrynowicz, 1983Ronikier, 2005;Skirgiełło, 1970;Stasińska & Sotek, 2016;Stier, 1939;Ulbrich, 1932;Wojewoda, 2002;Wojewoda et al, 2002), confirms the very high natural value of this area. The number of macrofungi (508 species) found in the WNP is almost 1/5 higher than the number of species recorded in two other national parks in Pomerania, the Słowiński National Park (429) (Bujakiewicz & Lisiewska, 1983) and the Drawa National Park (379) (Stefaniak, 2013, as cited in Karasiński et al, 2015).…”

“…The number of fungi species known from the Park area increased by 32 that were previously unreported, and currently it amounts to 508 taxa. New localities were recorded for more than 35% out of 476 previously observed fungi species (Czubiński & Urbański, 1951;Dominik, 1957;Friedrich, 2011;Lisiewska, 1966;Ławrynowicz, 1983Ronikier, 2005;Skirgiełło, 1970;Stasińska & Sotek, 2016;Stier, 1939;Ulbrich, 1932;Wojewoda, 2002;Wojewoda et al, 2002).…”

“…The location and physiographic and floristic characteristics of the WNP were presented in the article by Stasińska and Sotek (2016), which is the first part of the research on macromycetes in this area. Currently, the list of macrofungi species contains data from field studies conducted from May to October 2017 and earlier data that were not included in the first article.…”

“…At that time, a total of 283 species and 11 varieties and forms of macrofungi were found. It was only after 50 years that another study was published on the biota of macrofungi occurring in the forest communities of the Park (Stasińska & Sotek, 2016). The study mainly covered the areas of strict protection, within which well-developed patches of Cephalanthero rubrae-Fagetum, Galio odorati-Fagetum, Luzulo pilosae-Fagetum, and Fago-Quercetum petraeae complexes have been preserved.…”