New data on the taxonomy, distribution and ecology of the genus Peniophora Cooke (Basidiomycota, Fungi) in the Republic of Macedonia

Abstract

This is the first systematic research of genus Peniophora in the Republic of Macedonia. Out of the total number of 36 species of this genus known in Europe, within the investigations in the Republic of Macedonia, the following 22 species have been recorded: i o ci n a, ri o i , t h go a, y P. ju na i, a P. P. n i pro pseu ph pe xiri m co l a, P. e P. l qursi ae t e orci r a, n , P. a P. lac l P. v i e oa, m o l ru P. ar r i gi m P. a- i ci i , P. ci Pen m ri i , n e i , i , pi t , , f i po a do ar co e a o di P. ph n i o v ra s, P. al da k pi l , o l e n v re u i o P. e P. l i da ss cea . Four species: P. p i n P. n icarn P. l y , v co l e rsi co l t at v n P. at a, e a, P P. . y am и l t o rsi f rm i s ace has been recorded for the first time for mycobiota of Macedonia. This review considers aspects of the taxonomy, distribution and ecological features of Pen i o o ra species in the Republic of Macedonia. Key