Ten Previously Unreported Basidiomycota Macrofungi from Salahadin Governorate Including Five New Records to Iraq

Abstract

Macrofungi specimens were collected from Tikrit and Dujail districts of Salahadin Governorate (North Central Iraq) between 2017 and 2018. Ten Basidiomycota macrofungal species (Agrocybe praecox, Clitocybe flavidella, Conocybe deliquescens, Coprinopsis romagnesiana, Lentinus tigrinus, Panaeolus papilionaceus, Parasola plicatilis, Psathyrella candolleana, P. spadiceogrisea, Volvopluteus gloiocephalus) belonging to 9 genera, 6 families and 2 orders were recorded. Five of these species are new to macromycota of Iraq. Macroscopic and microscopic characteristics of the recorded fungal taxa are given.