Bulletin of the Natural History Museum, 2018, 11: 21-61. Received 25 Aug 2018; Accepted 22 Oct 2018. doi:10.5937/bnhmb1811021S UDC: 582.282.16(497.11) Original scientific paper CHECKLIST OF PEZIZOMYCETES FROM SERBIA DRAGIŠA SAVIĆ1*, ISKRA KAJEVSKA2, NENAD MILOSAVLJEVIĆ3 1 National Park Fruška Gora, Zmajev trg 1, 21208 Sremska Kamenica, Republic of Serbia, e-mail:
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[email protected] In this paper, report on species distribution from the class Pezizomycetes is presented, in the Republic of Serbia. The list of species contains all known published and unpublished data so far. To date, a total number of 206 species have been listed, of which even 105 have been recognized as new country records. This comprehensive species list significantly enriches the knowledge of this taxonomic group in the country. Key words: Fungi, Ascomycota, Southeast Europe. INTRODUCTION The fundamental classification within Ascomycota was based upon the structure of the ascus apical apparatus and the mode of dehiscence of the ascus. These features were a significant taxonomic character in the 22 SAVIĆ, D. ET AL.: CHECKLIST OF PEZIZOMYCETES FROM SERBIA delimitation of Pezizomycetes, commonly known as operculate disco- mycetes, from the inoperculate discomycetes or currently known as Leotiomycetes (Landvik et al. 1997). Classifications within Pezizomycetes have long been based exclusively on morphology and cytology (e.g. Boudier 1907, Nannfeldt 1932, Eckblad 1968, Spatafora et al.