Studia bot. hung. 36, pp. 131-163, 2005 HUNGARIAN DISTRIBUTION OF THE LEGALLY PROTECTED MACROFUNGI SPECIES I. SILLER1, G. VASAS2, F. PÁL-FÁM3, Z. BRATEK4, I. ZAGYVA4 and L. FODOR5 'Department of Botany, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences of the Szent István University H-1078 Budapest, István u. 2, Hungary; E-mail:
[email protected] 2Department of Botany, Hungarian Natural History Museum H-1097 Budapest, Könyves Kálmán krt. 40, Hungary; E-mail:
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[email protected] 4Department of Plant Physiology and Molecular Plant Biology, Eötvös Loránd University H-1117 Budapest, Pázmány Péter sétány 1/c, Hungary E-mail: bratek @ Indens, elte. hu, geastrum @ axelero. hu 5Ministry of Environment and Water Office of Nature Conservation, H-1121 Budapest, Költő u. 21, Hungaiy The proposal for legal protection in Hungary compiled by the Hungarian Mycological Society in cludes thirty-five species of macrofungi (Amanita vittadinii, Battarrea phalloides, Cantharellus melanoxeros, Cortinarius (Phi.) paracephalixus, Cortinarius (Phi. ) praestans, Elaphomyces anthra- cinus, E. leveillei, E. maculatus, E. mutabilis, E. persooni, E. virgatosporus, Endoptychum agari- coides, Geastrum hungaricum, Gomphidius roseus, Gomphus clavatus, Gyrodon lividus, Hericium cirrhatum, Hericium erinaceus, Hygrocybe calyptriformis, Hypsizygus ulmarius, Lactarius helvus, Leccinum variicolor, Leucopaxillus macrocephalus, Phylloporus pelletieri, Polyporus luberaster, Polyporus umbellatus, Pseudoboletus parasiticus, Rhodotus palmatus, Russula claroflava, Sarco don scabrosus, Scutiger pescaprae, Squamanita schreieri, Strobilomyces strobilaceus, Tulostoma volvulatum, Volvariella bombycina). The characterisation of these species is complemented with the discussion of distribution, existing Hungarian records and the reasons for which protection is needed and proposed.