UDK: 582.284.063.7(497.7) Acta Musei Macedonici Scientiarum Naturalium, 2018, Vol. 21, pp: 23-112 Received: 10.07.2018 ISSN: 0583-4988 (printed version) Accepted: 07.11.2018 ISSN: 2545-4587 (on-line version) Review paper Available on-line at: www.acta.musmacscinat.mk Checklist of macrofungal species from the phylum Basidiomycota of the Republic of Macedonia Mitko Karadelev1*, Katerina Rusevska1, Gerhard Kost2, Danijela Mitic Kopanja1 1Institute of Biology, Faculty of Natural Science and Mathematics, Ss Cyril and Methodius University, Skopje, Macedonia 2Department of Systematic Botany and Mycology, Faculty of Biology, Philipps University of Marburg, Germany *corresponding author’s e-mail:
[email protected] Abstract The interest in macrofungal studies in Macedonia has been growing in the past 20 years. The data sources used are published data, exsiccatae and notes from our own studies, as well as specimens from other collectors. According to the research conducted up to now, a total of 1,735 species, 27 varieties and 4 forms of Basidiomycota have been recorded in the country. A large part of this data is a result of the field and taxonomic work in the last two decades. This paper includes 497 taxa new to Macedonia. Key words: fungi, Macedonian macrofungi diversity, nomenclature, taxonomy. Introduction array of regions in Macedonia, such as Pelister, Jakupi- ca, Galichica, Golem Grad Island, Kozuf, Shar Planina From a mycological perspective, the Republic of and South Povardarie, mainly lignicolous species of Macedonia has been studied reasonably well. A num- fungi were studied (Tortić 1988; Karadelev 1993, ber of publications have been made by foreign mycolo- 1995c, d; Karadelev, Rusevska 2000; Karadelev et al.