International Journal of Biological Sciences and Research | IJBSR | Vol. 1, No. 3, p. 131-146, 2018 Lignicolous Macrofungi In The Beech Forest Of The Mountain Ridge Lisets (Forebalkan) in Bulgaria Maria Lacheva Department of Botany and Agrometeorology, Agricultural University-Plovdiv 12, Mendeleev Str., 4000 Plovdiv, Bulgaria, e-mail:
[email protected] ABSTRACT The current research is based on lignicolous macrofungi collected from mountain ridge Lisets and its environs between 2004 and 2011. As a result of field and laboratory studies, 73 species were identified. Seven (7) fungi belong to Pezizomycota and 66 to Agaricomycota. Of these fungi 55 represent new records for Forebalkan floristic region. Two (2) species includes in the Red List of fungi in Bulgaria: Clavicorona pyxidata (Pers. : Fr.) Doty, and Phyllotopsis nidulans (Pers. : Fr.) Singer. This paper presents the most up-to-date and extensive list of lignicolous macrofungi of mountain ridge Lisets, Forebalkan floristic region. Key words: beech communities, conservation value, Forebalkan, fungal diversity, lignicolous macrofungi, mountain ridge Lisets, rare taxa Maria Lacheva . GNARW © 2018 Page | 131 https://www.gnarw.com International Journal of Biological Sciences and Research | IJBSR | Vol. 1, No. 3, p. 131-146, 2018 INTRODUCTION The mountain ridge Lisets is situated in Northern Bulgaria, Western Forebalkan (Bondev, 2002). According to the physical and geographical characteristics is situated within the Stara Planina (Balkan) region (Georgiev, 1985; Yordanova et al., 2002). Climatically the mountain ridge belonds to Temperate-continental climatic Zone (Velev, 2002). The highest points is peaks Kamen Lisets (1073 m) and Cherti grad (1283 m). The study area is covered mainly by natural forest due to the prevailing climatic and edaphic conditions and limited timber extraction.