sdu faculty of forestry journal special edition 2009 - Orman Fakültesi

SDU Faculty of Forestry Journal
Serial: A, Number: Special Issue, Year: 2009, ISSN: 1302-7085, Page: 260
DETERMINATION OF MACROMYCETES IN THE REGION OF
KOCAELI
Ayhan KARAKAYA¹*
1 Poplar and Fast Growing Forest Trees Research Institute
P.O. Box 93 41001 Kocaeli/Turkey
* ayhankarakaya68@hotmail.com
This study entitled “Determination of Macromycetes in the Region of Kocaeli”
was carried out to identify macrofungi species growing in the province of Kocaeli.
The aim of these types of studies can be summarized as to identify species, to
determine its rank in the systematic and to delineate the species’in distribution
area.
In the first step, the literature on the macrofungi was studied, and the relevant
information was collected. The samples were collected following determining the
field sites . All of the relevant information on the samples collected was recorded.
Each sample was later carefully excavated, bagged separately and transferred to the
lab.
The internal morphological characteristics of the reproductive organs including
the cap and lamella of the samples were determined. The cap characteristics
including shape, dimension, color, color change, centrality, and lamella or pore
structure, and the odor and degree of density of the succulent part were determined.
Various features of the stem including length, color, color change, and the
existence of stem as well as the ring and residuals, if existed, were also noted.
Moreover, in order to determine spore print, one reproductive organ was
sampled for each sample brought to the lab. The porous part of the cap was placed
on a white sheet and protected from air currents that would sweep the fallen
pollens. At least 12 hours later, spore print’s color was captured on the sheet.
The macrofungi was identified after the information collected from the field
sites and the lab study had been compared with the literature. At the end of the
study, 89 macrofungi species, 79 of which belonged to the Basidiomycetes class
and 10 of which were of the Ascomycetes class were indentified in the province of
Kocaeli.
Keywords: Macrofungi, Kocaeli, forest, systematic, phytopatology.
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