A preliminary check list of macromycetes in northern Tunisia

Abstract

Within the last decade, checklists of fungi of several countries have been published or updated. Nevertheless, no checklists of macromycetes have hitherto been published for Tunisia (North Africa) apart from a mycocoenological study reporting 34 listed species. This work presents a list of macromycetes collected from January 2014 to March 2015 in six governorates of northern Tunisia. One hundred and twenty-three species (117 basidiomycetes and six ascomycetes) belonging to 78 genera and 46 families were recorded.

Keywords:

• Fungal diversity
• macromycetes
• Tunisian forests
• North Africa
• distribution
• ecological categories

Acknowledgment

We would like to thank Mr. Rkhissi Sebti for his help in picking and primary identification of the collected specimens. Our thanks also go to the General Direction of Forests, Tunisa, for their help to access the studied sites.