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Agriculture

2001

Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry

Azerbaijan.

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The Xylotroph's Macromycetes On Beech In Azerbaijani Forests, Elşad Hüseyi̇n, Faruk Selçuk Jan 2001

The Xylotroph's Macromycetes On Beech In Azerbaijani Forests, Elşad Hüseyi̇n, Faruk Selçuk

Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry

The aim of this study is to investigate the species composition and significance of beech-wood decomposing macromycetes. A total of 101 species of macromycetes were found on beech (Fagus orientalis Lipsky) in Azerbaijani forests. All species of xylotophic macromycetes belonged to 52 genera and 13 families of the orders Aphyllophorales, Polyporales, Agaricales and Auriculariales from the subdivision Basidiomycotina. The greatest part (79%) of xylotrophic species is represented by the order Aphyllophorales, species of Polyporales compose 10.9%, Agaricales 8.9%, and only one species belonging to the order Auriculariales. The Poriaceae family takes first place in terms of the number of species …