Mustafabeyli, Aghayev indd

Mushroom diversity in Shaki district of Azerbaijan

Accepted for publication: 15 May 2019 

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Plant & Fungal Research (2019) 2(1): 23-31

© The Institute of Botany, ANAS, Baku, AZ1004, Azerbaijan

June 2019 

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MATERIAL AND METHODS

During mycological surveys mushroom specimens 

were collected from different localities of Shaki district 

at 675-2010 m a.s.l. in 2013-2018. Collected speci-

mens were air dried and deposited to the BAK. GPS 

coordinates of sampling localities were as follow: 

Galarsan-Gorarsan  fortress  walls  (N  41º15′48.57′′,  E 

47º13′40.43′′, 1220±50-60 m a.s.l.); along the Gilehli, 

hazel-nut forest (N 41º12′14.29′′, E 47º12′ 40.01′′, 835-

860 m a.s.l.); Mustafabey oak-beech, chestnut-beech 

forest (N 41º12′ 09.06′′, E 47º12′52.03′′, 820 - 930 m 

a.s.l.); Markhal resort complex (N 41° 14′ 34.85″; E 47° 

11′ 57.38″); Narıngala pine forest (N 41˚15′32.60′′; E 

47˚13′5.60′′,  1100  ±  50-70  m  a.s.l.);  surroundings  of 

Shaki Khans’ Palace (N 41º12′ 15.17′′, E 47 º11′35.83′′, 

770 ± 50-70 m a.s.l.); in vicinity of  Kungut village (N 

41° 9′ 45.72″; E 47° 18′ 48.05″, 880 m a.s.l.), in vicinity 

of  Zezid village (N 41° 8′ 20.61″; E 47° 13′ 49.41″, 610 

m a.s.l.); alley of martyrs in Shaki city (N 41° 11′ 51.58″ 

E 47 º11′ 35.83′′, 685 m a.s.l.).

Phenological features were examined by magnify-

ing lens and micromorphological features were ob-

served by the microscope (Vert. A1, Carl Zeiss, Axion 

Imager, Göttingen, Germany). Microscopic structures 

were mounted in the sterile water, statistics included of  

minimum 20 measurements. Both the size and shape 

of basidiospores were considered. The results are esti-

mated as the average of measurements of each structure 

for  each  sample.  Identification  was  carried  out  based 

on the available literature [Arora, 1986; Boddy et al., 

2013; Bondartseva, 1998; Dermek, Pilát, 1969; Dudka, 

Wasser, 1987; Hills, 2009; Horak, 2005; Klofac, 2013; 

Ladurne, 2003; Moser, 1967, 1986; Muñoz, 2005; 

Opred…, 1985; Richard et al., 2015; Šutara, 2008; Was-

ser, 1980; Zerova et al., 1979]. Nomenclature updates 

and taxonomic arrangements were presented as in Index 

Fungorum Partnership and MycoBank Database.

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

Taxonomic examination. In total 111 species (106 spe-

cies, three forms and two variations) belonging to 67 

genera, 32 families and 11 orders of Ascomycota and 

Basidiomycota (Table) were identified. Ascomycota is 

represented with nine species of five families and five 

genera, which were Helvella acetabulum (L.) Quél., H. 

atra J. König, H. lacunosa Afzel., Morchella esculenta, 

M. esculenta var. rotunda (Pers.) Secc., Otidea onotica 

(Pers.) Fuckel, Sarcoscypha coccinea (Gray) Boud. and 

Tuber aestivum (Wulfen) Spreng.

Basidiomycota was represented with 102 taxa of 

27 families and 10 orders. Agaricales was dominant in 

number of families and genera. Agaricaceae included 

Agaricus bisporus (J.E.Lange) Imbach, Agrocybe 

praecox (Pers.) Fayod, Apioperdon pyriforme (Schaeff.) 

Vizzini, Bovista plumbea Pers., Chlorophyllum rhacodes 

(Vittad.) Vellinga, Echinoderma asperum (Pers.) Bon,