Lepista nuda (Bull.) Cooke (Basidiomycota: Tricholomataceae): A new record from Egypt

Lepista nuda (Bull.) Cooke (Basidiomycota: Tricholomataceae): A new record from Egypt

F. M. Salem1,3*, A. M. Abdel-Azeem1,3, M. T. Mohesin2,3 and E. M. El-Morsey2,31 Botany Department, Faculty of Science, University of Suez Canal, Ismailia 41522,Egypt.
2 Botany Department, Faculty of Science, University of Damietta, New Damietta, Egypt.
3 Arab Society for Fungal Conservation, Faculty of Science, University of Suez Canal,
Ismailia 41522, Egypt

ABSTRACT
Arab society for fungal conservation designed a series of mycological expeditions to underpin the achievement
of specific fungal conservation aims. In 2013, the expeditions were operated for the first time in Egypt in which various habitats were screened in Nile Delta. Macrobasidiomycete specimens were collected from El- Sanania (Damietta) many times since February 2013. According to the current study, Lepstia nuda is recorded for the first time in Egypt. The new record is illustrated and briefly described below. Dried basidiomata and pure culture of L. nuda were deposited in the Fungarium of Arab Society for Fungal Conservation, Suez Canal University, Egypt.