IDENTIFICATION OF ELEVEN COPRINUS SPECIES OF IRAN

Macro-fungi from different places of   Mazandaran and Tehran provinces, collected since 1982-2000, identified. An account of 16 Coprinus species, namely, Coprinus picaceus, C. cinereus, C. lagopus, C. lagopides, C. macrocephalus, C. brunneofibrillosus, C. subimpatiens, C. angulatus, C. niveus, C. ephemeroides, C. comatus, C. flocculosus, C. scobicola, C. disseminatus, C. plicatilis and C. patouillardii, were collected around Noor, Babulsar and Tehran and identified. Nine species, namely, Coprinus lagopus, C. comatus, C. flocculosus, C. scobicola, C. disseminatus, C. plicatilis, C. picaceus, C. macrocephalus and C. niveus,were previously recorded from Iran  but other 7 species, namely, C. lagopides, C. macrocephalus, C. brunneofibrillosus, C. subimpatiens, C. angulatus, C. ephemeroides and C. cinereus are new to Iran along with C. lagopus, C. niveus, C. picaceus and C. macrocephalus are described and illustrated in detail.