R. ZARE

[ 1 ] - ONE OF THE SOUTHERN LIMITS OF GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF SCLEROTIUM FORMING SNOW MOULD FUNGI: FIRST RECORDS OF TYPHULA SPECEIES FROM IRAN

Three kinds of sclerotia of Typhula spp. from Ardabil, East Azerbaijan and Qazvin Provinces in the northwest of Iran were collected. Morphology and ITS sequences of rDNA suggested that the collected fungi belonged to Typhula incarnata Lasch, Typhula phacorrhiza (Reichardt) Fr. and Typhula sp. These three taxa are new records in the Middle East and the result of this research suggests that Iran ...