New species and records of Chimarra Stephens (Trichoptera, Philopotamidae) from Central Amazonia, Brazil. Chimarra (Curgia) paucispina sp. nov., of the aurivittata group Flint, 1998 is described and illustrated from specimens collected in Amazonas State. The key to species of Chimarra (Curgia) Walker, 1860 presented by Flint was modified to include the new species. Chimarra (Chimarrita) chela B...

In the framework of study on wood inhabiting Hyphomycetes inChalus vicinity, Mazandaran (Iran), during 2005-2006, 21 taxa belonging to different genera were identified. Among them, nine taxa have already been recorded from Iran and the other taxa are new to Iran which are listed as follows: Arthrobotryum stilboideum, Chloridium preussi, C. virescens var. virescens, Codinaeopsis gonytrichoides, ...

In this paper, five species of the agaric fungi viz., Entoloma griseoluridum, E. niphoides, Limacella ochraceolutea, Mycena clavicularisand M. acicula belonging to family Amanitaceae, Entolomataceae and Mycenaceae, are reported for the first time for Iranian mycobiota. Limacella ochraceolutea is the first species of fungi belonging to genus Limacella in Iran.Because L. ochraceolutea is a rare s...

Three new records of Tanacetum L., namely, T. punctatum and T. zahlbruckneri from Azerbaidjan and T. vulgare from Mazandaran Provinces are reported for the first time from Iran. Illustrations and distribution map are also presented for each species.

The family Gramineaee, due to its great number of species and worldwide distribution, is one of the large and well- known family in the plant kingdom. All the species in this family are homotypes and are found wherever plant growth is possible. At present, more than 10,000 species in 620 genera belonging to 60 tribes of this family are known from all over the world. In Iran, besides many resear...