The article provides results of our revision three herbarium specimens the genus Tulostoma collected in Ukraine and deposited Mycological Herbarium V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, CWU (Myc). Previously, they have been identified as kotlabae, T. niveum, subsquamosum reported newly recorded species Ukraine. For examined specimens, we analyzed nucleotide sequences ITS region ribosomal DN...

We previously showed that the females of the mushroom sciarid, Lycoriella ingenua (Dufour, 1839) (Diptera: Sciaridae), one of the most severe pests of the cultivated white button mushroom, Agaricus bisporus (J.E. Lange) Emil J. Imbach (Agaricales: Agaricaceae), are attracted to the mushroom compost that mushrooms are grown on and not to the mushrooms themselves. We also showed that females are ...

Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com habitats and ecosystem around the globe [1]. Macrofungi are important economically due to their importance in food, medicine, bio-control, chemical, biological and other industries [2]. Although the macrofungi are an integral part of a given ecosystem, their diversity and types are poorly studied, with a particular knowledge gap in the tropical regi...

Threats to our natural areas come from several sources; this problem is all too familiar in northeast Ohio. One of the goals of the Geauga County Park District is to protect high quality natural areas from rapidly encroaching development. One measure of an ecosystem's importance, as well as overall health, is in the biodiversity present. Furthermore, once the species diversity is assessed, this...