Creolophus cirrhotus as a new genus and species on beech wood in Iran

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Beech (Fagus orientalis Lipsky) is one of the most valuable forest tree species of lran. Live as well as felled beech trees have been subjected to attack by wood-inhabiting fungi from early times. One fungus reported for the first time in this research, is Creolophus cirrhatrzs (Pers.: Fr.) P. Karst. The fungus was collected on a beech stump in Kord-kuy beech forests of 1900 meter altitude in spring of 2001, Gorgan province. The sample stored in a solution consisted 7%o Formalin, g3Yo distillated water, 25 g.liter so4zn, and currently is housed in Alborz Research Complex in Iran. The fungus was studied based on macroscopic and microscopic characteristics, spores scaling and identified as creolophus cifthatus (Hericiaceae), from tooth fungigroup. The fungus causes white rot on beech wood.

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Iranian Journal of Forest and Range Protection Research
Volume 2, Issue 2 - Serial Number 4
December 2005
Pages 205-208

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  • Receive Date: 22 May 2003
  • Revise Date: 03 July 2016
  • Accept Date: 21 November 2004

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