Abstract
Samples were collected in Adana province during 2019–2021 and myxomycetes were cultured using the moist chamber technique. The samples consisted of rotten or live tree bark, leaves, rashes, vegetable, and animal material, which were considered likely to contain myxomycete spores. In adddition, natural myxomycete samples were collected at nine different stations. These ‘natural samples’ were immediately dried and potential spore-bearing material was kept in a warm and humid environment with the moist chamber technique. In total, 56 myxomycetes (205 samples; 148 by moist chamber technique and 57 ‘natural samples’) were obtained representing six orders, 12 families, 24 genera and 56 species. Eight species were collected only in natural samples, 35 species were obtained only by moist chamber technique in the laboratory, and 13 species were obtained by both methods. Two myxomycetes as new records (Licea rugosa and Physarum nivale) and one new locality (Cribraria lepida) were identified in Turkey
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<p>Ing, B. (1994) The phytosociology of myxomycetes. <em>New Phytologist</em> 126: 175–201. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8137.1994.tb03937.x</p>
<p>Ing, B. (1999) <em>The Myxomycetes of Britain and Ireland</em>. The Richmond Publishing Co., Slough, England.</p>
<p>Kuhnt, A. (2014) Bemerkenswerte, Schleimpilze (Amoebozoa, Myxomycetes) aus Deutschland: Neu- und Wiederfunde seltener Arten. <em>Berichte der Bayerischen Botanischen Gesellschaft</em> 84: 39–64.</p>
<p>Lado, C. (2005–2021) An on line nomenclatural information system of Eumycetozoa. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC. Madrid, Spain. Available from: http://www.nomen.eumycetozoa.com (Last updated 13 April 2021)</p>
<p>Lado, C. & Pando, F. (1997) <em>Flora Mycologica Iberica</em>, Vol. 2. CSIC, Madrid, Spain. 323 pp.</p>
<p>Martin, G.W. & Alexopoulos, C.J. (1969) <em>The Myxomycetes</em>. University of Iowa Press, Iowa City, 560 pp.</p>
<p>Martin, G.W., Alexopoulos, C.J. & Farr, M.L. (1983) <em>The Genera of Myx</em>omycetes. University of Iowa Press, Iowa City, 438 pp.</p>
<p>Neubert, H., Nowotny, W. & Baumann, K. (1993) <em>Die Myxomyceten</em> (Band I). Karlheinz Baumann Verlag Gomaringen.</p>
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<p>Novozhilov, Y.K., Schnittler, M., Erastova, D.A., Okun, M.V., Schepin, O.N. & Heinrich, E. (2013) Diversity of nivicolous myxomycetes of the Teberda State Biosphere Reserve (Northwestern Caucasus, Russia). <em>Fungal Diversity</em> 59: 109–130. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13225-012-0199-0</p>
<p>Ocak, İ. (2015) Seasonal distribution of field-collected myxomycete in the Köroğlubeli forest, Afyonkarahisar, Turkey. <em>Ekoloji</em> 24: 48–56. https://doi.org/10.5053/ekoloji.2015.18</p>
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<p>Ramírez-Ortega, J.M., Estrada-Torres, A. & De Luna, E. (2017) A comparative SEM study of morphological characters in <em>Cribraria</em>. <em>Mycotaxon</em> 132: 391–419. https://dx.doi.org/10.5248/132.391</p>
<p>Stephenson, S.L. (2014) A comparative species listing of myxomycetes from tropical (Philippines) and temperate (United States) forests. <em>Mycosphere</em> 5 (2): 299–311. https://dx.doi.org/10.5943/mycosphere/5/2/4</p>
<p>Stephenson, S.L. & Stempen, H. (1994) <em>Myxomycetes</em>: <em>A Handbook of Slime Molds</em>. Timber Press, Portland, Oregan, USA.</p>
<p>Stephenson, S.L., Kalyanasundaram, I. & Lakhanpal, T.N. (1993) A comparative biogeographical study of myxomycetes in the mid-Appalachians of eastern North America and two regions of India. <em>Journal of Biogeography</em> 20: 645–657. https://doi.org/10.2307/2845520</p>
<p>Stephenson, S.L., Novozhilov, Y.K. & Schnittler, M. (2000) Distribution and ecology of myxomycetes in high latitude regions of the northern hemisphere. <em>Journal of Biogeography</em> 27: 741–754. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2699.2000.00442.x</p>
<p>Thind, K.S. (1977) <em>The Myxomycetes of India</em>. I.C.A.R., New Delhi, 702 pp.</p>
<p>Vlasenko, A.V., Novozhilov, Y.K., Shchepin, O.N. & Vlasenko, V.A. (2016) Hydrochory as certain mode of distribution of myxomycetes along floodlands in South of Western Siberia. <em>Mikologiya I Fitopatologiya</em> 50 (1): 14–23.</p>