NEW RECORDS OF SEVEN RARE AND NOTEWORTHY BASIDIOMYCETES FROM BULGARIA

This note provides information about new findings in Bulgaria of some threatened or otherwise noteworthy larger fungi. The first recent confirmation of the occurrence in Bulgaria of Myriostoma coliforme is noted and new interesting findings of the threatened fungi Hericium erinaceum and Gomphus clavatus are reported. All three species are considered rare and worthy of protection at European level. In addition, a third locality in Bulgaria is recorded for the alien bolete Suillus lakei and new encounters of the rare species Pyrofomes demidoffii, Inonotus tamaricis and Strobilomyces strobilaceus are documented.