Macrofungal Biodiversity of Pazar (Tokat) District

This study was made to determine the macrofungi of Pazar (Tokat) district in 2011. Pazar district located to the west of Tokat province has a transition climate between the Black Sea climate and the continental climate. After field and laboratory studies, 52 species belonging to 2 divisions, 28 families and 44 genera were identified: 7 taxa belong to Ascomycota and 45 to Basidiomycota. From the detected macrofungi, 27 were edible, 17 inedible, 8 poisonous. Morchella elata, Morchella esculenta, Agaricus bisporus, Lactarius deliciosus, Lepista nuda, Marasmius oreades, Verpa bohemica are the species collected and consumed by the local people among the edible fungi