New Record of Macrofungi for the Mycobiota of the Cieszyn Municipality (Polish Western Carpathians) Including New Species to Poland

Abstract

In this paper, we present the results of mycological research carried out between 2015 and 2018 in the Cieszyn township, in the Silesian Foothills (Outer Western Carpathians). The list of 417 species of macrofungi from the Cieszyn area reported in our previous study, has been expanded further by the addition of 37 taxa found in the current study. Among these, the following deserve special attention: fungi that are new to Poland’s mycobiota (six species: <em>Bryoscyphus dicrani</em>, <em>Discina martinii</em>, <em>Elaphomyces aculeatus</em>, <em>Tuber brumale</em>, <em>T. foetidum</em>, and <em>Russula cerea</em>), taxa subject to legal protection (four species: <em>Disciotis venosa</em>, <em>Grifola frondosa</em>, <em>Mitrophora semilibera</em>, and <em>Sparassis brevipes</em>), as well as fungi that are rare in Poland, included in national or regional red lists, and in the registers of rare and endangered species (24 species including <em>Amanita echinocephala</em>, <em>Arrhenia retiruga</em>, <em>A. spathulata</em>, <em>Catinella olivacea</em>, <em>Elaphomyces maculatus</em>, <em>Hygrophorus discoxanthus</em>, <em>Ophiocordyceps entomorrhiza</em>, <em>Pluteus diettrichii</em>, <em>Tuber aestivum</em>, and <em>T. fulgens</em>). This paper presents the distribution and location of 32 species of fungi along with a short description and illustration of the macro- and micromorphological features of select species and their habitats.