The new mushroom species in Kızıldağ National Park Isparta, generally known as Türkiye’s rose metropolis, was launched to scientific literature with a examine carried out lately.
Professor of the Isparta University of Applied Sciences at Atabey Vocational School Oğuzhan Kaygusuz recognized a brand new mushroom species inside the scope of his area research.
This new mushroom species, seen in Kızıldağ National Park and picked up from completely different habitats between 2018-2023, was launched to the scientific world underneath the identify “Melanogaster Anatolicus.”
The examine on the mushroom species was revealed within the journal “Persoonia,” which publishes about mushrooms within the Netherlands.
Kaygusuz informed Anadolu Agency (AA) that Isparta has completely different habitat traits due to its completely different local weather sorts and geological construction.
Highlighting that there’s a excessive variety of mushrooms all through the province, Kaygusuz stated: “In our studies, we identified a type of fungus that has mycorrhizal (symbiosis with the roots of some plants), especially under cedar trees. We collected the first samples of this fungus, which grows under the trees we know as Taurus cedar, from Kızıldağ National Park. We examined them and thought they were different. Then we investigated its distribution and realized that this fungus grows abundantly on our university campus.”
Explaining that microscopic examinations decided that this fungal species differed from different species on the earth, Kaygusuz stated: “We isolated its DNA. We compared it with other DNA in the existing database. We expanded our study. Our examinations were carried out with Professor Gabriel Moreno from Madrid Alcala University (UAH), Spain. As a result, we determined that it grows only in the Isparta region in the world.”
Kaygusuz emphasised that the mushroom species they launched to the literature is regularly seen underneath cedar timber, including: “We found that the mushroom is distributed in areas at altitudes of 1000 and 1700 ft. In addition, this mushroom is distinct from different related mushrooms.
“There are variations. We compiled our outcomes right into a report. Since our mushroom grows in Isparta, an essential place in Anatolia, we registered our mushroom by giving its identify. This mushroom species is understood solely in Isparta. We have beforehand launched different mushroom species from the Isparta area to the literature.
Kaygusuz added that Isparta University of Applied Sciences has carried out essential research to introduce the mushroom variety in Türkiye to the world.
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