Additions to the mycobiota of the Altyn-Emel National Park and adjacent territories (Kazakhstan)

Abstract

The article presents the results of mycological studies conducted in the Altyn-Emel National Park and in adjacent territories. The collection of samples was carried out in the summer 2021-2022 in various gorges of the Altyn-Emel ridge, the Chulak Mountains and in the Konyrolen intermountain plain. A taxonomic list is given, which includes 46 species of fungi from 33 genera, 24 families, 16 orders, 9 classes, 2 kingdoms. The largest is the class Dothideomycetes with 18 species. 43 species of micromycetes are new for the study area, for 3 species a new host is given: for Leveillula taurica (Lev.) G. Arnaud - Astragalus sp., Hedysarum sp., Peganum harmala L.; for Neoerysiphe galeopsidis (DC.) U. Braun -Dracocephalum integrifolium Bunge, Lamium sp.; for Podosphaera aphanis (Wallr.) U. Braun et S. Takam. - Agrimonia asiatica Juz., Geum urbanum L. Of the first recorded species, 31 species (72.1 %) are plant parasites, 10 species (23.2 %) are saprotrophs on plant remains, two species (4.7 %) live on stones and basic rocks and belong to lichenized fungi. Leveillula taurica was found most frequently on various hosts (especially on Peganum harmala).