Determination of macromycetes in the region of kocaeli

This thesis entitled ?Determination of Macromycetes in the Region ofKocaeli? was carried out to identify macrofungi species growing in the province ofKocaeli. The aim of these types of studies can be summarized as to identify species,to determine its rank in the systematic and to delineate the species? distribution area.In the first step, the literature on the macrofungi was studied, and the relevantinformation was collected. The samples were collected following determining thefield sites for collection. All of the relevant information on the samples collected wasrecorded. Each sample was later carefully excavated, bagged separately andtransferred to the lab.The internal morphological characteristics of the reproductive organsincluding the cap and lamella of the samples were determined. The capcharacteristics including shape, dimension, color, color change, centrality, andlamella or pore structure, and the odor and degree of density of the succulent partwere determined. Various features of the stem including length, color, color change,and the existence of stem as well as the ring and residuals, if existed, were alsonoted.Moreover, in order to determine spore print, one reproductive organ wassampled for each sample brought to the lab. The porous part of the cap was placed ona white sheet and protected from air currents that would sweep the fallen pollens. Atleast 12 hours later, spore print?s color was captured on the sheet.The macrofungi was identified after the information collected from the fieldsites and the lab study had been compared with the literature. At the end of thestudy, 89 macrofungi species, 79 of which belonged to the Basidiomycetes class and10 of which were of the Ascomycetes class were indentified in the province ofKocaeli.Keywords: Macrofungi, Kocaeli, forest, systematic