Contributions to lichen and lichenicol fungi biodiversity in Eskişehir province

In this study, it is aimed to contribute to the lichen and lichenicolous fungi biodiversity of Eskisehir province. In previous years, the determination and diagnosis of lichen and lichenicolous fungi samples preserved in Eskisehir Technical University Herbarium by collecting from various localities were made. As a result of the diagnoses, 257 lichen and lichenicolous fungi taxa were identified and 40 taxa of these were recorded for the first time for Eskisehir province. A list of the identified taxa were compared with previous studies in Eskisehir. The descriptions of all taxa in brief, their distributions in the field of study and their ecological features in brief were given. According to available data, Arthonia nideri, Athelia arachnoidea, Polycoccum cladoniae, Pyrenodesmia micromontana, Ramalina intermedia, Sarcogyne cretacea, Staurothele drummondii, Verrucula inconnexaria and Verrucula lactearia are new records for Türkiye.