Investigations carried out over the past six years in some territories of Basilicata
and Apulia (southern Italy), allowed to discover for the first time the following taxa of
Fungi and Mycetozoa:
Basilicata - Ascomycota: Ascocoryne sarcoides, Helvella leucomelaena, Hymenoscyphus
conscriptus, Hypomyces chrysospermus, H. lateritius, H. luteovirens, Poronia punctata,
Xylaria polymorpha; Basidiomycota: Clavaria vermicularis var. vermicularis,
Clavulinopsis corniculata var. bispora, Cyathus olla, Hebeloma radicosum, Inonotus
hispidus, Myriostoma coliforme, Panellus stypticus, Pluteus thomsonii, Scleroderma bovista,
Xerocomus badius; Mycetozoa: Arcyria incarnata, Didymium clavus, Leocarpus fragilis,
Lycogala epidendrum and Stemonitis axifera;
Puglia - Ascomycota: Daldinia concentrica; Basidiomycota: Amanita codinae, Ceriporia
purpurea, Dichomitus campestris, Perenniporia rosmarini, Polyporus arcularius,
Scleroderma meridionale, Stereum subtomentosum and Tulostoma brumale.
Finally, new natural stations of Amanita vittadini, Bisporella citrina, Coltricia perennis,
Geastrum triplex, Gyromitra esculenta, Macrotyphula fistulosa, Morchella conica,
Pycnoporus cinnabarinus, Sarcoscypha coccinea, and Xylaria hypoxylon were also found
in Basilicata and, in some instances, also in Apulia