Küre Mountains National Park is located within the Kastamonu and Bartın Provinces. Kastamonu Province is situated in the Euro-Siberian phytogeographic region. This region lies to the northern Turkey and constitutes an important National Park. According to the grid square system adopted by Davis (1965-1985), Kastamonu is located in the squares A4. The climate of the province is oceanic. It is rainy during 269 all 4 seasons. The Kastamonu province was chosen as a research area, because its climatic conditions
(especially high humidity) and plant distributions are very suitable for the growth of microfungi