Records of Lichenicolous Fungi New for Turkey and Asia

Abstract

Three lichenicolous fungi occcuring on Tephromela atra and Lecidea fuscoatra-Rhymbocarpus fuscoatrae, Sclerococcum tephromelarum and Skyttea tephromelarum, collected from the Tunceli and Bingol provinces of Turkey - are reported as new to Turkey and Asia, following a recent lichenological survey in those provinces. Short descriptions are provided, together with geographic distributions, hosts, and comparisons with similar taxa.