Macedonian Mycological Society

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Fungi of Kosovo: Establishing Fungi Checklist and Preliminary Red List and Proposing Important Fungal Areas
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Zeus olympius, an extremely rare species, known only from Greece and Bulgaria and now from Kosovo. Found on Bosnian pine (Pinus heldreichii ), in April 2018. Photo by Tome Jovanovski.

Diplomitoporus flavescens - a rare species found in Pinus heldreichii forest in Prevalla within Shar Mt NP. Photo by Mitko Karadelev.

Lectures, poster presentations and papers
  • Paper Abstract for the Albanian Conference on Ecology and Environment, in Pristina (Kosovo), pending 28-30 Sept 2018.
  • Lecture at 37th Meeting of Eastern Alpine and Dinaric Society for Vegetation Ecology in Prizren (Kosovo),       13-16 July 2017; 
  • Poster presentation at 37th Meeting of Eastern Alpine and Dinaric Society for Vegetation Ecology;            
  • Paper abstract in the Book of Abstracts for the 37th Meeting of Eastern Alpine and Dinaric Society for Vegetation Ecology. 

Peziza succosa, a rare fungus found only at one locality in Kosovo, in oak forest in Kacanik area, June 2017. Photo by Mitko Karadelev.

Press coverage of the project: 
- Kërpudhat ndërmjet kënaqësisë dhe rrezikut AlbMed. 
- Mikologët maqedonas gjetën në Kosovë një kërpudhë ekstremisht të rrallë Koha Ditore, Radio Televisioni Iliria, Portalb, 04 Online.
- Гљива крајње ретка у свету нађена на Косову National Geographic Srbija, Радио Телевизија Србије, Vesti, TV Most
-  Na Prevalcu nađena krajnje rijetka gljiva u svijetu Info-ks.net, Balkan Plus
-  PRIRODNA BOGATSTVA: Na Kosovu pronađena gljiva retka u svetu Srbin.info
-  "Zevs" je na svetoj srpskoj zemlji posadio retku vrstu koja raste samo na dva mesta u svetu: Prvi put je nikla na Olimpu, a sada i na Kosovu Telegraf

Melanogaster tuberiformis, a hypogeic fungus from Kosovo.  Photo by Mitko Karadelev.

To find out more about this project, please visit Rufford Foundation's page - Fungi of Kosovo, our blog or Fungi Albanici facebook group. 

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