Study of some Polyporoid species from the Hymenochaetales and Polyporales orders
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Laboratory of Plant, Animal Productions, and Agro-industry, Faculty of Sciences, Ibn Tofail University, Kenitra Morocco
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Research Center of Plant and Microbial Biotechnologies, Biodiversity and Environment. Laboratory of Botany and Valorisation of Plant and Fungal Resources. Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Mohammed V University in Rabat, Morocco
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Abdessalam BOUCHAR
Laboratory of Plant, Animal Productions, and Agro-industry, Faculty of Sciences, Ibn Tofail University, Kenitra Morocco
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Polypores are one of the most important groups of wood-decomposing fungi. Surveys conducted between 2003 and 2020 in various forests of Morocco led to the collection of basidiocarps of gastroid fungi belonging to Basidiomycetes. This study was complemented by a microscopic description of the spores and cross-sections of structures such as the hymenium, cuticle, flesh, and stipe. Eight species from the orders Hymenochaetales and Polyporales were studied, found in different surveyed regions. Five species were encountered in the Mamora Forest (Coltricia perennis, Hymenochaete tabacina, Phlebia tremellosa, Polyporus arcularius, and Trichaptum fuscoviolaceum), three in the Rif (Phellinus torulosus, Steccherinum ochraceum, and Trichaptum fuscoviolaceum), one in the Lalla Mimouna region (Phellinus torulosus), and one in the Middle Atlas (Scenidium nitidum). These species were recorded for the first time in Morocco, thereby enriching the knowledge of the country's mycoflora.