L. Lőkös szerk.: Studia Botanica Hungarica 25. 1994 (Budapest, 1994)

Tóth, Sándor: Microscopic fungi of the Pilis and Visegrád Mts, Hungary

Studia bot. hung. 25, pp. 21-57, 1994 MICROSCOPIC FUNGI OF THE PILIS AND THE VISEGRÁD MTS, HUNGARY S. TÓTH Department of Botany and Plant Physiology, Agricultural University H-2103 Gödöllő, Hungary A total of 608 microscopic fungus species (1601 records) are enumerated from the Pilis and the Visegrád Mts. It involves published and unpublished records of the author's own collection and those of other collectors. Key words: microscopic fungi, enumeration, middle mountain range, Hungary INTRODUCTION The aim of the present study is to summarize the floristic knowledge accumulated on microscopic fungi of the Pilis and the Visegrád Mts, and consequently to form a reference basis for a complete exploration. Therefore data published in various papers and unpublished records from private collections are listed here. The beautifully illustrated book "Budapest és környéke gombái" [Fungi of Budapest and its surroundings](MOESZ 1942) includes also records from most parts of the Pilis and Visegrád Mts. The 45 records mentioned from collections of MOESZ and others are obviously much less, than the number can be expected from these areas. It is always very interesting to fix the starting point in a study. The earliest collection mentioned by MOESZ is that of SADLER'S from 27 March, 1818 (Hypoxy Ion fuse urn as Sphaeria granulosum). There are two further records of the same species from him and some other sporadic records from MOESZ and several other collectors who also were prominent at various other fields of botany: Árpád DEGEN, lenő KÜMMERLE, Jenő BERNÁTSKY, Antal PÉNZES, György TlMKÓ, János SZEPESFALVY, József BÁNHEGYI and a few others. It is especially important to mention Sándor FEICHTINGER, since several specimens of his collections were studied by the author of this paper. Most of the host species suggest that the specimens supplied with the note "Esztergom 1878" should most probably originate from forests of the hilly-woody Visegrád Mts in the vicinity of Esztergom. Studia Botanica Hungarica 25, 1994 Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest