@article{article_498433, title={Edible macrofungi determined in Gürpınar (Van) district}, journal={Anatolian Journal of Botany}, volume={3}, pages={7–12}, year={2019}, DOI={10.30616/ajb.498433}, author={Şelem, Ezelhan and Keleş, Ali and Acar, İsmail and Demirel, Kenan}, keywords={Biodiversity, edible mushrooms, Eastern Anatolia, Turkey}, abstract={This study was carried out on wild edible macrofungi samples, collected within the boundaries of Gürpınar (Van) district between 2016 and 2017. As a result of necessary investigations related to macro and micromorphologies of the samples, 36 wild edible macrofungi species belonging to 11 families and 4 orders were determined. Eight of them belong to the phylum Ascomycota and 28 to Basidiomycota. Among the determined taxa Agaricus bisporus, A. campestris, A. urinascens, Pleurotus eryngii, P. ostreatus and P. populinus are collected and consumed by locals. Pleurotus eryngii is the only economically important macrofungi in the region.}, number={1}, publisher={Abdullah KAYA}