Akkuyu Nükleer Santrali (Gülnar, İçel) Civarında Yayılış Gösteren Bazı Likenleşmiş Mantar Türlerinin Tanımlanması

Year 2025, Volume: 18 Issue: 2, 138 - 151, 15.08.2025

Merve Yiğit , Mehmet Gökhan Halıcı

https://doi.org/10.46309/biodicon.2025.1532665

Abstract

Bu çalışmada Türkiye’nin İçel ili Gülnar ilçesi’nde yer alan Akkuyu Nükleer Santrali civarında yayılış gösteren bazı likenleşmiş mantar türlerinin tanımlanması yapılmıştır. İkinci yazar tarafından toplanan şu dokuz likenleşmiş mantar türüne ait detaylı deskripsiyonlar, fotoğraflar ve filogenetik analizler paylaşılmıştır: Kuettlingeria erythrocarpa (Pers.) I.V. Frolov, Vondrák & Arup, Circinaria calcarea (L.) A. Nordin, Savić & Tibell, Flavoplaca communis (Vondrák, Říha, Arup & Søchting) Arup, Søchting & Frödén, Flavoplaca havaasii (H. Magn.) Arup, Frödén & Søchting, Lecania rabenhorstii (Hepp) Arnold, Lobothallia radiosa (Hoffm.) Hafellner, Megaspora verrucosa (Ach.) Arcadia & A. Nordin, Physcia stellaris (L.) Nyl. ve Xanthocarpia marmorata (Bagl.) Frödén, Arup & Søchting.

Keywords

Akkuyu Nükleer Santrali , biyoçeşitlilik , nrITS , likenleşmiş mantar

Identification of some lichenized fungi species around Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant (Gülnar, İçel)

Abstract

In this study, some lichenized fungi species near the Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant located in the Gulnar district of Mersin province in Türkiye have been identified. Detailed descriptions, photographs, and phylogenetic analyses of the nine lichenized fungi species collected by the second author are given: Kuettlingeria erythrocarpa (Pers.) I.V. Frolov, Vondrák & Arup, Circinaria calcarea (L.) A. Nordin, Savić & Tibell, Flavoplaca communis (Vondrák, Říha, Arup & Søchting) Arup, Søchting & Frödén, Flavoplaca havaasii (H. Magn.) Arup, Frödén & Søchting, Lecania rabenhorstii (Hepp) Arnold, Lobothallia radiosa (Hoffm.) Hafellner, Megaspora verrucosa (Ach.) Arcadia & A. Nordin, Physcia stellaris (L.) Nyl. and Xanthocarpia marmorata (Bagl.) Frödén, Arup & Søchting.
Key words: Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant, biodiversity, nrITS, lichenized fungi

Keywords

Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant , biodiversity , nrITS , lichenized fungi

Supporting Institution

Erciyes University Scientific Research Project Unit

Thanks

The authors wish to thanks Erciyes University Scientific Research Project Unit which supports this publication with the project of FYL-2015-6298

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