Macrofungi of Arasbaran (۴. Family Russulaceae)

The Family Russulaceae comprises of some important agaricoid and gasteroid taxa of Agaricomycetes. Two genera, Lactarius and Russula are distinctive basidiomycetes that possesses heteromerous tissue composed of sphaerocyte cells and amyloid ornamentation on their basidiospores. Some of the important ectomycorrhizal, edible, poisonous and medicinal species have been rested in genera Lactarius and Russula. In this paper, seven species of the fungi belonging to genera Lactarius and Russula (Russulales, Russulaceae), collected from Arasbaran forests, were identified. Three species, L. serifluus, R. lilacea and R. sororia are reported for the first time for Iranian mycoflora.