PROTOSTELIOMYCETES GROUP ORGANISMS ISOLATED FROM BURSA - ULUDAG UNIVERSITY CAMPUS FOREST AND WILDLIFE PROTECTION AREA IN TURKEY

The aim of this study is to specify the members of Protosteliomycetes which develop on primer isolation plates formed by the materials collected from the Uludag University Gorukle campus forest and wildlife protection area in the Bursa province. In this area, which shows transitional climatic characteristics of Mediterranean climate, 13 protostelid species have been identified. Taxon detected from the study area are Clastostelium recurvatum L.S. Olive & C. Stoianovitch 1964, Echinosteliopsis oligospora Reinhardt & L.S. Olive 1967, Cavostelium/Echinostelium bisporum (L.S. Olive & C. Stoianovitch) K.D. Whitney & Olive 1982, Endostelium zonatum (L.S. Olive & Stoian.) W.E. Benn. & L.S. Olive, in Olive, Bennett et Deasey, 1984, Planoprotostelium aurantium L.S. Olive & C. Stoianovitch, J. Elisha Mitchell 1971, Protosporangium articulatum L.S. Olive & C. Stoianovitch, 1972, Protosteliopsis fimicola (L.S. Olive) Olive & C. Stoianovitch 1966, Protostelium mycophagum L.S. Olive & C. Stoianovitch 1960, Protostelium pyrifiorme L.S. Olive & Stoian 1969, Schizoplasmodiopsis amoeboidea L.S. Olive & K.D. Whitney 1982, Schizoplasmodiopsis pseudoendospora L.S. Olive, M. Martin & C. Stoianovitch 1967, Schizoplasmodiopsis vulgaris L.S. Olive & C. Stoianovitch 1976, Solifiormovum expulsum (L.S. Olive & C. Stoianovitch) Spiegel, in Spiegel, Gecks & Feldman 1994. Clastostelium recurvatum, Endostelium zonatum, Planoprotostelium aurantium, Protosporangium articulatum, Protosteliopsis fiimicola, Protostelium pyriforme and Solifiormovum expulsum are the new records for Turkey.