FIRST RECORDS OF MYXOMYCETES IN THE HUTSULSHCHINA NATIONAL NATURE PARK (UKRAINIAN CARPATHIANS)

Mycological observations in beech, oak, hornbeam and mixed forests of Hutsulshchina National nature park, carried out in 2012, 2013 and 2016, allow to reveal 53 taxa of the Myxomycetes (48 species, 4 varieties and 1 form), among which the most interesting were Badhamia panacea, Arcyria oersdtedtii, Calomyxa metallica and Physarum psittacinum. Among substrates, occupied by myxomycete fruiting bodies, the dead wood appeared to be the richest regarding to the abundance and diversity of myxomycetes. Thirty species of myxomycetes were found on the dead wood, originated from Fagus sylvatica, Picea abies, Abies alba, Larix deciduas and Pinus sylvestris. Besides the wood, myxomycetes were also found on fallen and living leaves of trees, on grasses, mosses, soil and vegetative or reproductive structure of fungi, including Armillaria australis, Hypoxylon fuscum and Rosellinia sp.