Mycobiota survey of imported wood from Russia

Currently, over one million cubic meters of wood are imported from Russia to supply local needs for wood material which is 2 milion cubic meters per year. However introduction of exotic pathogens poses major threats due to lack of proper monitoring and effective quarantine policies and procedures. In this regard, Northern harbours (Anzali and Astara in Guilan, Noshahr and Amirabad in Mazandaran) were visited and imported woods were sampled. As a result of this survey 22 genera and 33 species of Ascomycetes, Anamorphic fung, Basidiomycetes and Myxomycetes were identified. The identified fungi are as follows: Acremonium cf. alternatum Link, Acrostalagmus luteoalbus (Link) Zare, W. Gams & Schroers, Alternaria cicina*E.G. Simmons 1994, Aspergillus caespitosus* Raper, K.B.; Thom, C., 1944, A. flavus Link, A. niger Tieghem,, A. terreus Thom, A. unguis Dodge, A.vitis Novobranova Chaetomium indicum* Corda, A.C.J., 1840, Cladosporium sp., Clonostachys rosea Schroers; Samuels; Seifert; Gams, W., Epicoccum purpurascens Ehrenberg., Eurotium amstelodami Mangin, Fusarium cf. concolor *Reinking Fusarium oxysporum Schltdl, Geosmithia spp*, Graphium spp., Hyphodontia sp*., Melanospora sp*., Nattrassia mangiferae (Syd. & P. Syd.) Sutton & Dyko, Ophiostoma cainii* (Olchowecki & J. Reid) T.C. Harrington 1987, Periconia cookei* E.W. Mason & M.B. Ellis 1953, Schyzophyllum commune Fries, Stemonitis splendes Rostafinsky,Trichoderma harzianum Rifai, Trichoderma koningii Oudemans, Trichothecium roseum Link, Ulocladium atrum Preuss Among identified taxa, genus Geosmithia and 8 species, Alternaria cicina, Aspergillus caespitosus, Fusarium cf. concolor, Hyphodontia sp., Chaetomium indicum, Periconia cookei, Melanospora sp., Ophiostoma cainii are new to Iranian mycobiota.