A check-list of the larger fungi of Central Finland

Abstract

Altogether 1166 taxa are reported from Central Finland. The check-list includes 678 Agaricales, Boletales and Russulales, 266 Aphyllophorales, 10 Tremellales and Dacrymycetales, 19 Gasteromycetes, 138 Ascomycotina and 55 Myxomycota. The locality of each species is presented by indicating the municipality. The main distributional groups and the threatened fungi in Central Finland are discussed. Twenty species belong to different threat categories in Finland. Geastrum triplex and Piptoporus pseudobetulinus are endangered and Haploporus odorus and Polyporus umbellatus vulnerable.