Materials to the red book of the Jewish autonomous region (Basidiomycota)

Jewish Autonomous Region is situated in the southern part of the Russian Far East. The current edition of the regional Red Book was published in 2006. It contains 12 basidial macromycetes species: Gyroporus castaneus, Leccinum chromapes, Cortinarius violaceus, Ganoderma lucidum, Hericium coralloides, Hericium erinaceus, Langermannia gigantea, Fomitopsis officinalis, Sparassis crispa, Strobilomyces floccopus, Catathelasma ventricosum, Hypsizygus tessulatus. To date, H. coralloides and S. crispa are recommended to be excluded from the list due to classification changes. Eight species are recommended to be added to the regional rare species list: Fomitopsis castanea, Osteina obducta, Cerioporus choseniae, Sparassis latifolia, Grifola frondosa, Tylopilus atrobrunneus, Porphyrellus porphyrosporus, Tremella fuciformis. Also, new habitats of 7 rare species have been found in the region.