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Hungarian version

• INTRODUCTION

This homepage has been produced as a consequence of an Intergovernmental Cooperation programme between Hungary and Malaysia lasting from 2004 till 2005 with the support of the Hungarian Science and Technology Foundation and the Malaysian Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation. Acknowledgments are due to the two Governments and special greetings to Mr. Mohamad Akbar Mahbat (Director of the International Division of the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation in Malaysia)  for supporting our project.

TITLE OF THE PROJECT: ‘UTILISATION OF FUNGI AND FUNGAL ASSOCIATIONS IN THE NATURAL FOREST ECOSYSTEM’

Participants of the project ( institutes and researchers):
Forest Research Institute of Malaysia: Dr Yu Shyun Chang, Dr Su See Lee and Noraswati Mohd Nor Rashid
Forest Research Institute of Hungary: Dr Mária Szántó
Department of Botany of the Veterinary Faculty of the Szent István University: Dr Irén Siller

Aims of the project:
The main aim of the project was to carry out mycological research in the rainforests of Malaysia, which have a very high fungal diversity. Many Malaysian fungi remain to be discovered and described, and their potential for providing humankind with useful products is also awaiting exploration. Our work also fitted into the research programme on Conservation of Forest Biodiversity of the Forest Research Institute of Malaysia. Our intention was also to investigate the possibilities of domestication and ex situ conservation. Any biological resource which has any commercial potential must be produced and utilised in a sustainable manner. The understanding of the ecological requirements of fungi will help in the attempts to domesticate them. As a result, domestication and ex situ conservation of such resources reduces pressure upon the populations in their natural environment and prevents over-exploitation.

The effective work during our project: In the autumns of 2004 and 2005 the Hungarian researchers spent two weeks each in Peninsular Malaysia and identified mushrooms at different locations (lowland rainforests, Acacia mangium plantation, Hevea plantations, arboretum, mushroom farm, montane rainforest).

Identification of the fungi in the present homepage
• Species names used are as indicated by Index Fungorum (www.indexfungorum.org).
• Means as well as data used in our homepage for the presentation of the fungi are photos, species names, family names, locations and dates of occurrences.

Results of the project

1. Lectures:
Lee S. S. (2004): Macrofungal Diversity in Malaysia. Talk presented to the meeting of the Hungarian Mycological Society, Corvinus University, Budapest, 22. 09. 2004.
Chang Y. S. and Lee S. S. (2004): Ethnomycology in Malaysia. Talk presented to the meeting of the Hungarian Mycological Society, Corvinus University, Budapest, 22. 09. 2004.
Szántó M. (2004): Forest Research Intitute in Hungary, mycological research topics in FRIM. Talk presented on 27 October 2004. Forest Research Institute Malaysia, Kepong, Kuala Lumpur
Siller I. (2004): Macrofungal diversity in two forest reserved areas in Hungary. Talk presented on 27. October 2004. Forest Research Institute Malaysia, Kepong, Kuala Lumpur
Szántó M., Siller I. (2005):  Malajzia gombavilága. 1. A termesztett gombák. (Macrofungi of Malaysia. 1. The utilised species.) Talk presented to the meeting of the Hungarian Mycological Society, Corvinus University, Budapest, 03. 23. 2005.
Siller I., Szántó M. (2005): Malajzia gombavilága 2. A vadontermő gombák. (Macrofungi of Malaysia. 2. Species of the forests.) Talk presented to the meeting of the Hungarian Mycological Society,  Corvinus University, Budapest, 07. 12. 2005.

2. Publications:
Lee S. S. (2005): Macrofungal diversity in Peninsular Malaysia focussing on the ectomycorrhizal fungi. Mikológiai Közlemények - Clusiana  44 (1-2.): 57-66.
Chang Y. S., Lee S. S., Noraswati M. N. R. (2005): Ethnomycology in Malaysia. Mikológiai Közlemények - Clusiana 44 (1-2.): 67-72.

3. Fungaria of the collected species:
Duplicate fungarium samples of the collected species are deposited:
• in Hungary at the University of Corvinus, Faculty of  Veterinary Science, Institute of Zoology, Department of Botany, Budapest;
• in Malaysia at the Forest Research Institute Malaysia, Kepong, Selangor.

Authors of the homepage: Dr Gábor Turcsányi, Dr Irén Siller, Dr Mária Szántó, and László Schmera

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