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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
You can rich the list and the photos of the identified species here as well!