Contribution to the biogeography of arctic-alpine fungi: first records in the Southern Carpathians (Romania)

A list of 24 species collected in the alpine zone of the Southern Carpathians is given. Fourteen species are new to Romania and the Southern Carpathians; five have not been previously reported from the Carpathian Mts. A synopsis of the geographical distribution of eleven species representing the arctic-alpine element is included. The seven most interesting species, Inocybe alboperonata, I. microfastigiata, I. nespiakii, I. oreina, Lactarius brunneoviolaceus, L. nanus, and Russula heterochroa, are described and illustrations of their microcharacters are given.