New Records of Peniophora Species (Basidiomycota) for the Bulgarian Mycota

This study provides new data for two corticioid species of genus Peniophora Cooke for the Bulgarian mycota, P. piceae and P. pini as wood-decaying saprobes, causing a white rot in coniferous wood. These fungal species have restricted range that follow the spread of the coniferous hosts. P. piceae is known only as saprotroph on dead spruce wood while P. pini prefers dead wood of pine. The work includes information on the morphology and ecological features as well as the distribution pattern of the species in Bulgaria.