INTRODUCING SOME NEW SPECIES OF Septoria FOR THE IRANIAN MYCOBIOTA

In an attempt to provide scientific monograph on the genus Septoria Sacc. in Iran, several specimens of Septoria, associated with 45 host plant genera belonging to 24 families were investigated. Most studied materials were dried unidentified herbarium specimens from Mycological Collection of the Ministry of Jihad-e Agriculture (IRAN) located at the Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection, Tehran. Some newly collected specimens were also studied. Based on our taxonomic study 59 Septoria species were identified. Among identified taxa 9 species were new to Iran. All newly recorded species were described and illustrated by microphotographs and drawings. The nine newly recorded taxa mentioned in current paper are as follow: Septoria sp. aff. alhagiae on Alhagi sp., Septoria botuliformis on Populus sp., Septoria bromi var. bromi on Bromus sp., Septoria caricina on Carex depaupertata, Septoria caricicola on Carex pendula, Septoria eremuricola on Eremurus sp., Septoria festucae on Festuca sp., Septoria sigesbeckiae on Siegesbeckia orientalis and Septoria meliae on Melia azedarach.