Further additions to the Mycobiota of Malta

Fourty new records of macro fungi are reported for the first time from Malta. Some members have been confirmed molecularly using ITS sequence data : Cortinarius castaneus, Crepidotus neotrichocystis, Entoloma graphitipes, Entoloma rusticoides, Lepiota lilacea, Leucoagaricus barssii, Lyophyllum littorale, Mycena olivaceomarginata, Pseudosperma squamatum, Volvariella taylorii and Trichoglossum variabile. A checklist of fungi reported to date from the Maltese Islands is provided.