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1 British Mycological Society Overseas Fungal Study Week to Slovakia Slovakia - Kaluža - hotel Glamour 20th September to 27th September

2 Organization committee Slavomír Adamčík Miroslav Caboň Soňa Jančovičová Vladimír Kunca Peter Smith Supporting institutions Plant Science and Biodiversity Centre, Slovak Academy of Sciences Technical University in Zvolen Comenius University in Bratislava British Mycological Society Important phone numbers Slavomír Adamčík Peter Smith Emergency Call 112

Accommodation The accommodation is provided in the hotel Glamour located on the shore of Lake Šírava, close to the town of Michalovce, in the eastern part of Slovakia.

3 Accommodation The accommodation is provided in the hotel Glamour located on the shore of Lake Šírava, close to the town of Michalovce, in the eastern part of Slovakia. The price of hotel room comprises a breakfast, a lunch basket and a dinner. The area is mostly recognized for its adjacent lakes and volcanic Vihorlat mountains, which generate tourism, but are also good for agriculture. According to the latest census, it is among the largest population centers in eastern Slovakia.

4 Transport The meeting point is the Košice airport. The shuttle for every group will be organised directly to the hotel Glamour, which takes approximately one and a half of hour. The preliminary participants list consists of two groups. Group 1 (11 participants) flying from Luton (11) on Wednesday 20 th Sep and arriving at Košice airport at 1:00 am on Thursday morning. Group 2 (3 participants) flying from Doncaster (3) on Wednesday 20 th September and arriving at Kosice Wednesday at 12:05. The transport from the hotel to collecting sites will be provided by a rented bus. The site list and their brief descriptions are below. For every day, two alternative sites are prepared. The hotel will provide work room. There will be a limited number of dryers, microscopes and extension cords provided by organisers. Participants are encouraged to bring their working equipment and UK/EU electric adapters. Expected programme 21 st September 9:00 breakfast and the opening ceremony 11:00 field excursions 15:00 setting up the working room and starting to work with fungi 18:00 the dinner and afterwards more work with fungi 22 nd -26 th September 9:00 breakfast 10:00 field excursions 15:00 work with fungi 18:00 dinner 20:00 exhibition of fungal collections and discussion 27 th September departure

5 Collecting sites Bukovské vrchy Mts. Vihorlatské vrchy Mts. Slanské vrchy Mts. Stužica Vinné Oblík Havešová Jovsianska hrabina Hermanovské skaly Starina Jovsa Nízke Beskydy Mts. Ruské Inovce Hostovické lúky Tri kopce Morské oko Detrik

alba, in upper parts also by Acer pseudoplatanus, area 7.

6 Coord '40" N, 22 32'30" E Alt m closest village: Nová Sedlica Stužica Stužica National Nature Reserve, virgin forest, dominated by Fagus sylvatica and Abies alba, in upper parts also by Acer pseudoplatanus, area 7.6 km 2, slopes and terraces above the valley of the Stužická rieka river (river flowing in E direction). The largest nature reserve in Slovakia, has the highest score in the indicator system of woodinhabiting fungi proposed by Christensen et al The nature reserve is accesible only by a long walk in steep slopes.

Havešová Coord. 49 00'40" N, 22 20'00" E Alt.

forest, mixed with Fraxinus excelsior and Acer spp. in upper parts, area 1.

7 Havešová Coord '40" N, 22 20'00" E Alt m closest village: Kalná Roztoka Havešová National Nature Resere, virgin beech forest, mixed with Fraxinus excelsior and Acer spp. in upper parts, area 1.71 km 2, exposition S, SE and SW. The bus will stop just next to Havešová, but the terain inside the nature reserve is difficult for walking.

8 Starina Coord. 49 2'43" N, 22 14'56" E Alt m closest village: Stakčín Surroundings of reservoir feeding for several cities in eastern Slovakia. In the 1970 s, five villages were relocated prior to build it. Collecting sites are situated in former pastures with scattered birch trees, now meadows and primary woodland.

Stariná water reservoir in 1980. There is a small grassland nature reserve Lúky pri Ruskom.

9 Ruské Coord. 49 6'48" N, 22 20'33" E Alt closest village: Stakčín Surroundings of the former village Ruské, relocated because of building of Stariná water reservoir in There is a small grassland nature reserve Lúky pri Ruskom. The area has developed into forests dominated by Carpinus and Fagus. A feature are the mature trees remnants from isolated trees in pastures and also pioneer trees like Betula and Populus tremula.

history of mowing and grazing. Now, it is annually mowed once.

10 Tri kopce Coord. 49 1'43" N, 22 10'16" E Alt m closest village: Snina The large meadow with a long history of mowing and grazing. Now, it is annually mowed once. Several interesting species of Entoloma and Hygrocybe were recorded recently from this site.

Vinné Coord. 48 48'58" N, 21 56'45" E Alt.

11 Vinné Coord '58" N, 21 56'45" E Alt. 140 m closest village: Trnava pri Laborci The grasslands between two villages Trnava pri Laborci and Vinné, on the foothill of Viniansky hrad castle hill. Pastures and meadows formerly used as pastures on relatively plain terrain, but a range of humidity levels exist across the site from wet to very dry soils. The slopes towards the Viniansky hrad castle are part of the protected nature reserve with steppe habitats.

Jovsianska hrabina Coord. 48 49 24 N, 22 06 44 E Alt.

habitats with occurrence of endangered plant species, especially Leucojum vernum subsp. carpaticum.

12 Jovsianska hrabina Coord N, E Alt m closest village: Jovsa Jovsianska hrabina National Nature Reserve (257 ha area) was established in 1953 to protect natural forest habitats with occurrence of endangered plant species, especially Leucojum vernum subsp. carpaticum. Typical habitat is Carpathian oak-hornbeam woods, dominated by Carpinus betulus, Quercus petraea and Q. robur. The east margin of the natural reserve is bordered by Myslina stream with oakelm-ash floodplain forests with Alnus glutinosa, Fraxinus excelsior, F. angustifolia and Quercus robur.

Jovsa Coord. 48 48'52" N, 22 6'14" E Alt.

13 Jovsa Coord '52" N, 22 6'14" E Alt. 138 m closest village: Jovsa Grasslands near the Jovsa village. Remnants of traditional pastures on poor soil placed among fields used for agricultural crops. Now used for hay production.

Inovce Coord. 48 49'0" N, 22 20'34" E Alt.

landscape views dominated by active cattle pastures but also many places with pastures under

14 Inovce Coord '0" N, 22 20'34" E Alt m closest village: Inovce The area among villages Inovce, Beňatina and Podhoroť offer nice landscape views dominated by active cattle pastures but also many places with pastures under succession. Recent decrease of agriculture in the area has resulted in a reduction of grassland area and diminishing traditional pastures with scattered birch trees.

Morské oko Coord. 48 54'54" N, 22 12'06" E Alt.

48 ha, including 13,8 ha of the water area. It was established in 1984 to protect natural lake area.

15 Morské oko Coord '54" N, 22 12'06" E Alt m closest village: Remetské Hámre Morské oko is the National Nature Reserve with the area ha, including 13,8 ha of the water area. It was established in 1984 to protect natural lake area. The prevailing habitats are beech and fir-beech forests dominated by Fagus sylvatica and mixed with Abies alba, Betula pendula, Picea abies and Populus tremula. The lakeside is popular walking ground for weekend trips.

Oblík Coord. 48 58'24" N, 21 28'22" E Alt.

deciduous virgin forest dominated by Fagus sylvatica, area 0.

16 Oblík Coord '24" N, 21 28'22" E Alt m closest village: Pavlovce Oblík National Nature Reserve, deciduous virgin forest dominated by Fagus sylvatica, area 0.89 km 2, almost symmetric, obtuse, conical, isolated volcano hill with rather steep slopes on all sides.

Hermanovské skaly Coord. 48 58'1" N, 21 29'21" E Alt.

17 Hermanovské skaly Coord '1" N, 21 29'21" E Alt m closest village: Hermanovce nad Topľou Hermanovské skaly (skala/y = rock/s), are the largest rocky formation of the Slanské vrchy Mts situated on the edge of the valley of Starý potok creek. They are built up of the two andesite complexes Sokolie skaly (sokol = falcon) and Havrania skala (havran = raven). In 1980, the Nature Reserve (33 ha) Hermanovské skaly was established to protect relic vegetations and important bird habitats associated with the rocky formations.

Hostovické lúky Coord. 49 7'43" N, 22 6'51" E Alt. 325 330 m closest village: Hostovice The Nature Reserve (46.

Characteristic is the highest population of Iris sibirica in Slovakia, beautiful in spring with blue flowers.

18 Hostovické lúky Coord. 49 7'43" N, 22 6'51" E Alt m closest village: Hostovice The Nature Reserve (46.8 ha) Hostovické lúky was established in It is grassland on flat marshy ground managed by mowing. Characteristic is the highest population of Iris sibirica in Slovakia, beautiful in spring with blue flowers. Typical is tall grass vegetation with Filipendula ulmaria. Very interesting grassland fungi were recorded from this nature reserve.

19 Detrík Coord. 49 2'35" N, 21 36'42" E Alt m closest village: Detrík Traditionally managed cattle pastures and meadows. The soil is heavy clay and the bedrock is flysh wish sandstone and slate. There is a little research about biodiversity of this area.

20 Eastern Slovakia - country, nature, people and fungi Practical information: The official language is Slovak. Young people can usually speak English as the second language. Older people can speak Russian. In case of emergency call 112, but if possible, we recommend calling the organisers first because of possible language barrier. The currency is Euro. Most shops owned by big companies accept Visa/Master cards. Smoking in restaurants is prohibited if not indicated the opposite. Alcohol is accessible at any time of a day and possible to drink at any place except when driving and people in an official service. Shops are mostly open from 9:00 to 16:00 on working days, but malls, supermarkets and food stores can be open longer and/or during weekends. An independent Slovak republic was established in Since 2004 it is the member of the EU; since 2009 the member of euro area. With total area of km², Slovakia has 5.43 millions of inhabitants ( Rugged terrain of Slovak country caused high variability in dialects, food and beverages. The most known traditional Slovak food are bryndzové halušky (dumplings with sheep cheese), a favourable non-alcoholic drink is kofola and very popular are as a digestive strong fruit spirits such as slivovica (made of plums) or hruškovica (made of pear), etc. Most of the area when BMS meeting will take place is situated in the region known as Zemplín. Originally, inhabitants spoke a dialect hardly comprehensible to modern Slovak, now they have accent and temperament still easily recognised from inhabitants of the west. The north is inhabited by the minority of Rusins, they speak a language similar to Ukrainian, they use Cyrillic alphabet and their religion is orthodox Christian (typical for Russia rather then for Western or Central Europe.

21 Inhabitants of Slovakia, because of its position in middle of Europe, encountered many of turbulences in history and numerous wars. Heritages from this period are many castles or ruins all over the country and variety of religions (Roma Cristians, Lutherans, Calvins, Greco Cristian, etc.). Despite the relatively small area, Slovakia is very variable in climate and vegetation types. In the south, it has lowlands with pannonian flora of dry and warm climate. With increasing altitude, the vegetation is changing to oak, beech or spruce dominated forests and the highest mountains of the county (Tatry Mts.) have also alpine belt. The most frequent type of forests are Carpathian beech forests; some of the Slovak natural beech-forest reserves are listed as UNESCO heritage. Slovaks are passionate mushroom-hunters. They collect various species of Boletus, Leccinum, Suillus, Cantharellus, Xerocomus, Morchella, Polyporus, Armillaria, Calocybe and others. The most popular edible fungi are boletes with white flesh called dubáky in Slovak. Out of Russulaceae, frequently collected are Lactarius deliciosus, Lactifluus volemus, Russula virescens and Russula cyanoxantha. In Slovakia, more than 2500 of macrofungi have been reported; among them more than 200 are Russulaceae taxa.

23 Preliminary ist of participants Slavomír Adamčík Slovakia John Bailey Doreen Bailey Miroslav Caboň Slovakia Rob Foster Michael Green Tom Hering Caroline Hobart Jean Holden John Holden Soňa Jančovičová Slovakia Vladimír Kunca Slovakia Mariko Parslow Stuart Skeates Peter Smith Brian Spooner Mario Tortelli John Watt

24 Artomyces pyxidatus from Jovsianska hrabina Text: S. Adamčík, M. Caboň, S. Jančovičová, V. Kunca, P. Smith Photos of fungi and habitats: S. Jančovičová, V. Kunca Maps: S. Adamčík, D. Senko

The role of Primeval Beech Forests in the Carpathians in regional water management

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