رزیتا صمدی - MSc Graduate, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran
مهدی ارزنلو - Associate Prof., Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran (arzanlou@tabrizu.ac.ir)
یوبرت قوستا - Associate Prof., Faculty of Agriculture, University of Urmia, Urmia, Iran
یوس هوبراکن - Senior Scientist (PhD), CBS-KNAW Fungal Biodiversity Centre, PO Box ۸۵۱۶۷, ۳۵۰۸ AD Utrecht, The Netherlands

In a survey on the biodiversity of Penicillium species in soils of the National Park of Urmia Lake (NW Iran), eight Penicillium isolates were isolated as members of the section Citrina. Based on a combination of cultural and morphological criteria, the isolates were identified as Penicillium anatolicum, P. sanguifluum,and P. sizovae. The identity of each species was further confirmed using sequence data of β-tubulin gene (BenA). Three species are reported and described here as new records for the mycobita of Iran.  

hypersaline soils, National Park of Urmia Lake, Penicillium, section citrina, Taxonomy