Ganoderma is a cosmopolitan genus of wood-decaying basidiomycetous macrofungi that can rot the roots and/or lower trunk. Among the standing trees, their presence often indicates that a hazard assessment may be necessary. These bracket fungi are commonly known for the crust-like upper surfaces of their basidiocarps and formation of white rot. Six species occur in central European urban habitats. Several of them, such as Ganoderma adspersum, G. applanatum, G. resinaceum and G. pfeifferi, are most hazardous fungi causing extensive horizontal stem decay in urban trees. Therefore, their early identification is crucial for correct management of trees. In this paper, a fast technique is tested for the determination of phytopathologically important urban macrofungi using fuzzy interference system of Sugeno type based on 13 selected traits of 72 basidiocarps of six Ganoderma species and compared to the ITS sequence based determination. Basidiocarps features were processed for the following situations: At first, the FIS of Sugeno 2 type (without basidiospore sizes) was used and 57 Ganoderma basidiocarps (79.17%) were correctly determined. Determination success increased to 96.61% after selecting basidiocarps with critical values (15 basidiocarps). These undeterminable basidiocarps must be analyzed by molecular methods. In a case, that basidiospore sizes of some basidiocarps were known, a combination of Sugeno 1 (31 basidiocarps with known basidiospore size) and Sugeno 2 (41 basidiocarps with unknown basidiospore size) was used. 84.72% of Ganoderma basidiocarps were correctly identified. Determination success increased to 96.83% after selecting basidiocarps with critical values (11 basidiocarps).

Department of Biology and Ecology Faculty of Ecology and Environmental Sciences Technical University in Zvolen 96001 Zvolen Slovak Republic

Department of Biology and Ecology Faculty of Natural Sciences Matej Bel University 97401 Banská Bystrica Slovak Republic

Department of Biology and Ecology Faculty of Sciences University of Ostrava 70103 Ostrava Czech Republic

Department of Computer Sciences Faculty of Natural Sciences Matej Bel University 97401 Banská Bystrica Slovak Republic

Institute of Biology and Ecology Faculty of Sciences Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice Šrobárova 2 04001 Košice Slovak Republic

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