ИСТИНА

Research of fungi in the Arctic seas began in the late 19th century. There have been a little over 30 articles on this topic. And by 2017, only 100 species of fungi were known from the Arctic seas. Substrates such as sediments, water, wood and plant residues were investigated. The largest number of works was carried out in the Barents and White seas. The best studied areas are the Svalbard archipelago in the Barents and Kandalaksha Bay in the White Sea. In the other Arctic seas, studies are either single (Kara, Chukchi Seas), or have not been conducted. While we still know very little about the mycobiota of the Arctic seas. But researches in the arctic marine fungi has been actively developing in the last 15-20 years.