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Kaz Mountains (Mount Ida)

A mountain rich in endemic plants where sea and mountain climates meet, between Marmara and the Aegean; few mushroom records so far.

records
8
species
7
provinces
Balıkesir, Çanakkale
Dashed box: the approximate area used to count records (not the park boundary). Points are GBIF and iNaturalist records.

Mount Ida (Turkish: Kazdağı) rises north of the Gulf of Edremit between Çanakkale and Balıkesir. Kaz Mountains National Park (Turkish: Kazdağı Millî Parkı) is in the Edremit district of Balıkesir and takes its name from the mountain that forms the boundary between the Marmara and Aegean regions. Canyons cut by rivers (the best known is the Şahinderesi Canyon) let sea and mountain climates mix, which makes the mountain rich in endemic species; the Kazdağı fir is the best known of them.

The Pınarbaşı and Hasanboğuldu picnic areas inside the park are the main places visitors go.

Little data on this route

Open data (GBIF, iNaturalist) holds very few macrofungi records around the Kaz Mountains so far. That means nobody has recorded them, not that there are no mushrooms. If you go, posting your finds with photos to iNaturalist will fill in this map and calendar.

Getting there

Kaz Mountains National Park is in the Edremit district of Balıkesir; the Pınarbaşı and Hasanboğuldu picnic areas are the main places visitors head for.

Directions (OpenStreetMap) ↗

Rules and safety

Mount Ida is protected as a national park: under article 14/d of Law No. 2873, "any production of forest products that would disturb the natural balance" is prohibited. The area is sensitive for endemic plants; stay on the paths.

Data sources and licences

Observations from GBIF.org (human observations and herbarium specimens; records flagged with geospatial issues excluded) and iNaturalist research-grade records, retrieved 26 October 2026. Macrofungi only (Agaricomycetes, Pezizomycetes), named to species. Every point links to its own record, with the recorder and licence (CC0, CC BY, CC BY-NC).

Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors. Province centres: Wikidata. Region comes from the record's GADM province, or the nearest province centre when missing. For protected species (iNaturalist "threatened" or IUCN VU/EN/CR) locations are rounded to ~10 km; locations obscured by iNaturalist are marked "approximate".

An observation shows that a mushroom was seen there on that day, not that it is there now or that it may be picked. Counts reflect how many people record fungi in an area more than how common a species is.