Psathyrella atlantica (Agaricales: Basidiomycota), a new species from Brazil

Abstract

ABSTRACT Psathyrella atlantica is described based on material collected in an Atlantic Forest fragment in the state of Pernambuco, Northeast Brazil. It is characterized by slender, whitish and caespitose basidiomata; pileus with orange, small and floccose-squamulose veil remnants; presence of a persistent but fragile-membranous annulus; basidiospores 5-7 × 3-4 µm; and inconspicuous germ pore. A full description plus illustrations and comments on morphological and phylogenetic data are provided.

Keywords

• Agaricomycetes
• Agaricomycetidae
• Neotropics
• Psathyrellaceae
• taxonomy