A preliminary checklist of polypores of Peru, with notes on distribution in the Andes-Amazon region and new records for the country

Abstract

A checklist of 33 polypore species (Hymenochaetales and Polyporales) from the Camanti-Marcapata Biological Corridor (CMBC) of Cusco, Peru, is provided with data about distribution in the Andes-Amazon region. More than 90% of polypore species reported herein are new records to the country.

Keywords

• Agaricomycetes
• Amazon
• Andes Mountains
• Basidiomycota
• cloud forest
• rainforest