Anales del Jardín Botánico de Madrid (Dec 2016)

Novelties of gasteroid fungi, earthstars and puffballs, from the Brazilian Atlantic rainforest

  • Dönis da Silva Alfredo,
  • Julieth de Oliveira Sousa,
  • Elielson Jacinto de Souza,
  • Luana Mayra Nunes Conrado,
  • Iuri Goulart Baseia

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3989/ajbm.2422
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 73, no. 2
pp. e045 – e045

Abstract

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The goal of this study was to increase the knowledge of gasteroid fungi in Atlantic Forest biome, which is considered one of the most important hot-spots of the world. Field expeditions were carried out in the Reserva Biologica Municipal de Santa Rita Mitzi Brandao area, in the southeastern part of Minas Gerais. 39 samples belonging to 11 species of earthstars and puffballs are new record for Minas Gerais, Geastrum javanicum Lév., Bovista cunninghamii Kreisel, and Lycoperdon lambinonii Demoulin are first records for Brazil. Information about the locality, morphological characters, illustrations of the basidiomata, scanning electron microscopy (SEM) of the basidiospores, as well as its distribution in Brazil, are given for all species.

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