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Type: Article
Published: 2018-05-02
Page range: 199–210
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Phylloporia minuta sp. nov. (Basidiomycota, Hymenochaetales): a remarkable species discovered in a small protected urban area of Atlantic Forest

Laboratório de Micologia, Departamento de Botânica, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Campus Universitário Trindade, CEP: 88040-900, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil
Laboratório de Micorrizas, Departamento de Ciências Naturais, Universidade Regional de Blumenau, Rua Antônio da Veiga n. 140, Victor Konder, CEP: 89030-903, Blumenau, Santa Catarina, Brazil
Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Avenida Colombo, 5790, Zona 7, CEP: 87020-900, Maringá, Paraná, Brazil
Laboratório de Micologia, Departamento de Botânica, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Campus Universitário Trindade, CEP: 88040-900, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil
Fungi Dilleniaceae host-specialization Hymenochaetaceae Neotropics polypores taxonomy

Abstract

During fungal surveys in a small urban Protected Area in Southern Brazil a species of Phylloporia was found with its minute basidiomata emerging from living stems of Doliocarpus schottianus. It is characterized by pileate and strikingly small basidiomata, context with a black line separating an upper tomentum, 3–7(–8) pores per mm, a monomitic hyphal system and ellipsoid basidiospores. In phylogenetic analysis based on partial nuclear 28S ribosomal DNA sequences, these specimens are resolved as a new clade within Phylloporia. The species is therefore described as P. minuta sp. nov. Ecological data (host and distribution) and the importance of small and urban protected areas are discussed