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Issue: Vol. 436 No. 2: 17 March 2020
Type: Article
Published: 2020-03-17
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.436.2.2
Page range: 104–124
Abstract views: 27
PDF downloaded: 2

Coprophilous fungi from Brazil: updated identification keys to all recorded species

Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Centro de Biociências, Departamento de Micologia, Av. da Engenharia, s/n, 50740‒600, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Centro de Biociências, Departamento de Micologia, Av. da Engenharia, s/n, 50740‒600, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Centro de Biociências, Departamento de Micologia, Av. da Engenharia, s/n, 50740‒600, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Centro de Biociências, Departamento de Micologia, Av. da Engenharia, s/n, 50740‒600, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Natural History Survey, 1816 South Oak Street, Champaign, IL 61820, USA
Agaricales dung fungi Mucorales taxonomy Fungi

Abstract

Taxonomic records of coprophilous fungi from Brazil are revisited. In total, 271 valid species names, including representatives of Ascomycota (187), Basidiomycota (32), Kickxellomycota (2), Mucoromycota (45) and Zoopagomycota (5), are reported from herbivore dung. Identification keys for coprophilous fungi from Brazil are provided, including both recent surveys (2011–2019) and historical literature.