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Issue: Vol. 710 No. 3: 17 Jul. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-07-17
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.710.3.4
Page range: 276-282
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Oligonema persimile (Trichiales, Myxomycetes), rediscovered in Brazil after 94 years

Laboratório de Micologia Básica, Aplicada e Divulgação Científica (FungiLab), Universidade Estadual de Goiás, Anápolis, Goiás, Brazil
Centro de Biociências - CB, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE), Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
Instituto Helena Moura, Rua Marechal Deodoro, Centro, Belo Jardim, Pernambuco, Brazil
Laboratório de Micologia Básica, Aplicada e Divulgação Científica (FungiLab), Universidade Estadual de Goiás, Anápolis, Goiás, Brazil
Laboratório de Micologia Básica, Aplicada e Divulgação Científica (FungiLab), Universidade Estadual de Goiás, Anápolis, Goiás, Brazil
Laboratório de Micologia Básica, Aplicada e Divulgação Científica (FungiLab), Universidade Estadual de Goiás, Anápolis, Goiás, Brazil
Brazilian myxobiota geographical distribution Myxomycota species rarely collected Fungi

Abstract

Oligonema persimile (Trichiales, Myxomycetes) is a species collected in the Brazilian territory, but with only five records in 94 years. This paper confirms the occurrence of O. persimile in Brazil, and expands current knowledge on its distribution, based on four specimens collected between 2009 and 2023 in two biogeographic domains (Atlantic Forest and Cerrado), in the Northeast and Midwest Regions of the country.

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How to Cite

Moreira, I.C., Cavalcanti, L.D.H., Agra, L.D.A.N.N., Toschi, L.D.A., Leonardo-Silva, L. & Xavier-Santos, S. (2025) Oligonema persimile (Trichiales, Myxomycetes), rediscovered in Brazil after 94 years. Phytotaxa 710 (3): 276–282. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.710.3.4