Staheliomyces cinctus E. Fisch., Mitt.

Cabral, Tiara S., Da Silva, Bianca D. B., Ishikawa, Noemia K., Alfredo, Donis S., Braga-Neto, Ricardo, Clement, Charles R. & Baseia, Iuri G., 2014, A new species and new records of gasteroid fungi (Basidiomycota) from Central Amazonia, Brazil, Phytotaxa 183 (4), pp. 239-253 : 248-249

Staheliomyces cinctus E. Fisch., Mitt. naturf. Ges. Bern: 142 (1921) [1920] ( Fig. 6e )

Description:— Leite et al. (2007: 123)

Habitat and distribution: — On rotten wood ( Pouteria spp. , Sapotaceae ). Specimens were collected in fragments of secondary floodplain forests, a successional type of alluvial ombrophilous dense forests. It is known from Central and South America ( Calonge et al. 2005, Cheype 2010). This is the first record for Central Amazonia.

Specimens examined:— BRAZIL. Amazonas: Codajás (Latitude:–3.78580, Longitude:–62.01911, Datum: WGS84 ), 12 December 2012 , Cabral TS 30 ( INPA 255831 ) .

Agaricaceae Chevall., Flore Générale des Environs de Paris 1: 121 (1826)

Morganella fuliginea (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) Kreisel & Dring, Feddes Repert. 74: 113 (1967). ( Fig. 7 )

Description:— Suárez and Wright (1996: 657)

Habitat and distribution:—Growing gregariously and cespitose on dead wood. Specimens were collected in lowland ombrophilous dense forests, both in old-growth and secondary upland forests. It is known from Africa ( Dring 1964) and South America ( Suárez and Wright 1996). This is the first record for the state of Amazonas, Brazil.

Additional specimens examined:— BRAZIL. Manaus : Reserva Florestal Adolpho Ducke (Latitude:–02.92803, Longitude:–059.96860, Datum: WGS84 ), 28 January 2008, R . Braga-Neto , GF 38 ( INPA 239561 ); 30 October 2012, T. S . Cabral TSC 26 ( INPA 255838 ); 27 ( INPA 255839 ) .

Figures

FIGURE 6. Phallaceae species. Phallus merulinus (a), Phallus atrovolvatus (b), Phallus indusiatus (c), Mutinus fleischeri (d), Staheliomyces cinctus (e). Scale bars correspond to 20 mm. Photographs (a), (b) and (d) by N.K.Ishikawa, photographs (c) and (e) by T.S. Cabral.

FIGURE 7. Morganella fuliginea. Expanded basidiomata (a); exoperidium sphaerocyst chains (b); spores in 5% KOH (c) and under SEM (d). Photograph by R.B. Neto.