Cyathus (Gasteromycetes) in areas of the Brazilian Cerrado region, Sao Paulo state

摘要

A survey on Cyathus (Gasteromycetes, Nidulariales), occurring on cerrado region in State of Sao Paulo (Brazil), was undertaken from November/1998 to April/2000, mostly in the rainy seasons. Several specimens belonging to nine species were identified: Cyathus berkeleyanus, C. limbatus, C. montagnei, C olla, C. pallidus, C poeppigii, C stercoreus, C striatus and C triplex. C olla and C triplex, represent first records from Brazil. Descriptions of the macro and microscopic features from these Cyathus species are given including taxonomic and some ecological data. A key to the species is also presented. [References: 46]