Abstract
The information about the distribution of 5 species of jelly fungi of Dacrymycetes, recorded in different locations of the Cerrado biome, is updated or expanded. Dacrymyces chrysospermus Berk. & M.A. Curtis, Dacryopinax elegans(Berk. & M.A. Curtis) G.W. Martin, D. maxidorii Lowy and D. spathularia (Schwein.) G.W. Martin are the first records for the Cerrado and the Brazilian Midwest Region. Calocera cornea (Batsch) Fr. is being reported for the first time in Goiás state and newly reported for the Federal District, after 40 years.
Highlights
Dacrymycetes is a monophyletic clade belonging to the phylum Basidiomycota, with evolutionary origin estimated at 280–360 MYA (Dentinger et al 2009)
The present study explores a practically unexplored region and adds to the knowledge regarding the geographic distribution of Dacrymycetes in Brazil
This study reports 4 new records of species from the Midwest Region and from the Cerrado biome (Dacrymyces chrysospermus, Dacryopinax elegans, D. maxidorii and D. spathularia), and 5 new occurrences for Goiás state
Summary
Dacrymycetes is a monophyletic clade belonging to the phylum Basidiomycota, with evolutionary origin estimated at 280–360 MYA (Dentinger et al 2009). Dacrymycetes is macroscopically characterized by gelatinous or cartilaginous basidioma, ranging from strictly corticoid to pustulate, cupulate, cyphelloid, stalked-capitate or clavarioid, with color varying from yellow to orange and brown. It is characterized by frequent, modified, thick-walled hyphae on the abhymenial surface, denominated marginal hairs, forked (bifurcate) basidia (except in Dacrymyces unisporus (L.S. Olive) K. W. Martin.; Lowy (1971) reported 8 species (Arrhytidia involute (Schwein.) Coker, Calocera cornea (Batsch) Fr., Cerinomyces lagerheimii (Pat.) McNabb, Dacrymyces deliquescens var. W. Martin; Meijer (2006) reported 8 species (Cerinomyces lagerheimii (Pat.) McNabb, Dacrymyces chrysospermus Berk. W. Martin, D. martinii Lowy, Dacryopinax spathularia (Schwein.) G. The present study expands the knowledge of the geographical distribution of Dacrymycetes species in Brazil
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