The first data on wood-inhabiting fungi (Basidiomycota) of the con dao archipelago (South Vietnam)

Abstract

The first data on wood-inhabiting fungi from the oceanic Con Dao Islands are given. Illustrated checklist of fungi collected on the two largest islands of the archipelago Con Son and Bay Canh is provided. The list includes nine species of wood decaying polyporoid and corticioid fungi from eight genera in four families − Antrodiella serpula, Daedaleopsis nitida, Skeletocutis nivea, Cellulariella acuta, Microporus xanthopus, Laetiporus sulphureus, Hymenochaete rubiginosa, Phellinus fastuosus, P. gilvus. Six species are widely distributed from Boreal to Tropic and other three are of tropical and subtropical distribution. The first three species are new for the Vietnam. Both ecological and medicine importance of fungi recorded are discussed.