Six new records of polypores (Agaricomycetes, Basidiomycota) from Southeast Brazil (Atlantic Forest) and perspectives in basic mycological research

Abstract

The present study aims to present six new records of polypores from Southeast Brazil (Atlantic Forest): Fibroporia gossypium, Fomitiporia subtilissima, Fuscoporia marquesiana, Microporellus terrestris, Neodictyopus atlanticae and Perenniporia brasiliensis, as well as to discuss perspectives in basic mycological research through contextual analysis of primary and secondary metadata from inventories, monographs and revisions of existing reference collections. Polypores are wood-inhabiting macrofungi with tubular hymenophores. They play a major role in decomposition within terrestrial ecosystems and hold significant importance for humans. The Atlantic Forest, a biodiversity hotspot with high levels of diversity and endemism, is an ideal source for discovering unknown fungi. Thus, our fungal inventory was built from collections made in the natural remnants of the São Paulo Green Belt Biosphere Reserve, which are strategic sites within the Brazilian Atlantic Forest, located in the municipality of Juquitiba, São Paulo state, Brazil. We provide full descriptions, photoplates, illustrations, remarks on geographic distribution, and additional comments for the newly recorded polypores.