New records of Dacrymycetes (Fungi: Basidiomycota) from the Cerrado Biome (Brazilian Savanna) and Midwest Region, Brazil

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.