Monthly, from March/1988 to March/1989 were collected the total of 450 soil samples from rhizospheres of plants from dunes of Parque Estadual da Ilha do Cardoso, São Paulo State, Brazil, to report the occurrence of VANÍ fungus. The investigated plants were: Baccharis trímera DC. (Compositae), Blutaparon portulacoides (St. Hil.) Mears (Amaranthaceae), Dalbergia hecastaphylla (L.) Taub. (Legumiosae), Hydrocotyle bonariensis Lam. (Umbelliferae), Ipomoea pes-caprae (L.) Sweet (Convolvulaceae), Polygala cyparisseas St. Hill & Moq. (Polygalaceae); Gramineae, Cyperaceae and other plants were occasionaly collected. The soil was prepared according the wet sieving and decanting technique. It was observed the following 14 taxa of VA M fungüs: Acaulospora scrobiculata Trappe, Acaulospora tuberculata Janos & Trappe, Gigaspora gigantea (Nicol. & Gerd) Gerd & Trappe, Glomus fasciculatum (Thaxter) Gerd. & Trappe emend. Walker & Koske, Glomus globiferum Koske & Walker, Glomus monosporum Gerd. & Trappe, Sclerocystís sinuosa Gerd. & Bakshi, Scutellospora calospora (Nicol. & Gerd.) Walker & Sanders, Scutellospora collaroidea (Trappe, Gerd. & Ho) Walker & Sanders, Scutellospora gilmorei (Trappe & Gerd.) Walker & Sanders, Scutellospora gregaria (Schénck & Nicol.) Walker & Sanders, Scutellospora pérsica (Koske & Walker) Walker & Sanders, Scutellospora verrucosa (Koske & Walker) Walker & Sanders and Scutellospora sp. Are presented taxonomical, coments and muronyms of the studied taxa.
VAM fungi; dunes; Brazil