Abstract
During investigation of conidial fungi from dead plant material in an area of extreme biological importance at Caatinga biome, municipality of Morro do Chapéu, Bahia State, Brazil, some new records for American continent, South America, Neotropics, and Brazil were found. Dendryphiopsis biseptata Morgan-Jones, R.C. Sinclair & Eicker and Virgariella atra S. Hughes are new records for American continent; Dictyochaeta matsushimae (Hewings a,p; J.L. Crane) Whitton, McKenzie & K.D. Hyde and Endophragmiella boothii (M.B. Ellis) S. Hughes are reported for the first time for Neotropics; Anungitea palustris R.F. Castañeda & W.B. Kendr., Dictyochaeta anamorfic of Chaetosphaeria dingleyae S. Hughes, W.B. Kendr. & Shoemaker, Dictyochaeta anamorfic of Chaetosphaeria pulchriseta S. Hughes, W.B. Kendr. & Shoemaker, Eversia parvula Hol.-Jech., Gyrothrix hughesii Piroz. and Minimelanolocus navicularis (R.F. Castañeda) R.F. Castañeda are new records to South America; Endophragmiella pallescens B. Sutton, Helicoubisia coronata Lunghini & Rambelli and Selenodriella ponmudiensis (Varghese & V.G. Rao) R.F. Castañeda & Saikawa are reported for the first time for Brazil. Description, comments, geographical distribution and illustrations are presented for these species.
Key words:
anamorfic fungi; biodiversity; taxonomy