Contribución al catálogo de los Gasteromycetes (Basidiomycotina, Fungi) de Costa Rica

This paper presents a revision of 819 herbarium collections of Gasteromycetes from Costa Rica. One hundred and three taxa were identified, two of them are new records for America: Cyathus africanus and Morganella compacta; and 44 are new to Costa Rica: Bovista aestivalis, B. cunninghamii, B. dermoxa...

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Main Authors: Francisco D. Calonge, Milagro Mata, Julieta Carranza
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Language:English
Published: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas 2005-06-01
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Online Access:https://rjb.revistas.csic.es/index.php/rjb/article/view/26
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description This paper presents a revision of 819 herbarium collections of Gasteromycetes from Costa Rica. One hundred and three taxa were identified, two of them are new records for America: Cyathus africanus and Morganella compacta; and 44 are new to Costa Rica: Bovista aestivalis, B. cunninghamii, B. dermoxantha, B. dominicensis, B. longispora, Calostoma lutescens, C. ravenelii, Calvatia candida, C. excipuliformis, Chlamydopus meyenianus, Crucibulum laeve, Cyathus earlei, C. berkeleyanus, C. helenae, C. julietae, C. limbatus, C. montagnei, C. nova-zealandiae, C. pallidus, C. poeppigii, C. setosus, Geastrum badium, G. fimbriatum, G. fimbriatum var. pseudohieronimii var. nov., G. javanicum, G. lageniforme, G. minimum, G. rufescens, G. smardae, G. striatum, Langermannia bicolor, L. gigantea, Lycogalopsis solmsii, Lycoperdon echinatum, L. eximium, L. juruense, Phallogaster saccatus, Scleroderma bovista, S. cepa, S. verrucosum, Vascellum endotephrum, V. floridanum,V. pratense and V. texense. Five genera are new to Costa Rica: Chlamydopus, Langermannia, Lycogalopsis, Phallogaster and Vascellum. Comments related with their taxonomy, ecology and distribution are also included. Based on the results, we conclude that the Gasteromycetes flora of Costa Rica is one of the richest in America, if we take into account the small area of the country. Richness may be due to more intensive sampling than in other neotropical countries, as well as to a range of altitudes from sea level to 3820 m.
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spelling doaj-art-c009d33409fc4be99299465e7f5dccd62025-08-20T03:47:36ZengConsejo Superior de Investigaciones CientíficasAnales del Jardín Botánico de Madrid0211-13221988-31962005-06-0162110.3989/ajbm.2005.v62.i1.2625Contribución al catálogo de los Gasteromycetes (Basidiomycotina, Fungi) de Costa RicaFrancisco D. Calonge0Milagro Mata1Julieta Carranza2Real Jardín Botánico, MadridInstituto Nacional de Biodiversidad, Santo DomingoEscuela de Biología, Universidad de Costa RicaThis paper presents a revision of 819 herbarium collections of Gasteromycetes from Costa Rica. One hundred and three taxa were identified, two of them are new records for America: Cyathus africanus and Morganella compacta; and 44 are new to Costa Rica: Bovista aestivalis, B. cunninghamii, B. dermoxantha, B. dominicensis, B. longispora, Calostoma lutescens, C. ravenelii, Calvatia candida, C. excipuliformis, Chlamydopus meyenianus, Crucibulum laeve, Cyathus earlei, C. berkeleyanus, C. helenae, C. julietae, C. limbatus, C. montagnei, C. nova-zealandiae, C. pallidus, C. poeppigii, C. setosus, Geastrum badium, G. fimbriatum, G. fimbriatum var. pseudohieronimii var. nov., G. javanicum, G. lageniforme, G. minimum, G. rufescens, G. smardae, G. striatum, Langermannia bicolor, L. gigantea, Lycogalopsis solmsii, Lycoperdon echinatum, L. eximium, L. juruense, Phallogaster saccatus, Scleroderma bovista, S. cepa, S. verrucosum, Vascellum endotephrum, V. floridanum,V. pratense and V. texense. Five genera are new to Costa Rica: Chlamydopus, Langermannia, Lycogalopsis, Phallogaster and Vascellum. Comments related with their taxonomy, ecology and distribution are also included. Based on the results, we conclude that the Gasteromycetes flora of Costa Rica is one of the richest in America, if we take into account the small area of the country. Richness may be due to more intensive sampling than in other neotropical countries, as well as to a range of altitudes from sea level to 3820 m.https://rjb.revistas.csic.es/index.php/rjb/article/view/26Central AmericachorologyecologyfungiGeastrum fimbriatum var. pseudohieronimii var. nov.taxonomy
spellingShingle Francisco D. Calonge
Milagro Mata
Julieta Carranza
Contribución al catálogo de los Gasteromycetes (Basidiomycotina, Fungi) de Costa Rica
Anales del Jardín Botánico de Madrid
Central America
chorology
ecology
fungi
Geastrum fimbriatum var. pseudohieronimii var. nov.
taxonomy
title Contribución al catálogo de los Gasteromycetes (Basidiomycotina, Fungi) de Costa Rica
title_full Contribución al catálogo de los Gasteromycetes (Basidiomycotina, Fungi) de Costa Rica
title_fullStr Contribución al catálogo de los Gasteromycetes (Basidiomycotina, Fungi) de Costa Rica
title_full_unstemmed Contribución al catálogo de los Gasteromycetes (Basidiomycotina, Fungi) de Costa Rica
title_short Contribución al catálogo de los Gasteromycetes (Basidiomycotina, Fungi) de Costa Rica
title_sort contribucion al catalogo de los gasteromycetes basidiomycotina fungi de costa rica
topic Central America
chorology
ecology
fungi
Geastrum fimbriatum var. pseudohieronimii var. nov.
taxonomy
url https://rjb.revistas.csic.es/index.php/rjb/article/view/26
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