title: A Brazilian new species of Auriporia.
abstract: Auriporia brasilica sp. nov. is described and illustrated based on specimens collected from southern Brazil. It is characterized by a dimitic hyphal system, the shape and size of cystidia, small basidiospores and large pores. This is the first report of an Auriporia taxon registered from the tropics.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Fundamentos da Educação, CE, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Campus, CEP, Santa Maria, RS, Brazil. coelhogb@smail.ufsm.br
authors.forename: Gilberto
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Coelho
mesh_terms: D001487:Basidiomycota / Q000145:classification* / Q000166:cytology* / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification; D001938:Brazil; D025301:Hyphae / Q000166:cytology; D019684:Magnoliopsida / Q000382:microbiology*; D013045:Species Specificity; D013172:Spores, Fungal / Q000254:growth & development