title: Fomitiporia punctata (Basidiomycota, Hymenochaetales) and its presumed taxonomic synonyms in America: taxonomy and phylogeny of some species from tropical/subtropical areas.
abstract: The status of the F. punctata complex in tropical/subtropical America, and more specifically in Cuba and the surrounding area, was partially assessed. Fomitiporia langloisii, Fomitiporia dryophila and Fomitiporia maxonii, three names long considered taxonomic synonyms of F. punctata, are recognized as representing three distinct species that are distinguished from the latter on the basis of morphological, molecular and ecological (biogeographical) data. The three species are described again and their preliminary phylogenetic relationships within Fomitiporia are discussed. Fomitiporia tabaquilio comb. nov. is proposed. The status of Fomitiporia in America and its present circumscription are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Mycothèque de l'Université catholique de Louvain, Université catholique de Louvain, Croix du Sud 3, B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium. decock@mbla.ucl.ac.be
authors.forename: Cony
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Decock
authors.forename: Sara Herrera
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Figueroa
authors.forename: Gerardo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Robledo
authors.forename: Gabriel
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Castillo
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D001487:Basidiomycota / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000648:ultrastructure; D003462:Cuba; D004271:DNA, Fungal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D021901:DNA, Intergenic / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012339:RNA, Ribosomal, 28S; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D015144:Southeastern United States; D013172:Spores, Fungal / Q000235:genetics / Q000648:ultrastructure
chemical_list: D004271:DNA, Fungal; D021901:DNA, Intergenic; D012339:RNA, Ribosomal, 28S