title: New species and records of Paliphora from the Brazilian semi-arid region.
abstract: In the course of studies about conidial fungi that grow on plant debris in the semi-arid region of Brazil, four species of Paliphora were found on unidentified dicotyledonous plants. Paliphora intermedia and P. porosa are recorded for the first time for South America and the neotropics respectively. Paliphora inflata and P. multiseptata are proposed as new species. A key and synoptic table of characters of the five known species of Paliphora are provided.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Feira de Santana, BA, Brazil. lgusmao@uefs.br
authors.forename: Luis Fernando Pascholati
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Gusmão
authors.forename: Sheila Miranda
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Leão-Ferreira
authors.forename: Marcos Fabio Oliveira
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Marques
authors.forename: Davi Augusto Carneiro
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: de Almeida
mesh_terms: D001203:Ascomycota / Q000145:classification* / Q000166:cytology / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001938:Brazil; D003889:Desert Climate; D018515:Plant Leaves / Q000382:microbiology; D013045:Species Specificity