New species and records of Paliphora from the Brazilian semi-arid region.
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.
Gusmão
Luis Fernando Pascholati
LF
Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Feira de Santana, BA, Brazil. lgusmao@uefs.br
Leão-Ferreira
Sheila Miranda
SM
Marques
Marcos Fabio Oliveira
MF
de Almeida
Davi Augusto Carneiro
DA
D001203:Ascomycota / Q000145:classification* / Q000166:cytology / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001938:Brazil; D003889:Desert Climate; D018515:Plant Leaves / Q000382:microbiology; D013045:Species Specificity