New species of Stropharia from Araucaria angustifolia forests of southern Brazil.
Two new agaric species of Stropharia are described from Araucaria angustifolia (Brazilian pine) forests of southern Brazil. Stropharia agaricoides presents Agaricus-like basidiomes, small basidiospores (5-7 microm long) and pyriform cheilochrysocystidia. Stropharia venusta is characterized by the reddish to pinkish pileus, large basidiospores (12-15 microm long) and subclavate cheiloleptocystidia.
da Silva
Paula Santos
PS
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Programa de Pós-graduação em Botânica, Avenida Bento Gonçalves 9500, 91501-970, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. pulisant@yahoo.com.br
Cortez
Vagner Gularte
VG
da Silveira
Rosa Mara Borges
RM
D000363:Agaricales / Q000145:classification* / Q000166:cytology; D001938:Brazil; D013045:Species Specificity; D013172:Spores, Fungal / Q000166:cytology; D064028:Tracheophyta / Q000382:microbiology*; D014197:Trees / Q000382:microbiology