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Myxomycetes collection preserved in the herbarium of the Federal University of Roraima (Brazil)

2013; INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA; Volume: 44; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1590/s0044-59672014000100006

ISSN

1809-4392

Autores

Laise de Holanda Cavalcanti, Eneida Jucene dos Santos Cavalcanti, David Ítallo Barbosa, Leandro de Almeida Neves Nepomuceno Agra, Andrea Carla Caldas Bezerra, Antônia Aurelice Aurélio Costa,

Tópico(s)

Biocrusts and Microbial Ecology

Resumo

First records of myxomycetes in the North region of Brazil go back to the 19th century. Nevertheless, the myxobiota of this region is still largely unexplored, with only 42 species recorded, distributed in 20 genera and seven families. The objectives of this paper were to characterize the Myxomycetes collection of the Herbarium of the Federal University of Roraima (UFRR) and to add new records for the myxobiota of this State. The collection holds specimens collected in fragments of Open Ombrophilous Forest, Seasonal Semi-deciduous Forest, Riparian Forest, deforested areas and urban home gardens in the state of Roraima. The 157 exsiccates were analyzed and identified or redetermined based on identification keys, descriptions and illustrations. The collection is in good conditions of preservation and includes all subclasses of Myxomycetes, 83% of its orders, 50% of its families, and 20 species. Trichiales, with one family, three genera and six species, represents 62% of all exsiccates. Cribraria aff. splendens, Metatrichia vesparia, Physarella oblonga, Stemonaria longa and Stemonitis splendens are new records for Roraima and Arcyria obvelata, Comatricha pulchella, Stemonitis pallida and Stemonitopsis aequalis are referred for the first time in the Northern Region, enlarging the knowledge of the Brazilian geographic distribution of these species.

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