IMA Fungus 7(1): 9-28, doi: 10.5598/imafungus.2016.07.01.02

Additions to the genera Asterolibertia and Cirsosia (Asterinaceae, Asterinales), with particular reference to species from the Brazilian Cerrado

Jose Carmine Dianese^‡, Carlos Antonio Inácio^§, Olinto Liparini Pereira^|, José Carmine Dianese^¶

‡ UNIVERSIDADE DE BRASÍLIA, BRASÍLIA, DISTRITO FEDERAL, Brazil§ Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, Departamento de Fitopatologia, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil| Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Departamento de Fitopatologia, Viçosa, Brazil¶ Universidade de Brasília, Departamento de Fitopatologia, Brasília, Brazil

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Citation: Dianese J, Inácio C, Pereira O, Dianese J (2016) Additions to the genera Asterolibertia and Cirsosia (Asterinaceae, Asterinales), with particular reference to species from the Brazilian Cerrado. IMA Fungus 7(1): 9-28. https://doi.org/10.5598/imafungus.2016.07.01.02

Abstract

Four new Asterolibertia species and a new variety of Cirsosia splendida, all found on native Cerrado plants, belonging to three host families are described, illustrated and named as: A. bahiensis sp. nov. on Erythroxylum sp. (Erythroxylaceae); A. barrinhensis sp. nov. on Diospyros burchellii (Ebenaceae); A. campograndensis sp. nov. on Hirtella glandulosa (Chrysobalanaceae); A. parinaricola sp. nov. on Parinari obtusifolia (Chrysobalanaceae); and Cirsosia splendida var. laevigata var. nov., showing both sexual and asexual morphs, on H. glandulosa and H. gracilipes (Chrysobalanaceae). Finally, A. licaniae is reported on a new host, H. gracilipes. Keys to all the known species of Asterolibertia and Cirsosia are included.

Keywords

biotrophic ascomycetes, foliicolous fungi, fungal taxonomy, neotropical mycodiversity