Geastrum triplex Jungh., 1840

Cabral, Tiara S., Da Silva, Bianca D. B., Ishikawa, Noemia K., Alfredo, Donis S., Braga-Neto, Ricardo, Clement, Charles R. & Baseia, Iuri G., 2014, A new species and new records of gasteroid fungi (Basidiomycota) from Central Amazonia, Brazil, Phytotaxa 183 (4), pp. 239-253 : 246-247

Geastrum triplex Jungh. [as ‘Geaster’], Tijdschr. Nat. Gesch. Physiol. 7: 287 (1840) ( Fig. 5d ).

Description:— Trierveiler-Pereira et al. (2011: 583)

Habitat and distribution:—Specimens were collected on sandy soil in fragments of secondary upland forests, a successional type of lowland ombrophilous dense forest. It is known from Africa, North America, South America, Oceania ( Bottomley 1948, Cunningham 1944, Dissing & Lange 1962, Liu 1984); Asia ( Cunningham 1944, Dissing & Lange 1962, Liu 1984); Europe ( Bottomley 1948, Cunningham 1944, Liu 1984, Dissing & Lange 1962, Moyersoen & Demoulin 1996, Pegler et al. 1995). This is the first record for the state of Amazonas, Brazil.

Specimens examined:— BRAZIL. Amazonas : Manaus, INPA Campus I (Latitude:–3.094986, Longitude :–59.986811, Datum: WGS84 ), 20 November 2012 , Cabral TS 33 ( INPA 255832 ); Universidade Federal do Amazonas–Mini Campus ( Latitude :–3.101082, Longitude:–59.974573, Datum: WGS84 ), 22 December 2012 , Cabral TS 34 ( INPA 255833 ) .

Phallaceae Corda, Icones fungorum hucusque cognitorum 5: 29 (1842)

Mutinus fleischeri Penz., Ann. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg , suppl. 16: 137 (1899) ( Fig. 6d )

Description:— Li et al. (2002: 126)

Habitat and distribution:—Specimens were collected on sandy soil in fragments of secondary upland forest, a successional type of lowland ombrophilous dense forests. It is known from Asia ( Li et al. 2002). Although it is unlikely to find a species with such a disjunct distribution, based on the morphological data we prefer to maintain it as Mutinus fleischeri until further molecular analyses are carried out to compare Amazonian Mutinus species. This is the first record for the American continent.

Specimens examined:— BRAZIL. Amazonas: Manaus, INPA Campus III (Latitude:–3.092820, Longitude:– 59.994046, Datum: WGS84 ), 03 December 2010 , Karstedt, F. et al. ( INPA 240012 ) .

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FIGURE 5. Geastraceae species. Geastrum lloydianum (a), Geastrum saccatum (b), Geastrum schweinitzii (c), Geastrum triplex (d). Photographs by T.S. Cabral.

FIGURE 6. Phallaceae species. Phallus merulinus (a), Phallus atrovolvatus (b), Phallus indusiatus (c), Mutinus fleischeri (d), Staheliomyces cinctus (e). Scale bars correspond to 20 mm. Photographs (a), (b) and (d) by N.K.Ishikawa, photographs (c) and (e) by T.S. Cabral.