Trichaptum byssogenum (Jungh.) Ryvarden

Regio, Nicolas do Carmo, Palacio, Melissa, Westphalen, Mauro Carpes, Feuerstein, Shirley Cunha & Silveira, Rosa Mara Borges da, 2024, Contributions to the fungal diversity of the Cerrado: new records of lignocellulolytic Agaricomycetes, Iheringia, Série Botânica (e 20241102) 79, pp. 1-16 : 8-9

Trichaptum byssogenum (Jungh.) Ryvarden [as ‘byssogenus’], Norw. Jl Bot. 19(3-4):237 (1972)

Remarks: This species is characterized by its grayish pilear surface, tomentose to hispid or strigose, and is distinguishable from the others for its large pores (1-2 per mm) and abundant apically incrusted cystidia ( Gibertoni et al. 2011; Ryvarden 2016).

Ecology & Distribution: Growing on deciduous wood. A Pantropical species ( Ryvarden 2016), known in Brazil for the states of Acre, Amazonas, Bahia, Minas Gerais, Mato Grosso, Pará, Paraná, Pernambuco, Rio Grande do Sul, Rondônia, Roraima, Santa Catarina, and São Paulo ( Flora do Brasil 2020). New records for the states of Goiás and Tocantins.

Specimen Examined: BRAZIL, GOIÁS,Alto Paraíso de Goiás, Raizama, 14°12’13.6” S, 47°50’12.3” W, 17.IX.2018, M. Palacio 342 (ICN202059). TOCANTINS, Itaguatins, Fazenda Prof.ª Neusa, 5°45’08.1” S, 47°33’31.2” W, 26.IX.2018, M. Palacio 368 (ICN202083).