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Fungal Diversity of Central and South America

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Biology of Microfungi

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Abstract

In the last 30 years, 3757 taxa and 104 genera of microfungi have been described from the Central and South American Neotropic. The Neotropical zone in Central and South America is a megadiverse ecozone where a large number of undescribed fungal taxa remain to be discovered. This chapter reviewed the studies conducted on diversity of microfungi from different substrates and habitats in the Neotropic in the past 30 years and discussed the generic novelties described from these studies. At the same time, the methodology of sample collection, preparation, and incubation used in these studies is provided in detail.

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The authors are very grateful to Drs. Josep Guarro, Marcos Fabio Marques, Margarita Hernández-Restrepo, and Xiuguo Zhang for providing photos.

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  1. Instituto de Investigaciones Fundamentales en Agricultura, Tropical “Alejandro de Humboldt” (INIFAT), Académico Titular de la Academia de Ciencias de Cuba, Calle 1 Esq. 2, Santiago de Las Vegas, C. Habana, C. P. 17200, Cuba

    Rafael F. Castañeda-Ruiz Ph.D.

  2. Red de Biodiversidad y Sistemática, Instituto de Ecología, A. C. Km. 2.5 Antigua Carretera a Coatepec No. 351 Congregación El Haya, C.P. 91070, Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico

    Gabriela Heredia Ph.D.

  3. Laboratorio de Micologia, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual, de Feira de Santana, BR116 KM03, 44031-460, Feira de Santana, BA, Brazil

    Luis F. P. Gusmão Ph.D.

  4. The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station Valley Laboratory, 153 Cook Hill Road, Windsor, CT, 06095, USA

    De-Wei Li Ph.D.

  5. Co-Innovation Center for Sustainable Forestry in Southern China, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210037, China

    De-Wei Li Ph.D.

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Castañeda-Ruiz, R.F., Heredia, G., Gusmão, L.F.P., Li, DW. (2016). Fungal Diversity of Central and South America. In: Li, DW. (eds) Biology of Microfungi. Fungal Biology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-29137-6_9

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