Studies to expand knowledge on fungal species associated with native plants of the Cerrado and train human resources to identify and conserve fungal diversity in this ecosystem are of paramount importance, especially when considering the magnitude of the mycoflora, and its wealth of species and habitat diversity. Based on this, the purpose of this study was to define the set of fungal species associated with Copaifera langsdorffii, leading to a widening of regional mycological knowledge. To this end, samples of leaves and twigs of C. langsdorffii with symptoms and signs of fungi were collected in Brasilia, the Federal District of Brazil, and its associated mycoflora was identified with the aid of appropriate keys. As a result, eight fungi were found: Diorchidium copaifera; probable new species of Stigmopeltis, Geastrumia, Metathyriella, Treubiomyces and Leptosphaeria; and two new genera in the group of coelomycetes. This study suggests that there is a great diversity of fungi in the Cerrado trees and that their mycobiota is still little explored and identified.
fungi; mycobiota; taxonomy
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