Twenty-two Hyphomycetes were obtained during a survey of mitosporic fungi associated with leaf litter of Tibouchina pulchra Cogn. in an Atlantic rain forest area at the "Reserva Biológica de Paranapiacaba", Santo André, São Paulo state, Brazil. The leaf litter was prepared by the washing technique with serial changes of sterile distilled water and incubated in moist-chambers. Rhinocladiella cristaspora Matsushima, Venustusynnema ciliata (Castañeda, G. Arnold & A. Guerra) Castañeda & Kendrick and Vermiculariopsiella cubensis (Castañeda) Nawawi, Kuthubutheen & Sutton, are new records for Brazil; for these species, descriptions, geographical distribution, remarks and illustrations are provided.
Mitosporic Fungi; biodiversity; decomposition; Atlantic rain forest
