A rare lignicolous gasteroid fungus of the tropics, Crucibulum laeve (Huds.) Kambly is recorded for the first time from State of São Paulo and for de second time from Brazil, growing on decaying wood, occasionally on other plant debris, on soil under cerrado vegetation. Macro and microscopic features were described from fresh and dried basidiocarps using the traditional methods for Gasteromycetes. The substrate and the taxonomic characteristics agree closely with the literature consulted.
Gasteromycetes; Crucibulum laeve; taxonomy; cerrado; rare species
