Abstract

BASEIA, Iuri Goulart; SILVA, Bianca Denise Barbosa; LEITE, Anileide Gomes  and  MAIA, Leonor Costa. The genus Calostoma (Boletales, Agaricomycetidae) from the Brazilian cerrado and semi-arid areas. Acta Bot. Bras. [online]. 2007, vol.21, n.2, pp. 277-280. ISSN 0102-3306.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0102-33062007000200003.

The genus Calostoma is represented in Brazil by two species: C. cinnabarinum Desv., reported for the first time in Brazil and C. zanchianus (Rick) Baseia & Calonge. These species occur in the South, Southeast and Northeast regions.Descriptions, illustrations and SEM-images of spore ornamentation are provided.

Keywords : Basidiomycota; Gasteromycetes; Neotropics; Sclerodermataceae; taxonomy.