Diogo Henrique Costa-Rezende

Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana | UEFS · Department of Biological Science

The phylogenetic position and taxonomic status of the monotypic genus Lappodochium Matsush. and its constituent species Lappodochium lageniforme Matsush. have long been uncertain. A multilocus phylogenetic analysis of combined ITS, LSU, rpb2 and tub2 datasets and morphological data were used to establish relationships of Lappodochium lageniforme wi...

Specimens of poroid Hymenochaetaceae with uniquely strigose pileus surfaces were collected and studied morphologically and phylogenetically (using as markers ITS and nrLSU ribosomal DNA). Detailed morphological examination showed that the specimens belong to two distinct species of Fuscoporia. Fuscoporia sarcites comb. nov., which is proposed and r...

The Global Consortium for the Classification of Fungi and fungus-like taxa is an international initiative of more than 550 mycologists to develop an electronic structure for the classification of these organisms. The members of the Consortium originate from 55 countries/regions worldwide, from a wide range of disciplines, and include senior, mid-ca...

During mycological surveys in Floresta Edmundo Navarro de Andrade, Rio Claro province, São Paulo state, a bulbil-forming fungal specimen was collected on dead bark of Eucalyptus grandis. Following morphological and phylogenetic analysis, it was confirmed that the specimen belongs to an undescribed taxon. Phylogenetic analyses of ITS-LSU revealed th...

Studies of fungal communities through amplicon metagenomics in aquatic environments, particularly in freshwater ecosystems, are still relatively recent. Unfortunately, many of these water bodies are facing growing threats from human expansion, such as effluent discharge from various human activities. As a result, these effluents have the potential...

Durante coletas de macrofungos no estado de Santa Catarina, Brasil, alguns espécimes de fungos briófilos foram coletados. Estes foram identificados como Rickenella fibula, representando dessa forma, o primeiro registro da espécie na Mata Atlântica brasileira. Caracteriza-se pelos basidiomas alaranjados, píleos com 3–5 mm de diâmetro, 13–20 lamelas...

In January 2023, the IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC) created a new specialist group to focus on the conservation of Brazilian fungi: the IUCN SSC Brazil Fungal Specialist Group (iucnbrazfun.com, @iucnfungibrazil and iucnssc_fungibrazil). As a megadiverse country with key biodiversity hotspots, Brazil and its fauna, flora and funga face numer...

Novel species of fungi described in this study include those from various countries as follows: Australia, Aschersonia mackerrasiae on whitefly, Cladosporium corticola on bark of Melaleuca quinquenervia, Penicillium nudgee from soil under Melaleuca quinquenervia, Pseudocercospora blackwoodiae on leaf spot of Persoonia falcata, and Pseudocercospora...

The monotypic genus Umbellidion remains as an incertae sedis in Pezizomycotina. This saprotrophic anamorphic fungus is morphologically distinct and unique, occurring widely in Brazil on several hosts, with only one record in the Caribbean region. During the project “Microfungi from Brazil: looking for new species,” five strains of U. radulans were...

Brazil hosts a great fungal diversity, but little is known about its conservation. The basics for a policy of including fungi in Brazil's conservation agenda still do not exist, given that recently threatened species published on the global red list, have not yet been recognized in a National Red List or in Brazilian government conservation and bio...

Gibellula (Cordycipitaceae, Hypocreales) is frequently observed growing on spiders, but little is known about their host range. One of the greatest challenges in describing these interactions is identifying the host, since the fungus often rapidly consumes the parasitised spiders and destroys important diagnostic taxonomic traits. Additionally, the...

Trindade é uma ilha oceânica de origem vulcânica no Atlântico Sul. Embora tenhasofrido muitos impactos ambientais, a ilha abriga uma rica diversidade biológica, sendo habitatde várias espécies endêmicas. As pesquisas científicas nos últimos 300 anos geraram um grandevolume de literatura especializada. No entanto, não existe uma síntese científica s...

The identity and phylogenetic relationships of Laetiporaceae taxa (Polyporales, Basidiomycota) remain poorly studied. In this work we carry out a multigene phylogenetic analysis to identify the Laetiporus species that grow in South America and move forward the understanding of the phylogenetic relationships among the poroid genera of Laetiporaceae...

Great progress has been made in recent years on taxonomy of brown rot polypores based on phylogenetical evidence, mainly Daeadalea within Fomitopsidaceae. However, the relations within the Fomitopsidaceae family remain unresolved. Some neotropical species of Daedalea were never included in molecular phylogenetic analyses, such as D. aethalodes, D....

Macrofungi produce reproductive structures (spore-bearing), the sporomata, visible to the naked eye. These sporomata have variable shapes, sizes, and colors. They are commonly known as mushrooms, puffballs, earthstars, jelly fungi, and bracket fungi. Informative photos can often be enough to recognize species or taxonomic groups of these macrofungi...

Fungal species are not immune to the threats facing animals and plants and are thus also prone to extinction. Yet, until 2015, fungi were nearly absent on the IUCN Red List. Recent efforts to identify fungal species under threat have significantly increased the number of published fungal assessments. The 597 species of fungi published in the 2022-1...

Panaeolus sylvaticus is a saprotrophic, non-coprophilous, mushroom described in 2019 from material collected at two sites in western Paraná State, Southern Brazil. It was reported growing in decaying plant debris in seasonal semi-deciduous forest remnants. Although surveys of funga in southern Brazil, especially for Agaricales, have been intensivel...

We investigated whether a set of phylogeographical tracked emergent events of Orthocoronavirinae were related to developed, urban and polluted environments worldwide. We explored coronavirus records in response to climate (rainfall parameters), population density, CO2 emission, Human Developmental Index (HDI) and deforestation. We contrasted enviro...

The rubber tree, Hevea brasiliensis, is a neotropical Amazonian species. Despite its high economic value and fungi associated with native individuals, in its original area in Brazil, it has been scarcely investigated and only using culture-dependent methods. Herein, we integrated in silico approaches with novel field/experimental approaches and a c...

Atroporus diabolicus is a rare polypore growing on fine woody debris in the Amazon and northern Atlantic Forest in Brazil. It has been found in at least five sites and may occur in up to another 1,000- 2,000 sites. It is estimated to have a total population of 10,000 to 20,000 mature individuals. Although it is a generalist wood decaying fungus, on...

Trichaptum comprises around 36 polypore species, with variable morphology and worldwide distribution. During polypore surveys in Santa Catarina Island (Southern Brazil), specimens of a remarkable species, with large, mostly resupinate basidiomata, large (6–11µm long) spores and two kinds of cystidia, were collected in mangrove forests and their vic...

Polypores with complex double-walled basidiospores with a pigmented endosporium ornamented with columns or ridges and a smooth hyaline exosporium are usually classified in the Ganodermataceae. Although the family presents well-delimited morphological features, recent phylogenetic studies have raised divergent evidences about its monophyly. In order...

Rezende (2020): Mystery unveiled: Diacanthodes Singer-a lineage within the core polyporoid clade, Systematics and Biodiversity, Diacanthodes (Polyporales, Basidiomycota) is a fungal genus with stipitate basidiomata and a combination of ornamented and dextrinoid basidiospores that is unique among the poroid fungi. Although some hypotheses based on m...

Amauroderma s.lat. has been defined mainly by the morphological features of non-truncate and double-walled basidiospores with a distinctly ornamented endospore wall. In this work, taxonomic and phylogenetic studies on species of Amauroderma s.lat. are carried out by morphological examination together with ultrastructural observations, and molecular...

Phellinotus piptadeniae is associated with several hosts and presents a continental and disjunct geographic distribution, whose populations occur in both dry and wet forests of South America. To understand the distribution of P. piptadeniae, we explored the prior knowledge of its host geography to predict potential distribution of the fungus and di...

Amauroderma s.str. is a genus of polypores with neotropical distribution characterized mainly by species with nontruncated double-walled spores with solid columnar to semireticulate endosporic ornamentation. As a continuation of a study on the taxonomy of the genus in Brazil, specimens with dubious delimitation due to uncertain phylogenetic placeme...

Basidiomycotan fungi play significant roles in the biogeochemical cycle of carbon as wood decomposers and are used in the food industry for mushroom production and in biotechnology for the production of diverse bioactive compounds and bioremediation. The correct identification of basidiomycotan isolates is crucial for understanding their biology an...

Morphological revision and phylogenetic analyses, based on nrITS and nrLSU, of specimens previously considered to be member of the “Inonotus linteus” species complex from in South America reveal a new species of Tropicoporus, here named T. drechsleri. It is a parasitic polypore restricted to the seasonally dry tropical forests of subtropical South...

Ganodermataceae is a remarkable group of polypore fungi, mainly characterized by particular doublewalled basidiospores with a coloured endosporium ornamented with columns or crests, and a hyaline smooth exosporium. In order to establish an integrative morphological and molecular phylogenetic approach to clarify relationship of Neotropical Amauroder...

During a polypore survey in the Cerrado (Mato Grosso state, Brazil), Amauroderma specimens were collected and some of them deserved special taxonomic attention due to their intermediate morphology between A. calcigenum and A. partitum. A comparative study of the types and reference material, as well as phylogenetic analysis, led us to conclude that...

Knowledge about the Brazilian fungal diversity was, until 2010, recorded in few taxonomy and ecology publications, as well as in a handful of species lists. With the publication of the Catálogo de Plantas e Fungos do Brasil and the continued availability of an online list, it has been possible to aggregate this dispersed knowledge. The version pres...

During a survey of polypores in the National Park of Chapada dos Guimarães, Mato Grosso State, Brazil, specimens of Perenniporia s. l. and Pyrofomes Kotl. & Pouzar were collected. Hornodermoporus martius (Berk.) Teixeira, Perenniporia aurantiaca (A. David & Rajchenb.) Decock & Ryvarden, P. tephropora (Mont.) Ryvarden, Pyrofomes lateritius (Cooke) R...

During a survey of polypores in the National Park of Chapada dos Guimarães, Mato Grosso State, Brazil, specimens of Perenniporia s. l. and Pyrofomes Kotl. & Pouzar were collected. Hornodermoporus martius (Berk.) Teixeira, Perenniporia aurantiaca (A. David & Rajchenb.) Decock & Ryvarden, P. tephropora (Mont.) Ryvarden, Pyrofomes lateritius (Cooke) R...