Telleria, M.T., I. Melo, M. Dueñas, I. Salcedo, J. Cardoso, J.L. Rodríguez-Armas & E. Beltrán-Tejera. Corticioid fungi (Basidiomycota) from the Azores Islands: Flores and São Miguel. Mycotaxon 109: 141–44. 2009.

ABSTRACT:  The catalogue of corticioid fungi from Flores and São Miguel Islands (Azores archipelago) is presented. The study covered 29 localities and 644 samples were analyzed. This catalogue includes 83 species, of which 32 are new to the archipelago. They belong to 37 genera. Trechispora (9 species), Hyphodontia (7 species), Peniophora (6 species), and Tubulicium (4 species) are the most significant genera. A remarkable feature is the presence in the archipelago of Peniophora bicornis.

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KEYWORDS:  Aphyllophorales, fungal diversity, lignicolous fungi, Macaronesia, Portugal, species inventory