ISSN (print) 0093-4666 © 2012. Mycotaxon, Ltd. ISSN (online) 2154-8889 MYCOTAXON http://dx.doi.org/10.5248/121.93 Volume 121, pp. 93–132 July–September 2012 Ganoderma in Brazil: known species and new records Mabel Gisela Torres-Torres1,2, Laura Guzmán-Dávalos2,* & Adriana de Mello Gugliotta3 1Universidad Tecnológica del Chocó, Ciudadela Medrano, Quibdó, Chocó, Colombia, 2Departamento de Botánica y Zoología, Universidad de Guadalajara, Apdo. postal 1-139, Zapopan, Jal., 45101, Mexico 3Seção de Micologia e Liquenologia, Instituto de Botânica, Caixa Postal 3005, CEP 01061-970, São Paulo, SP, Brazil *Correspondence to:
[email protected] Abstract — Eighteen species of Ganoderma (Basidiomycota, Polyporales, Ganodermataceae) are recorded from Brazil based on specimens deposited at EMBRAPA and SP. Twenty type specimens from Brazil, Belize, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, Finland, France, Grenada, Guinea, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, USA, and Venezuela were studied in order to establish the proper identity of specimens. Three species (G. mexicanum, G. perzonatum, G. pulverulentum) are new reports for Brazil, G. weberianum is recorded for the first time for America, and G. mexicanum, G. perturbatum, and G. perzonatum, are recorded for the first time since their original description. All species with laccate pileus (except G. vivianimercedianum) and the non-laccate G. amazonense and G. brownii are described in detail and illustrated. Key words — basidiospores, pileipellis cells, taxonomy Introduction Ganoderma P. Karst. is a genus with a cosmopolitan distribution, with many tropical species and some restricted to temperate regions. According to Ryvarden (2004) the genus is represented in the neotropics by 20 species, a large number of which are known only from their type locality.