Received 16-IV-2001. Accepted 18-VI-2001.
In January 1999 we collected fallen branches with several black synnemmata of this fungus in Parque Estadual das Fontes do Ipiranga, south east of São Paulo city, São Paulo state, Brazil (23º39’ S, 46º37’ W). Dried specimens and slides were preserved in Herbário Científico do Estado "Maria Eneyda P. Kauffmann Fidalgo", (SP 307548), (SP 307549). This record extends the geographical distribution of this taxon known previously for Africa (Gabon, Sierra Leone, South Africa), South Asia and Oceania (Indonesia, Malaysia, New Guinea), North America (Mexico), Central America (Belize, Costa Rica, Cuba, Panama) and South America (Colombia, Peru, Venezuela). References: Abarca, G.H., J.M. Portales, A.M. Sierra & M.R. Estebanez. 1997. Tropical Hyphomycetes of Mexico. II Some species from the Tropical Biology Station "Los Tuxtlas", Veracruz, Mexico. Mycotaxon 64: 203-223; Seifert, K.A. 1990. Synnematous Hyphomycetes. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 59: 109-154; Sierra, A.M. & J.M. Portales. 1992. Nuevos o raros hifomicetes de Cuba VII. Especies enteroblásticas. Acta Bot. Hung. 37: 63-73.
Rosely Ana Piccolo Grandi 1 and Luis Fernando Pascholati Gusmão 2
1 Instituto de Botânica, Caixa Postal 4005, 01061-970 São Paulo, SP, Brazil. E-mail: rapgrandi@sti.com.br
2 Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Caixa Postal 252, 44031-460 Feira de Santana, BA, Brazil. E-mail: lgusmao@mail.uefs.br
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