Open AccessExploring the overlooked diversity of plant-associated Cerrado Microfungi
Author(s) -
J. C. Dianese,
C. A. Inácio,
Anibal Alves de Carvalho-Junior,
Maria do Desterro Mendes dos Santos,
Taimy Cantillo Pérez,
Danilo Batista Pinho
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
revisao anual de patologia de plantas
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0104-0383
DOI - 10.31976/0104-038321v280004
Subject(s) - microfungi , herbarium , mycology , fungal diversity , mycobiota , biology , botany , geography , biome , ecology , ecosystem
In this review, we present an historic account of the work on the diversity of fungi associated with plants of the Cerrado Biome, including an overview of the studies carried out by the research group of the Mycological Collection connected to the Herbarium UB (Universidade de Brasília), and the rust fungi in Herbarium IBI (Instituto Biológico, São Paulo). The contributions to Cerrado mycology from the early 19th century to the present days were highlighted. Illustrative maps were included to show the geographical distribution of the main fungal groups, associated with native plants of the Cerrado, belonging to the five predominant orders: Pucciniales (rust fungi), Phyllachorales (tar-spot fungi), Capnodiales (cercosporoid fungi: Family Mycosphaerellaceae), as well as Meliolales and Asterinales (black mildews).