Abstract

TRIERVEILER-PEREIRA, Larissa; AGRA, Leandro A. N. N.; CAPDET, Mariana  and  ROMERO, Andrea I.. Cannonia australis: Ascomycota, Xylariaceae) found in equatorial Brazil. Darwiniana [online]. 2012, vol.50, n.1, pp.170-173. ISSN 0011-6793.

Cannonia is a xylarioid genus originally described from the southern hemisphere (Argentina and Australia) growing on dead parts of palms. To date, the genus is considered monospecific and the only species recognized is C. australis. During collection trips in the State of Maranhão, Brazil, specimens of C. australis were gathered on the inflorescence rachis and floral pedicels of a Syagrus species (Arecaceae). Description and line drawings are provided, this being the first record from Brazil.

Keywords : Ascomycetes; Brazilian fungi; Neotropical mycobiota; Xylariales; Xylophilous fungi; Palm fungi.