Notes on Fomitiporia Murrill in Amazon region: a list of species and new references

Twenty-three specimens of fungi of genus Fomitiporia Murrill, collected in the Amazonian region in the states of Amazonas and Roraima in their respective rainy periods were analyzed. The present study has both resulted in the description of eight species, namely F. apiahyna s. l. (Speg.) Robledo, Decock & Rajchenb., F. calkinsii (Murrill) Vlasák & Kout, F. conyana Alves-Silva & Drechsler-Santos, F. impercepta Morera, Robledo&Urcelay, F. langloisii Murrill, F. maxonii Murrill, F. murrillii Alves-Silva, R.M. Silveira & Drechsler-Santos and F. neotropica Camp.-Sant., Amalfi, R.M. Silveira, Robledo & Decock contributed with new records for the Amazonian region, Brazil and the Americas.