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Aquatic Hyphomycetes from streams on Madeira Island (Portugal)
Pedro M Raposeiro1,2, Hélder Faustino3, Verónica Ferreira4
1CIBIO, Research Center in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources, InBIO Associate Laboratory, Ponta Delgada, Portugal CIBIO, Research Center in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources, InBIO Associate Laboratory Ponta Delgada Portugal.
Background:
Aquatic hyphomycetes are a phylogenetically heterogeneous group of fungi living preferentially in fast flowing, well-aerated forest streams. These fungi have worldwide distribution, but with the exception of Articulospora tetracladia, no aquatic hyphomycete taxon was previously recorded on Madeira Island. Aquatic hyphomycetes were sampled from 40 sites, distributed by 27 permanent streams in 2015, to provide the distribution of aquatic hyphomycetes in Madeira Island streams.
New Information:
In this study, a total of 21 species of aquatic hyphomycetes were recorded belonging to three classes of Ascomycota. All taxa are new records for Madeira Archipelago, except Articulospora tetracladia and four are reported for the first time in Macaronesian biogeographic region.
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