An apdated list of plant fungi from Ceará State (Brazil) - I Hyphomycetes

Abstract

This study aims to provide an updated list of fungi occurring on plants in the State of Ceará (Brazil). A total of 48 genera and 226 species of fungi has been listed on plants of 71 different botanical families. The first group to be presented is the hyphomycetes, amongst which those species belonging to the genera Acremonium, Beltrania, Camptomeris, Cercosporella, Graphium, Mammaria, Nigrospora, Oidiopsis, Ovulariopsis, Phaeotrichoconis, Passalora, Pseudocercospora, Semipseudocercospora, Scolecostigmina, Spiniger, Stenella, Stigmina, Zanclospora and Zygosporium are recorded for the first time for this state. The species Passalora cnidoscolicola, P. jatrophigena, P. pavoniicola, P. pulchella, Pseudocercospora amazoniae, P. brasiliensis, P. cochlospermi, P. cotizensis, P. davalliae, P. daturina, P. eustomatis, P. froelichiae, P. gangetici, P. gardeniae, P. guazumae, P. ixoriae, P. jahnii, P. kurimensis, P. hybanthi, P. jacquemontiae, P. schrankiicola, P. ubajarensis, P. variabilis, Semipseudocercospora aeschynomenes, Stenella hiamanthi and S. pavoniae are new to Brazil. New host plants for Cercospora apii and for other fungi are presented. The challenge of collecting and identifying fungi in the different ecological habitats of Ceará State is discussed.