POROID LIGNOCELLULITIC AGARICOMYCETES FUNGI IN THE PARQUE ESTADUAL DO UTINGA CAMILLO VIANNA (PEUt) BELÉM - PARÁ
Amazon, Basidiomycota, urban forest, Rigidoporus, taxonomy
Fungi in terrestrial ecosystems stand out as important decomposers and recyclers, these organisms are fragile to anthropic disturbances, as they depend on woody plants to develop, given that conservation units are not immune to anthropic impacts, it is necessary to study Funga as a way of safeguarding diversity. Thus, the present study aimed to carry out a survey of poroid lignocellulitic Agaricomycetes in the conservation unit, Parque Estadual do Utinga Camillo Vianna (PEUt) and a taxonomic study of species of the genus Rigidoporus Murril collected in the Brazilian Amazon through morphological data. Thus, four collections were carried out on PEUt trails, from June to September 2022. Specimens of Agaricomycetes poroids fungi from the study area and deposited in the João Murça Pires (MG) herbarium of the Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi were analyzed, including samples of Rigidoporus from other collection areas. A total of 228 samples of Agaricomycetes poroides (Basidiomycota) fungi were analyzed, with 100 specimens coming from the four collections carried out in PEUt, resulting in a list of 62 species of Agaricomycetes poroids (Basidiomycota) identified for this conservation unit, classified into eight families: Cerrenaceae, Fomitopsidaceae, Ganodermataceae, Hymenochaetaceae, Meripilaceae, Polyporaceae, Schizoporaceae and Steccherinaceae, and the species Larssoniporia tropicalis whose phylogeny is uncertain. The genus Rigidoporus occurred in PEUt with 5 species (Rigidoporus biokoensis (Bres. ex Lloyd) Ryvarden, Rigidoporus lineatus (Pers.) Ryvarden, Rigidoporus microporus (Sw.) Overeem, Rigidoporus ulmarius (Sowerby) Imazeki, Rigidoporus vinctus (Berk.) Ryvarden ) and the study carried out with complementary specimens collected from other places in the Amazon presented 10 species, with two new species for Science (Rigidoporus sp. nov. and Rigidoporus dualcolor A.M.S.Soares & Sotão, sp. nov). It can be concluded that the PEUt has a considerable fungal representativeness, requiring further studies to expand the knowledge of the local fungus, also enriching the records of the Amazonian fungus, emphasizing the importance of preserving urban forests as a way of safeguarding biodiversity.