– Rediscovery of Scleroderma anomalosporum Baseia, B.D.B. Silva & M.P. Martín (Boletales, Basidiomycota) in the Brazilian Amazon: is the species now safe?

Abstract

Scleroderma in the Brazilian Amazon: is the species now safe? Current in Abstract The year 2019 was marked by several fires in the Amazon Domain. Rondônia, a northern Brazilian state, is part of the Amazon Domain and is the country’s third most deforested state. Anthropic action has been reported in several cases as the main source of biological diversity reduction. Among gasteroid fungi, Scleroderma camassuense and S. anomalosporum were thought to be extinct, since the only known locality was submerged due to the construction of the Belo Monte Hydroelectric Power Plant. The present work registers the presence of S. anomalosporum in Porto Velho in Rondônia, providing taxonomic data, photographs and discussion about the rediscovery and its unfolding.