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Abstract

This paper presents an annotated checklist of the Basidiomycota taxa (including lichenicolous fungi and the subdivision Pucciniomycotina) from the Azores archipelago and reviews the published records to account for their taxonomic status. The number of Basidiomycota species recorded in the Azores has increased considerably during the 20th century and now stands at 544 species. This study provides distribution data and includes changes in the nomenclature of the listed taxa. Sampling campaigns contributed to 116 new records of Basidiomycota for the Azores archipelago. In addition, there were new records for eight islands: 162 species found for the first time on São Miguel Island, 55 species new to Santa Maria Island, 33 species new to Flores Island, 15 species new to Terceira Island, 9 species new to Pico Island, 17 species new to São Jorge Island, 4 species new to Graciosa Island, and 2 species new to Corvo Island. The transformation of vegetation cover in the archipelago has been very drastic, and this is reflected in the presence of many foreign fungal species on the islands. From these data, we conclude that within Macaronesia, the diversity of Basidiomycota in the Azores is more similar to that in Madeira than in the Canary Islands.

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Title
Checklist of Basidiomycota and New Records from the Azores Archipelago
Author
Souto, Martin 1 ; Pedro Miguel Raposeiro 2   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Balibrea, Ana 1 ; Gonçalves, Vítor 2   VIAFID ORCID Logo 

 Biodiversity and Genetic Resources Research Centre (CIBIO), InBIO Laboratório Associado, BIOPOLIS Program in Genomics, Biodiversity and Land Planning, UNESCO Chair—Land within Sea: Biodiversity & Sustainability in Atlantic Islands, Universidade dos Açores, R. Mãe de Deus, 9500-321 Ponta Delgada, Açores, Portugal; [email protected] (P.M.R.); [email protected] (A.B.); [email protected] (V.G.) 
 Biodiversity and Genetic Resources Research Centre (CIBIO), InBIO Laboratório Associado, BIOPOLIS Program in Genomics, Biodiversity and Land Planning, UNESCO Chair—Land within Sea: Biodiversity & Sustainability in Atlantic Islands, Universidade dos Açores, R. Mãe de Deus, 9500-321 Ponta Delgada, Açores, Portugal; [email protected] (P.M.R.); [email protected] (A.B.); [email protected] (V.G.); Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade dos Açores, Rua da Mãe de Deus, 9500-321 Ponta Delgada, Açores, Portugal 
First page
170
Publication year
2024
Publication date
2024
Publisher
MDPI AG
e-ISSN
14242818
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2999150389
Copyright
© 2024 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.