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Study on species of Phylloporus I:Neotropics and North America

     ¹ Departamento de Sistemática e Ecologia, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Campus I, João Pessoa, Paraíba, 58059-900, Brazil
² Inst. Systematic Botany, New York Botanical Garden, Southern Blvd at 200th St, Bronx, NY, 10458-5126, United States of America

Seventeen out of the 24 taxa of Phylloporus (Boletaceae) known from the neotropics are presented here. Complete descriptions, illustrations, and a key to the 17 species are provided. Phylloporus alborufus is newly described, and an unnamed species is also described from Costa Rican oak forests. Phylloporus colligatus was recently described from a Dicymbe forest in Guyana. A table of the 24 known New World Phylloporus taxa, their distribution, and possible hosts is also presented.

Key words: systematics, distribution, ectomycorrhizae, boletes