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Bioluminescent Mycena species from São Paulo, Brazil

     Department of Biology, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California 94132, USA

Marina Capelari

     Instituto de Botânica, Caixa Postal 4005, 01061-970 São Paulo, SP, Brazil

Cassius Stevani

     Instituto de Química da Universidade de São Paulo, Caixa Postal 26077, 05599-970, São Paulo, SP, Brazil

Six species of bioluminescent agarics are described and illustrated from a single site in primary Atlantic Forest habitat in the Parque Estadual Turístico do Alto Ribeira, São Paulo State, Brazil. These include two new taxa of Mycena, viz. M. asterina and M. lucentipes. Luminescence in Mycena fera, M. singeri and M. discobasis is reported for the first time. In addition an undeterminable luminescent Mycena species is described and additional specimens of Gerronema viridilucens are documented. An accounting of known bioluminescent species of Mycena and a discussion of why they luminesce are presented.

Key words: agarics, antioxidant defense, diversity, fungi, taxonomy