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Fomitiporia punctata (Basidiomycota, Hymenochaetales) and its presumed taxonomic synonyms in America: taxonomy and phylogeny of some species from tropical/subtropical areas

     Mycothéque de l’Université catholique de Louvain (MUCL^,2, MBLA), Université catholique de Louvain, Croix du Sud 3, B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

Sara Herrera Figueroa

     Instituto de Ecologia y Sistematica, Carretera de Varona Km. 3.5, Capdevila, Boyeros, A.P. 8029, 10800 C. Habana, Cuba

Gerardo Robledo

     Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, C.C. 495, 5000 Córdoba, Argentina

Gabriel Castillo

     Laboratoire d’Algologie, de Mycologie, et de Systématique Expérimentale et Appliquée (B22), Université de Liége, B-4000 Liége

The status of the F. punctata complex in tropical/subtropical America, and more specifically in Cuba and the surrounding area, was partially assessed. Fomitiporia langloisii, Fomitiporia dryophila and Fomitiporia maxonii, three names long considered taxonomic synonyms of F. punctata, are recognized as representing three distinct species that are distinguished from the latter on the basis of morphological, molecular and ecological (biogeographical) data. The three species are described again and their preliminary phylogenetic relationships within Fomitiporia are discussed. Fomitiporia tabaquilio comb. nov. is proposed. The status of Fomitiporia in America and its present circumscription are discussed.

Key words: Basidiomycota, biogeography, neotropics, Phellinus, phylogeny, taxonomy