Gyrodontium sacchari (spreng.: fr.) hjortstam (boletales, basidiomycota) in America : new records and its geographic distribution

Abstract

Gyrodontium sacchari (Spreng.: Fr.) Hjortstam is reported from two new areas of northwest and northeast Argentina, Brazil, and French Guiana. A geographic distribution map of the species in America and a discussion on its pattern of distribution are presented.