A new and threatened species of from the Brazilian cloud forests.

A new and threatened polypore species, , is described from the cloud forests of southern Brazil. It is characterized by single-pileate basidiomata that grow on dead branches and along living stems of standing trunks and present a context with dark lines and resinous tubes. When growing in axenic culture, this species also develops chlamydospores.

Neotropical Studies on Hymenochaetaceae: Unveiling the Diversity and Endemicity of .

Phellinotus, a neotropical genus of wood-decay fungi commonly found on living members of the Fabaceae family, was initially described as containing two species, P. neoaridus and P. piptadeniae.