Type revision of two species of Crinipellis pat. (marasmiaceae, basidiomycota) from the amazon forest

Abstract

Two species of Crinpellis originally described from the Neotropics are re-examined here, based on the type material, C. galeropsidoides (also including fresh collections) and C. metu-loidophora. In literature, both species were found in need of complementary information since their protologues are deficient in morphological and ecological data. This is particularly due for C. metu-loidophora with a poor description consisting of very few Latin words in a footnote. This species is considered relevant for being the type and only one species of Crinipellis sect. Metuloidophorae. This study provides detailed morphological description of both taxa followed by photographs, line-drawing illustrations and taxonomic comments. A key of the sections and subsections of Crinipellis is also provided. © 2019 J. Cramer in Gebrüder Borntraeger Verlagsbuchhandlung, Stuttgart, Germany.