Checklist of the agaricoid fungi from Paraguay
A. FLECHA RIVAS1* & N. NIVEIRO2
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Laboratorio de Micología, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales
2
Instituto de Botánica del Nordeste-IBONE,
Universidad Nacional de Asunción-Paraguay
Universidad Nacional del Nordeste-UNNE, Argentina.
CORRESPONDENCE TO *: flecharivas@gmail.com
ABSTRACT—The aim of this work is to provide a complete literature-based checklist of the agaricoid
fungi from Paraguay. For this, an extensive review of the literature and online databases was made. We
list 125 species belonging to the agaricoid fungi distributed among 20 families. Agaricaceae,
Tricholomataceae, Psathyrellaceae, and Marasmiaceae are the most species-abundant families.
Regarding species distribution, the Capital department has the highest number of reported species, and
other biogeographical regions as Chaco, Cerrado and Pantanal are practically unexplored.
INTRODUCTION
The agaricoid fungi are characterized by having ephemeral basidiomata with a putrescent consistency and
lamellated hymenophore (Webster & Weber 2007, Niveiro et al. 2014, Piepenbring 2015). Usually, they
have the typical umbrella shape, constituted in a pileus supported by a stipe. On the underside of the
pileus, the hymenophore is usually formed by radially arranged lamellae (Webster & Weber 2007). The
agaricoid fungi belong to the Agaricomycetes clade, and are distributed in 7 orders: Agaricales, Boletales,
Cantharellales, Gloeophyllales, Hymenochaetales, Polyporales and Russulales (Hibbett et al. 2007).
Together, these include more than 21000 described species (Hibbett et al. 2014), widely distributed in all
ecosystems (Singer 1986).
The bibliographical references on the mycobiota of Paraguay are limited (Popoff & Wright 1998). The
first records of agaricoid fungi in Paraguay date from 1883, when Carlos Spegazzini, botanist-mycologist,
made a two-month expedition through the country. During that journey he visited the departments of
Central, Cordillera, Caaguazú, Paraguarí, Concepción and Itapúa. The results of this expedition were
published by Spegazzini (1922), where he says: "I gathered a collection of both flowering plants and
cryptogams, especially fungi, which served as the basis for writing this booklet. In it the reader will not
find great novelties, although I think it will not be totally devoid of interest, and I consider it a new grain
of sand contributed to the increase of our knowledge of Mycology in general and that of Paraguay in
particular" (Spegazzini 1922, p.3).
In spite of this statement by Spegazzini, claiming the importance for the mycological studies in the
country, for decades there were no mycological investigations in Paraguay. In this hiatus, important
contribution was made especially by Rolf Singer, who studied extensively the mushrooms in the South
America and revised a lot of material collected by Spegazzini, including some collections and types from
Paraguay (Singer 1950, 1970, 1976).
Only in the recent 20 years a few studies on the diversity of agaricoid mushrooms from Paraguay had
been published. Zanotti-Cavazzoni (1996) made a list of edible fungi known from the Central Department
of Paraguay and reported 39 genera of agaricoid fungi. Gullón (2011) cited only 4 species from the
Refugio Biológico Tati Yupi. Campi et al. (2013) listed 14 species as occurring in the Natural Reserve
Laguna Blanca. Some articles reported species not previously known for Paraguay (De Madrignac et al.
2013; Flecha et al. 2013; Campi et al. 2016, 2017a, 2017b). Some genera such as Leucocoprinus (Campi
et al. 2015) and Pleurotus (Flecha et al. 2014) have received more detailed study in the country.
With the increasing number of investigations being conducted on the diversity of agaricoid fungi in
Paraguay, the aim of this work is to provide a checklist of the agaricoid fungi from Paraguay that is up to
date, establishing a baseline for future studies.
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METHODS
An extensive review of the literature and online databases was made. All agaricoid fungi described and
cited for Paraguay from 1883 until 2017 are cataloged in this work. The online databases MycoBank
(www.mycobank.org) and Index Fungorum (www.indexfungorum.org) were used for taxonomic
classification, renaming, and updating names of the species if necessary. For authors abbreviations, the
Authors of Fungal Names (http://www. indexfungorum.org/names/AuthorsOfFungalNames.asp) was
used. Species distribution is cited according to the department (State) where it was collected followed by
the specific locality. A map with the political divisions of Paraguay and the abbreviations for each state
can be seen in Figure 1. For the biogeographical regions Olson et al. (2001) and Morrone (2001, 2014)
were followed.
Figure 1: Map of Paraguay. Departments where agaricoid mushrooms have been collected:
AM: Amambay, AP: Alto Paraná, CA: Capital, CG: Caaguazú, CE: Central,
CO: Concepción, CR: Cordillera, PA: Paraguarí, SP: San Pedro.
RESULTS
Based on the records found in 33 bibliographic sources, we counted 125 species (with 148 records)
belonging to the agaricoid fungi distributed in 20 families has been reported for Paraguay. The list of
catalogued species is shown in Table 1
Agaricaceae is the most abundant family with 22 species, followed by Tricholomataceae with 14 species,
Psathyrellaceae (13 species), Marasmiaceae (12 species), and Pleurotaceae (11 species), the remaining
families have less than 10 species each. Regarding species distribution by location, the Capital
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department has the highest number of cited species, with a total of 72 reported species (51 %), followed
by Paraguarí, with 15 species (11%), Alto Paraná and Central, with 11 species (10%) (Table 2).
Considering the biogeographic regions, we observed that all collections are related to the Parana Forest
and Humid Chaco, and there are no collections of the other biogeographic regions present in Paraguay as
Dry Chaco, Cerrado (Chacoan domain) and Pantanal (Amazonia region).
Table 1: Checklist of agaricoid fungi from Paraguay
SPECIES
DISTRIBUTION
REFERENCE
AGARICACEAE
Agaricus campestris L.
PA
Spegazzini 1886
Agaricus pampeanus Speg.
CA
Spegazzini 1919
Agaricus succineus Speg.
CG
Spegazzini 1886
Coprinus comatus (O.F. Müll.) Pers.
AP
Campi et al. 2016
Coprinus fimetarius Fr.
CA
Spegazzini 1922
Coprinus rufopruinatus Romagn.
AP
Gullón 2011
Lepiota camporum (Speg.) Speg.
CA
Spegazzini 1919
(as Annularia camporum Speg.)
Lepiota cinerascens Speg.
CA
Spegazzini 1919
Lepiota fuscoroceola Speg.
CA
Spegazzini 1919
Lepiota lycoperdinea Speg.
CA
Spegazzini 1919
Lepiota micromyces Speg.
CA
Spegazzini 1922
Lepiota pluvialis Speg.
CA
Spegazzini 1919
Leucoagaricus erythrellus (Speg.)
Singer
CA
Spegazzini 1919
(as Lepiota erythrella Speg.)
Leucoagaricus rickianus (Speg.)
Singer
CA
Spegazzini 1919
(as Lepiota rickiana Speg.)
Leucoagaricus rubrosquamosus
(Rick) Singer
AP
Gullón 2011
Leucoagaricus lilaceus Singer
AP, CE, SP
Flecha et al. 2013
Leucocoprinus birnbaumii (Corda)
Singer
CE
Campi et al. 2015
Leucocoprinus cepistipes (Sowerby)
Pat.
CE
Campi et al. 2015
Leucocoprinus cretaceus (Bull.)
Locq.
AP
Campi et al. 2015
Leucocoprinus straminellus (Bagl.)
Narducci & Caroti
AP
Campi et al. 2015
Macrolepiota bonaerensis (Speg.)
Singer
CA, CE, PA
Spegazzini 1886 (as Agaricus
bonaerensis Speg.), 1919 (as
Lepiota bonaerensis Speg.)
Macrolepiota excoriata (Schaeff.)
Wasser
CA
Spegazzini 1919 [as Lepiota
excoriata (Schaeff.) P. Kumm.]
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Limacella laeviceps (Speg.) Raithelh.
CA, CE
Spegazzini 1919 (as Lepiota
laeviceps Speg.), Raithelhuber1980
Conocybe antipus (Lasch) Fayod
CA
Spegazzini 1922 [as Galera antipus
(Lasch) Quél.]
Conocybe rickeniana P.D. Orton
CA
Spegazzini 1922 [as Galera
teneroides (Peck) Sacc.]
Conocybe tenera (Schaeff.) Fayod
CA
Spegazzini 1919, 1922 [as Galera
tenera (Schaeff.) P. Kumm.].
CA
Spegazzini 1919 (as Clitocybe
himantiigena Speg.], Silva-Filho et
al. 2018.
CR
Campi et al. 2017a.
Galera nemoricola (Speg.) Speg.
PA
Spegazzini 1886 (as Agaricus
nemoricola Speg.).
Hebeloma fastibile (Pers.) P. Kumm.
CA
Spegazzini 1919.
Naucoria cerodes (Fr.) P. Kumm.
CA
Spegazzini 1922.
Naucoria melinoides (Bull.) P.
Kumm.
CA
Spegazzini 1919
Crepidotus mollis (Schaeff.) Staude
CA
Spegazzini 1919
Flammulaster muricatus (Fr.)
Watling
CA
Spegazzini 1922 (as Pholiota
muricata Fr.)
Lactocollybia carneipes
(Speg.) Singer
CA
Spegazzini, 1919 (as Omphalia
carneipes Speg.), Singer 1949 (as
Macrocystidia carneipes Singer
(1986).
Marasmius balansae Speg.
PA
Spegazzini 1891
Marasmius caespitosus Velen.
CA
Spegazzini 1919
Marasmius cohortalis var.
hymeniicephalus (Speg.) Singer
CE, PA
Spegazzini 1886, 1919 [as Agaricus
hymeniicephalus Speg.; Heliomyces
hymeniicephalus (Speg.) Speg.],
Singer 1976 [as Marasmius
hymeniicephalus (Speg.) Singer]
Marasmius crinis-equi F. Muell. ex
Kalchbr.
CA, CG
Spegazzini 1886 (as Marasmius
trichorhizus Speg.), Spegazzini
1922 (as Marasmius equicrinis
Rüll.)
Marasmius ferrugineus Berk.
SP
De Madrignac et al. 2013
BOLBITIACEAE
ENTOLOMATACEAE
Clitocella himantiigena (Speg.)
Silva-Filho & Cortez
HYDNANGIACEAE
Laccaria fraterna (Sacc.) Pegler
HYMENOGASTRACEAE
INOCYBACEAE
MARASMIACEAE
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Marasmius glabellus Peck
CA
Spegazzini 1919
Marasmius haematocephalus (Mont.)
Fr.
AP, CA, SP
Spegazzini 1919, Gullón 2011, De
Madrignac et al. 2013
Marasmius pallipes Speg.
PA
Spegazzini 1886
Marasmius petalinus Berk. & M.A.
Curtis
CA
Spegazzini 1919
Marasmius siccus (Schwein.) Fr.
SP
Campi et al. 2013
Marasmius spegazzinii Sacc. &
Sydow
PA
Spegazzini 1891 (as M. balansae
Speg.)
Trogia icterina (Singer) Corner
SP
Campi et al. 2013 [as Gerronema
icterinum (Singer) Singer]
Mycena corticola (Pers.) Gray
PA
Spegazzini 1886 (as Agaricus
corticola Speg.)
Mycena juncicola (Fr.) Gillet
CA
Spegazzini 1922
Mycena paraguaya Speg.
CA
Spegazzini 1922
Mycena paraguariensis (Speg.)
Niveiro, Popoff & Albertó
PA
Spegazzini 1886 (as Agaricus
paraguariensis Speg.), Buyck et al.
2017
Mycena sosarum Singer
SP
Campi et al. 2013
Xeromphalina tenuipes (Schwein.)
A.H. Sm.
AM, CG
Pegler 1983, Campi et al. 2017b
Gymnopus peronatus (Bolton) Gray
CA
Spegazzini 1919
[as Marasmius urens (Bull.) Fr.]
Lentinula guarapiensis (Speg.) Pegler
PA
Spegazzini 1886 (as Agaricus
guarapiensis Speg.)
Marasmiellus eburneus (Theiss.)
Singer
CA
Spegazzini 1919 (as Marasmius
eburneus Theiss.)
Marasmiellus microscopicus (Speg.)
Singer
CG
Spegazzini 1886 (as Agaricus
microscopicus Speg.), Singer 1973.
Marasmiellus tropicalis (Speg.)
Singer
CR
Spegazzini 1888 (as Pleurotus
tropicalis Speg.)
Neonothopanus nambi (Speg.) R.H.
Petersen & Krisai
PA
Spegazzini 1886 (as Agaricus nambi
Speg.)
Cyptotrama asprata
(Berk.) Redhead & Ginns
SP
Campi et al. 2013
Dactylosporina steffenii
(Rick) Dörfelt
SP
Campi et. al. 2013 [as Oudemansiella
steffenii (Rick) Singer]
Oudemansiella platensis
(Speg.) Speg.
AP, SP
Gullón 2011, Campi et al. 2013 [as
Oudemansiella canarii (Jungh.)
Höhn.]
Oudemansiella orinocensis
(Pat.) Speg.
CA
Spegazzini 1919
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MYCENACEAE
OMPHALOTACEAE
PHYSALACRIACEAE
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Xerula pudens (Pers.) Singer
CA
Spegazzini 1919
(as Collybia longipes P. Kumm.)
Hohenbuehelia paraguayensis Speg.
CA
Spegazzini 1922 (as Pleurotus
paraguayensis Speg.)
Hohenbuehelia petaloides (Bull.)
Schulzer
PA
Spegazzini 1888 (as Pleurotus
petaloides Speg.
Hohenbuehelia portegna (Speg.)
Singer
CR, PA
Spegazzini 1886, 1888 [as Agaricus
portegnus Speg.; Pleurotus
portegnus (Speg.) Speg.]
Pleurotus albidus (Berk.) Pegler
CA, PA
Spegazzini 1886, 1919 [as Agaricus
laciniatocrenatus (Speg.) Speg.;
Pleurotus laciniatocrenatus (Speg.)
Speg.], Flecha et al. 2014
Pleurotus cystidiosus O.K. Miller
CE
Flecha et al. 2014
Pleurotus djamor var. cyathiformis
Corner
CA
Flecha et al. 2014
Pleurotus djamor var. roseus Corner
AP
Flecha et al. 2014.
Pleurotus elegantissimus Speg.
CA
Spegazzini 1922
Pleurotus guaraniticus Speg.
CA
Spegazzini 1922
Pleurotus microspermus Speg.
PA
Spegazzini 1891
Pleurotus spodoleucus (Fr.) Quél.
CA
Spegazzini 1922
Pluteus fibulatus Singer
SP
Campi et al. 2013
Volvariella paraguayensis Speg.
CA
Spegazzini 1922 (as Volvaria
paraguayensis Speg.)
CA
Spegazzini 1919 [as Mycena
epiphloea (Fr.) Sacc.]
Coprinellus disseminatus (Pers.) J.E.
Lange
CA, SP
Spegazzini 1919, 1922 [as
Psathyrella disseminata (Pers.)
Quél.], Campi et al. 2013 (as
Coprinus disseminatus (Pers.) Gray]
Coprinellus ephemerus (Bull.)
Redhead, Vilgalys & Moncalvo
CA
Spegazzini 1922 [as Coprinus
ephemerus (Bull.) Fr.]
Coprinopsis extinctoria (Fr.)
Redhead, Vilgalys & Moncalvo
CA
Spegazzini 1922 (as Coprinus
extinctorius Fr.)
Panaeolina foenisecii (Pers.) Maire
CA
Spegazzini 1922 [as Psilocybe
foenisecii (Pers.) Quél.]
Panaeolus papilionaceus (Bull.)
Quél.
CA
Spegazzini 1922 [as Panaeolus
campanulatus (L.) Quél.]
Parasola hemerobia (Fr.) Redhead,
Vilgalys & Hopple
CA
Spegazzini 1922 (as Coprinus
hemerobius Fr.)
Psathyrella argentina Speg.
CA
Spegazzini 1919
Psathyrella conopilea (Fr.) A.
CA
Spegazzini 1922 (as Psathyra
PLEUROTACEAE
PLUTEACEAE
POROTHELEACEAE
Phloeomana hiemalis (Osbeck)
Redhead
PSATHYRELLACEAE
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conopilus (Fr.) P. Kumm.]
Psathyrella asperella Quél. &
Schulzer
CA
Spegazzini 1922
Psathyrella candolleana (Fr.) Maire
CA
Spegazzini 1922 [as Hypholoma
appendiculatum (Bull.). Quél.]
Psathyrella gyroflexa (Fr.) Konrad &
Maubl.
CA
Spegazzini 1922 [as Psathyra
gyroflexa (Fr.) P. Kumm.]
Psathyrella microsperma (Speg.)
Guzmán
CA
Spegazzini 1919 (as Psilocybe
microsperma Speg.), Guzmán &
Vergeer 1978
Psathyrella subcorticalis Speg.
CA
Spegazzini 1922
SCHIZOPHYLLACEAE
Schizophyllum commune Fr
CA, CE, GR, IP,
SP
Spegazzini 1922 [as Schizophyllum
alneum (L.) Schört], Campi et al.
2013
STROPHARIACEAE
Agrocybe pediades (Fr.) Fayod
CA
Spegazzini 1922 [as Naucoria
semiorbicularis (Bull.) Quél.]
Agrocybe retigera (Speg.) Singer
CA
Spegazzini 1922 (as Naucoria
retigera Speg.); Singer 1950
Agrocybe vervacti (Fr.) Singer
CA
Spegazzini 1919 [as Naucoria
vervacti (Fr.) Quél.]
Cyclocybe cylindracea (DC.) Vizzini
& Angelini
CR
Spegazzini 1886 (as Agaricus
pudicus Bull.)
Deconica merdaria (Fr.) Noordel.
CA
Spegazzini 1922 [as Stropharia
merdaria (Fr.) Quél.]
Flammula papillosispora Speg.
CE
Spegazzini 1919
Galerina sideroides (Bull.) Kühner
CA
Spegazzini 1919 [as Naucoria
sideroides (Bull.) Quél.]
Gymnopilus earlei Murril.
AP
Gullón 2011
Gymnopilus picreus (Pers.) P. Karst.
CO
Spegazzini 1919 (as Flammula picrea
(Pers.) Quél.]
Gymnopilus sapineus (Fr.) Murrill
CA
Spegazzini 1922 [as Flammula
sapinea (Fr.) P. Kumm.]
Clitocybe balansae Speg.
PA
Spegazzini 1891
Collybia auriantiella (Speg.) Speg.
CG
Spegazzini 1886 (as Agaricus
auriantiellus Speg.), Spegazzini
1888
Collybia brasiliensis (Berk. & Mont.)
Dennis
CA
Spegazzini 1919 (as Marasmius
brasiliensis Berk. & Mont.)
Collybia micheliana (Fr.) Quél.
CA
Spegazzini 1922
Collybia muscigena (Schumach.) P.
Karst.
CE
Spegazzini 1919
Collybia nivea (Mont.) Dennis
AP
Gullón 2011 (as Marasmius niveus
Mont.)
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Melanoleuca balansae (Speg.) Singer
PA
Spegazzini 1886 (as Agaricus
balansae Speg.)
Melanoleuca excissa (Fr.) Singer
CA
Spegazzini 1922 [as Tricholoma
exscissum (Fr.) Quél.]
Melanoleuca phaeopodia (Bull.)
Murrill
CA
Spegazzini 1922 [as Collybia
phaeopodia (Bull.) Sacc.]
Omphalia liliputiiana Speg.
CA
Spegazzini 1919
Omphalia succinea Sacc.
CE
Spegazzini 1919
Resupinatus alboniger (Pat.) Singer
SP
Campi et al. 2013 (as Resupinatus
argentinus Singer)
Resupinatus applicatus (Batsch) Gray
CA, CG
Spegazzini 1886 [as Agaricus
applicatus Batsch; Pleurotus
applicatus (Batsch) P. Kumm.]
Resupinatus striatulus (Pers.) Murril.
CA
Spegazzini 1919 (as Pleurotus
striatulus (Pers.) P. Kumm.)
CA
Spegazzini 1919
Lentinus berteroi (Fr.) Fr.
CA, SP, PA, CO
Spegazzini 1883 (Lentinus nigripes
Fr.), Spegazzini 1919 (Lentinus
nigripes Fr.; and Lentinus tener
Klotzsch), Campi et al. 2013
Lentinus fasciatus Berk.
PA
Spegazzini 1888 (as Lentinus fuscopurpureus Kalchbr.)
Lentinus patulus Lév.
PA
Spegazzini 1883 (as Agaricus calyx
Speg.), Pegler 1983a [as Lentinus
calix (Speg.) Pegler], Pegler 1983b
Lentinus scleropus Speg.
CA, PA
Spegazzini 1883 (as Lentinus
paraguayensis Speg.), Pegler 1983b
Lentinus striguellus Berk.
PA
Spegazzini 1883 (as Panus
guaraniticus Speg.), Pegler 1983b
Lentinus tigrinus (Bull.) Fr.
SP
Campi et al. 2013
Lentinus velutinus Fr.
CR
Spegazzini 1883 (as Lentinus fallax
Speg.), Pegler 1983b
Lentinus villosus Klotzsch
PA
Spegazzini 1883
TUBARIACEAE
Tubaria trigonophylla (Lasch) Fayod
POLYPORACEAE
Species registered by Department: AM: Amambay, AP: Alto Paraná, CA: Capital, CG: Caaguazú,
CE: Central, CO: Concepción, CR: Cordillera, GR: Guaira, IP: Itapuá, PA: Paraguarí, SP: San Pedro.
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Table 2. Number of species registered by Department*
RECORDS BY DEPARTMENT
N°
species
AM
AP
CA
CG
CE
CO
CR
GR
IP
PA
SP
Agaricaceae
22
—
6
12
1
4
—
—
—
—
2
1
26
Amanitaceae
1
—
—
1
—
1
—
—
—
—
—
—
2
Bolbitiaceae
3
—
—
3
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
3
Entolomataceae
1
—
—
1
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
1
Hydnangiaceae
1
—
—
—
—
—
—
1
—
—
—
—
1
Hymenogastraceae
4
—
—
3
—
—
—
—
—
—
1
—
4
Inocybaceae
2
—
—
2
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
2
Maramiaceae
13
—
1
6
1
1
—
—
—
—
4
4
17
Mycenaceae
6
1
—
2
1
—
—
—
—
—
2
1
7
Omphalotaceae
6
—
—
2
1
—
—
1
—
—
2
—
6
Physalacriaceae
5
—
1
2
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
3
6
Pleurotaceae
11
—
1
6
—
1
—
1
—
—
4
—
13
Pluteaceae
2
—
—
1
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
1
2
Porotheleaceae
1
—
—
1
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
1
Psathyrellaceae
13
—
—
13
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
1
14
Schizophyllaceae
1
—
—
1
—
1
—
—
1
1
—
1
5
Strophariaceae
10
—
1
6
—
1
1
1
—
—
—
—
10
Tricholomataceae
14
—
1
7
2
2
—
—
—
—
2
1
15
Tubariaceae
1
—
—
1
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
1
Polyporaceae
8
—
—
2
—
—
1
1
—
—
6
2
12
125
1
11
72
6
11
2
5
1
1
23
15
148
FAMILY
TOTAL
N°
records
* AM: Amambay, AP: Alto Paraná, CA: Capital, CG: Caaguazú, CE: Central, CO: Concepción,
CR: Cordillera, GR: Guaira, IP: Itapuá, PA: Paraguarí, SP: San Pedro
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CONCLUSION
This work constitutes a first attempt to provide a general overview of the distribution of agaricoid fungi in
Paraguay. Of the 125 species known from Paraguay, 103 were cited by Spegazzini, with 26 of them being
described and proposed by him as new species. Although this indicates the incomparable value of
Spegazzini's work in Paraguay, it also highlights the scarcity of modern studies on the diversity of
agaricoid fungi in Paraguay. We can observe that the highest proportion of the species cited from
Paraguay are historical species, many of which were found only once, or that were described in genera
that have now been re-delimited, and also several names are doubtful and without a modern taxonomic
approach.
Another point to consider is the concentration of information in a limited geographical area, such as the
Capital department, the most urbanized of all, having large areas and biogeographical zones of Paraguay
such as Chaco, Cerrado (Chacoan domain) and Pantanal (Amazonia region) which are practically
unexplored in mycological terms.
Since the study of agaricoid mushrooms in Paraguay was resumed in 2011, numerous novelties have been
found. Some projects are being developed in environments that were never visited by other mycologists,
such as Pantanal and Chaco. However, the research team is young, and access to information and
literature on South American species is scarce. Therefore, this work serves as a baseline to which future
studies on diversity and taxonomy of the agaricoid fungi of Paraguay can continue to add new
information in the progress towards, fully understanding the biodiversity of Paraguay.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The authors wish to thank T.J. Baroni, V.G. Cortez, and G. Romano for the critical revision of the
manuscript, and to Dra. A. Michlig for the first revision of the manuscript.
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