DIVERSIDADE MACROSCÓPIA DE BASIDIOMICETOS NO INSTITUTO FEDERAL GOIANO CAMPUS CERES, GOIÁS

Abstract

the vast diversity of fungi and their crucial roles in terrestrial ecosystems, such as being decomposers of organic matter. This work sought to collect and identify species of macroscopic basidiomycetes present in areas of the Instituto Federal Goiano - Campus Ceres. Collections were carried out at the end of the rainy season and beginning of the dry season, between February 14, 2022 and June 24, 2022. A total of 199 specimens collected were inventoried in nine orders: Agaricales, Auriculares, Boletales, Cantharellales, Dacrymycetales, Geastreales, Gomphales, Polyporales e Russulales. From these orders, 40 specimens were identified at the species level and 21 at the genus level. From the fungal species identified, 15 are considered edible, 5 medicinal and one toxic, according to the literature.The identification of basidiomycete species expands the knowledge of the fungal biodiversity of the Brazilian Midwest and collaborates with the development of conservation policies, once these organisms depend on specific environmental conditions to inhabit particular environments such as high humidity, low pollution index and nutrient-rich substrate.