Inventario de macrohongos Basidiomycetes en dos pisos altitudinales en el sector Cajanuma del Parque Nacional Podocarpus (PNP)

Abstract

Abstract:Despite studies on biodiversity, there are still many species that are becoming extinct without having been described before. The Kingdom of Fungi, estimates 100000 species to Ecuador but only 7700 specimens have been described based on literature. Because of the latter information the aim to list and characterize the diversity of macro-fungi Basidiomycetes is totally necessary. In order to contribute to the knowledge of fungal biodiversity in Ecuador two altitudinal floors, 2500 and 2800 m s.n.m. of the PNP (Cajanuma) were sampled. The preliminary results shown 121 morphospecies including nine orders, 26 families and 50 genera. The most representative order was Agaricales, following by the families Marasmiaceae and Polyporaceae that includes the higher number of genera. The highest number of species were found into the genera Mycena and Marasmius. We didn t find differences on the diversity found in both altitudinal floors, and there are no evidences about the influence of the altitude on species richness. This information is not conclusive due to the short sampling effort in this study, so, it is necessary to extend efforts at sampling time.