The number of known species of fungi is estimated as at least 74 K, but could be as much as
120 K with allowances for 'orphaned'species. Yet in 1990 the magnitude of fungal diversity …

The Cabo Rojo Solar Salterns located on the southwest coast of Puerto Rico are composed
of two main ecosystems (ie, salt ponds and microbial mats). Even though these locations are …

Progress in understanding changes in soil biology in response to latitude, elevation and
disturbance gradients has generally lagged behind studies of above-ground plants and …

The Caribbean region includes a geologically complex mix of islands, which have served as
a backdrop for some significant studies of biogeography, mostly with vertebrates. Here, we …

The goals of this Luquillo Experimental Forest: Research History and Opportunities are to
synthesize the new research that has emerged from the LEF since the publication of Brown …

The systematics of the ascomycete genera Apiorhynchostoma, Endoxyla and
Pseudovalsaria are reevaluated based on the comparison of cultural characteristics …

Background: Derived from the study of mycobiota associated with Quercus oleoides, tropical
holm oak forests in Tabasco have been explored, finding a great diversity in numerous …

Because of a relatively late start, a high number of fungal species, a low number of
mycologists, and difficult worNing conditions, mycology in the tropics is still in a pioneer …

The habitats sampled included coastal sand dune communities, low elevation seasonally
dry and moist forests, middle elevation non-seasonal wet forests (200-550 m above sea …

Resinicium Parmasto is typified by Resinicium bicolor (Alb. & Schwein.: Fr.) Parm.,(
Hymenochaetales, Basidiomycota), a readily recognized and widely distributed corticioid …