Neotropical studies on Hymenochaetaceae: Unveiling the diversity and endemicity of Phellinotus.

Phellinotus, a neotropical genus of wood-decay fungi commonly found on living members of the Fabaceae family, was initially described as containing two species, P. neoaridus and P. piptadeniae. The members of this genus, along with six other well-established genera and some unresolved lineages, are the current representatives of the ?phellinotus clade?. On the other hand, based on a two-loci phylogenetic analysis, some entities/lineages of the ?phellinotus clade? have been found in Fomitiporella s.l.