Table 1.

Fungal taxa richness. List of fungal taxa isolated from air and sediment in the Abrigo do Letreiro cave, Furna Feia National Park, Rio Grande do Norte, North-eastern region, Brazil. P = fungal taxon present (observed) and – = fungal taxon absent (not observed).

Taxon	Recorda		Air			Sediment
Collection points		Point 1	Point 2	Point 3	Point 1	Point 2	Point 3
Ascomycota
Alternaria jacinthicola	S	–	–	P	–	–	–
Amesia sp.		–	–	–	–	P	–
Aspergillus alboluteus		–	–	–	P	–	–
Aspergillus brunneoviolaceus		–	–	P	–	–	–
Aspergillus cf. niger		–	P	–	–	–	–
Aspergillus dimorphicus	S	–	P	–	–	P	–
Aspergillus eburneocremeus	S	–	–	–	–	P	–
Aspergillus germanicus		–	P	P	–	–	–
Aspergillus lebretii sp. nov.	S	–	–	–	–	–	–
Aspergillus neoniger		P	–	–	–	–	–
Aspergillus sp.		–	–	–	–	P	–
Aspergillus sp. section Aspergillus		–	–	–	P	–	–
Aspergillus stellatus		P	–	–	–	P	–
Aspergillus sydowii		P	–	–	P	–	P
Aspergillus tubingensis		–	P	–	P	–	–
Candida sp.		–	P	–	–	–	–
Cercospora vignigena	S	P	–	–	–	–	–
Cercospora cf. canescens	S	P	–	–	–	–	–
Cladosporium oxysporum		P	–	–	–	P	P
Cladosporium subuliforme		–	–	–	–	–	P
Cladosporium tenuissimum		–	–	P	–	P	–
Cladosporium xanthocromaticum	S	P	–	–	–	–	–
Edenia gomezpompae	G, S	–	–	P	–	–	–
Gymnascella hyalinospora		–	–	–	P	–	–
Humicola lutea	S	–	–	–	P	–	–
Humicola sp.		–	–	–	–	P	–
Lasiodiplodia iranensis	G, S	–	P	P	–	–	–
Leptosphaerulina sp.		–	P	–	–	–	–
Malbranchea cavernosa sp. nov.	S	P	–	–	P	–	–
Neocosmospora sp.		–	–	–	P	–	–
Ovatospora sp.	G	–	–	–	P	–	–
Pseudohumicola cecavii sp. nov.	G, S	P	–	–	P	–	–
Pseudolecanicillium caatingaense gen. et sp. nov.	G, S	P	–	–	–	–	–
Penicillium citrinum		–	–	–	–	P	–
Penicillium copticola		–	–	–	P	–	–
Penicillium sp. section Fasciculata		–	–	–	–	P	–
Penicillium sp. section Paradoxa		–	–	–	–	P	–
Penicillium guanacastense		–	P	–	–	–	–
Talaromyces cavernicola sp. nov.	S	P	–	–	–	–	–
Basidiomycota
Sympodiomycopsis paphiopedili	G, S	–	P	–	–	–	–
Tritirachium brasiliense sp. nov.	S	–	–	–	P	–	–

^a G = genus and S = species first record in a cave environment.