Neotropical Micodiversity of Mato Grosso, Central Region of Brazil: Ethnomicological Aspects and Systematic Research of the Literature

Introduction: The knowledge about fungal diversity in Mato Grosso, central Brazil records unknown and scattered information, some related to taxonomy, ecology and description of species listed for the geographic region, consisting of three main biomes: Cerrado, Amazon and Pantanal.

Aims: To present fungi related to the Mato Grosso region, aspects and species cataloged for central region of Brazil, reported through an extensive review of integrative scientific literature in publications in databases from 1979-2021.

Results: We identified 190 articles included in the review, of which 69 (36.3%) were highlighted, due to their fungal aspects for the Midwest region of Brazil, medical mycology shows a strong relationship in publications to pathogenic, mycelial and yeast fungi. The Cerrado of Mato Grosso is the main biome in the Brazilian Midwest, with the largest number of records, with 88.6% of the findings, followed by the Amazon biome with 8.6% and the Pantanal with 5.7%. The capital of Mato Grosso, Cuiabá (67.1%), contributes with most publications relevant to fungi for the Midwest region, showing a wealth and variety. The phylum Ascomycota (56%) had the highest number of records in research, the class of Eurotiomycetes (21.5%) had the highest number of records and the most expressive order was that of Onygenales (30%). Researches with human clinical material (66.3%) were the most representative.

Conclusion: Assessing the results presented in this study, we can observe that the medical and clinical mycology, including systemic fungi, mainly from the genera Cryptococcus, Candida and Paracoccidioides, were the most studied for the Mato Grosso region, as they present characteristics of pathogenic fungal entities that cause infections in immunocompetents and immunocompromised patients.