Vera Lucia Ramos Bononi, Brazilian mycologist and ecologist (1944 –

Proposed the use of Basidiomycetes to decolor textile efluente dyes and bioremediation of organochlorine contaminated soil (1990s)

METHODS/PATENTS

With D.R. Matheus, K.M.G. Machado & C. Fabris. Protocol for selection of Basidiomycetes to be applied in contaminated soils remediation systems (1998)

With D.R. Matheus, K.M.G. Machado, R.A. de Nadai, R.T.R. Monteiro & L.K. Okino. Processo de biorremediação de materiais sólidos contaminados com compostos orgânicos clorados, utilizando fungos basidiomicetos ligninocelulolíticos. PI9702847-9 A2 (1997)

DESCRIBED FUNGI TAXA

Genus

Skvortzovia 1987 with Hjortstam

Species

Melzericium rimosum 1987 with Hjortstam

Psilocybe microcystidiata 1984 with Guzmán

Psilocybe ramulosa 1984 with Guzmán 

Psilocybe trufemiae 1984 with Guzmán

Steccherinum subochraceum 1986 with Hjortstam

HONORS

Veralucia Reynolds & Dunn 1982 (Fungi)