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Abstract
A new lignicolous species of phalloid fungi, discovered recently on the western African island of São Tomé, is described as Phallus drewesii. A comprehensive description, photographs and comparison with phenetically similar species are provided.
Foremost we thank Dr Robert C. Drewes who had the inspiration and fortitude to initiate, coordinate and lead multiorganism biotic surveys on São Tomé and Príncipe. We thank Eng. Arlindo de Ceita Carvalho, director general of the Ministry of Environment, Victor Bomfim, Salvador Sousa Pontes and Danilo Bardero for permission to collect and export specimens for study. We are indebted to Société de Conservation et Développement for logistics and housing support, especially the wonderful staffs of Omali Lodge and Bom Bom Island. We are grateful for the continuing support and cooperation of Bastien Loloumb of Monte Pico and Faustino Oliviera, director of the botanical garden at Bom Sucesso. We were assisted in the field by Jose Ramos Maria Vital Pires on Príncipe and by Quintino Quade Cabral, Martinho Nascimiento and Jose Clara on São Tomé. For continuing support since 2001 we are most grateful for the help of Ned Seligman, Quintino Quade Cabral and Roberta Santos of STePUP. We are grateful for the partial financial support of the College of Science and Engineering at San Francisco State University for travel to São Tomé in 2006 and for G. Lindsay Field Research Fund of the California Academy of Sciences (CAS), for financially supporting the expedition in 2006, and the Hagey Research Venture Fund (CAS) in 2008. Last, we thank the generosity of three private individuals, George G. Breed, Gerry Ohrstrom and Timothy M. Muller, whose support made the 2008 expedition successful.