Crossopsora piperis Berndt, F.O. Freire & C.N. Bastos , Mycotaxon 83: 266. 2002 Contributions to the knowledge and distribution of Pucciniales (rust fungi) in three Brazilian biomes Junior, Alcindo Da Silva Martins Gomes, Paulo Weslem Portal Sakuragui, Cássia Mônica Junior, Aníbal Alves De Carvalho Phytotaxa 2022 2022-12-29 577 1 79 117 ZMMC Berndt, F.O. Freire & C.N. Bastos Berndt, F. O. Freire & C. N. Bastos [136,772,1094,1121] Pucciniomycetes Phakopsoraceae Crossopsora Fungi Pucciniales 18 97 Basidiomycota species piperis     Typeon  Piper hostmannianum(Miq.) C.DC., Marituba, Pará State,  Brazil,  10.V.2001,  C.N. Bastoss.n. (?/?, IIse, III). SPECIMENS EXAMINED— BRAZIL, RIO DE JANEIRO, Itatiaia, Parque Nacional de Itatiaia, on Piperaceae–  Piper hispidumSw., 07.XII.2015, II, A. Martins Junior, A.A. Carvalho Junior& A. Riguetti 84/15(RB 757216); 21.III.2017, A. Martins Junior& A.A. Carvalho Junior 56/17(RB 757141); 22.III.2017, II, III, 75/17(RB 757171); on Piperaceae–  Piper malacophyllum(C.Presl) C.DC., 20.III.2017, II, 07/17(RB 757126).  COMMENTS—  Piper malacophyllumis recorded as new host species of  C. piperis.  DESCRIPTION AND ILLUSTRATION: Berndt et al.(2002)and Salazar-Yepes & Carvalho Jr (2010). 2001-05-10 V C. N. Bastos Brazil true Marituba Para State 18 97 1 type