Taxonomic survey of the Chaetophorales in the Parque Estadual das Fontes do Ipiranga Biological Reserve, São Paulo State, southeast Brazil. Five genera (Chaetosphaeridium, Coleochaete, Gonatoblaste, Protoderma and Stigeoclonium), seven species, and one taxonomical variety, not the typical of its respective species were identified. Coleochaete with three species and one non-typical variety is the genus with the largest number of taxa in the area, followed by the other three genera with one species each. Coleochaete irregularis var. curvicollis D. Bicudo & C. Bicudo is described for the first time for science. Protoderma viride is the best distributed taxon occurring in three localities, Chaetosphaeridium globosum var. globosum, Coleochaete irregularis var. irregularis and Coleochate nitellarum are present in two localities each, whereas Gonatoblaste rostrata, Stigeoclonium sp. and Coleochaete irregularis var. curvicollis are the least distributed ones, occurring in just one locality each.
Brazil; Chaetophorales; Coleochate irregularis var. curvicollis sp. nov.; taxonomic survey
