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PhD-Qualified Taxonomist | Specialist in Multilocus Phylogeny & DNA-Based Species Identification
Profile Summary
Subject Matter Expertise
Services
Writing
Technical Writing,
Copywriting
Research
Meta-Research,
Gray Literature Search,
Scientific and Technical Research,
Systematic Literature Review
Consulting
Scientific and Technical Consulting
Data & AI
Predictive Modeling,
Statistical Analysis,
Data Visualization,
Big Data Analytics,
Data Mining,
Data Cleaning,
Data Processing,
Data Insights
Work Experience
Postdoc fellow
Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
June 2020 - Present ![]()
Laboratory Technician
Instituto Matogrossense de Algodao
April 2011 - December 2013 ![]()
Education
PhD (Botany)
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
April 2016 - May 2020 ![]()
MSc (Botany)
Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
March 2014 - March 2016 ![]()
Biology Science Graduation
Universidade de Cuiabá
March 2010 - December 2013 ![]()
Certifications
- Certification details not provided.
Publications
JOURNAL ARTICLE
João P. M. Araújo, Natalia A. S. Przelomska, Rhian J. Smith, Elisandro R. Drechsler-Santos, Genivaldo Alves-Silva, Kelmer Martins-Cunha, Tsuyoshi Hosoya, Janet J. Luangsa-ard, Allison Perrigo, Mar Repullés, et al. (2025). A new species of Purpureocillium (Ophiocordycipitaceae) fungus parasitizing trapdoor spiders in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest and its associated microbiome revealed through in situ “taxogenomics” . IMA Fungus.
Elisandro Ricardo Drechsler-Santos, Kelmer Martins-Cunha, Thiago Kossmann, Genivaldo Alves-Silva, Felipe Bittencourt, Domingos Cardoso, Larissa Trierveiler-Pereira, Tiara Sousa Cabral, Aristóteles Góes-Neto, Francisco J.S. Calaça, et al. (2025). Brazil as a global player in fungal conservation: A rapid shift from neglect to action . Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation.
Denyse Kalyne Sousa-Guimarães, Genivaldo Alves-Silva, Felipe Bittencourt, Olga Camacho, Nelson Menolli Jr, Aristóteles Góes-Neto, Gerardo L. Robledo, Elisandro Ricardo Drechsler-Santos (2024). A comprehensive phylogeny of Panus (Panaceae, Polyporales) and revisited Brazilian diversity . Mycological Progress.
MARCEL COMIN, GENIVALDO ALVES-SILVA, CARLOS A. SALVADOR-MONTOYA, ARISTÓTELES GÓES-NETO, ELISANDRO RICARDO DRECHSLER-SANTOS (2024). Fuscoporia nebularis, (Hymenochaetaceae) a new endemic and threatened species from the cloud forests of southern Brazil . Phytotaxa.
Carlos A. Salvador-Montoya, Genivaldo Alves-Silva, Thiago Kossmann, Felipe Bittencourt, Daniela Werner, Kelmer Martins-Cunha, Orlando F. Popoff, Aristóteles Góes-Neto, Mario Rajchenberg, Elisandro R. Drechsler-Santos (2024). A new and threatened species of Bondarzewia from the Brazilian cloud forests . Mycologia.
Cristiano Coelho-Nascimento, Denis A. Zabin, Alexandre G. dos Santos e Silva-Filho, Mariana P. Drewinski, Genivaldo Alves-Silva, Thiago Kossmann, Mahatma Titton, Elisandro R. Drechsler-Santos, Nelson Menolli, Jr. (2024). Unroughing the cat’s tongue mushrooms: Four new species of Pseudohydnum from Brazil based on morphological and molecular phylogenetic evidence . Mycologia.
Luiz Marcelo Ribeiro Tomé, Gabriel Quintanilha-Peixoto, Diogo Henrique Costa-Rezende, Carlos A. Salvador-Montoya, Domingos Cardoso, Daniel S. Araújo, Jorge Marcelo Freitas, Gabriela Bielefeld Nardoto, Genivaldo Alves-Silva, Elisandro Ricardo Drechsler-Santos, et al. (2024). Comparative genomics and stable isotope analysis reveal the saprotrophic-pathogenic lifestyle of a neotropical fungus . mBio.
FELIPE BITTENCOURT, GENIVALDO ALVES-SILVA, ARISTÓTELES GÓES-NETO, ELISANDRO RICARDO DRECHSLER-SANTOS (2024). Neomensularia meridionalis sp. nov. (Hymenochaetales, Basidiomycota), a New Species from South America . Phytotaxa.
Chaves, Thiago, Santos Xavier, Joicymara, Gonçalves dos Santos, Alfeu, Martins-Cunha, Kelmer, Karstedt, Fernanda, Kossmann, Thiago, Sourell, Susanne, Leopoldo, Eloisa, Fortuna Ferreira, Miriam Nathalie, Farias, Roger, et al.(2024). Innovative infrastructure to access Brazilian fungal diversity using deep learning . PeerJ. 12. p. e17686.
LUÍS ADRIANO FUNEZ, GENIVALDO ALVES-SILVA, ARISTÓTELES GÓES-NETO, ELISANDRO RICARDO DRECHSLER-SANTOS (2024). New species of Microglossum (Leotiales: Leotiomycetes) from Brazil . Phytotaxa.
Luís Adriano Funez, Marcela Monteiro, Diogo Henrique Costa-Rezende, Genivaldo Alves-Silva, Elisandro Ricardo Drechsler-Santos (2023). Rickenella fibula (Repetobasidiaceae: Basidiomycota): a tiny species with large distribution also occurs in Brazil . Iheringia, Série Botânica.
Delio Endres Júnior, Genivaldo Alves-Silva, Márcio Hisayuki Sasamori, Rosa Mara Borges da Silveira, Annette Droste(2023). Successful Tulasnella amonilioides isolation from wild Cattleya intermedia and effectiveness of the mycobiont on in vitro propagation of this threatened Orchidaceae . Journal of Environmental Analysis and Progress. 8. (1). p. 009--029. Journal of Environmental Analysis and Progress - {JEAP}
Costa-Rezende, D.H., Kelmer Martins-Cunha, Marcela Monteiro, Genivaldo Alves-Silva, Elisandro Ricardo Drechsler-Santos, Geraldo Wilson Fernandes, Aristóteles Góes-Neto (2023). Lost in the Voidness of the Atlantic Ocean: a Synthesis of Publication Trends, Biological Diversity, and Conservation in Trindade Island . Revista Biodiversidade Brasileira.
Gregory M. Mueller, Kelmer Martins Cunha, Tom W. May, Jessica L. Allen, James R. S. Westrip, Cátia Canteiro, Diogo Henrique Costa-Rezende, Elisandro Ricardo Drechsler-Santos, Aída M. Vasco-Palacios, Antony Martyn Ainsworth, et al. (2022). What Do the First 597 Global Fungal Red List Assessments Tell Us about the Threat Status of Fungi? . Diversity.
Altielys Casale Magnago, Genivaldo Alves-Silva, Terry W. Henkel, Rosa Mara Borges da Silveira(2022). New genera, species, and combinations of Boletaceae from Brazil and Guyana . Mycologia. p. 1--19. Informa {UK} Limited
Magnago, A.C., Alves-Silva, G., Henkel, T.W., da Silveira, R.M.B.(2022). New genera, species, and combinations of Boletaceae from Brazil and Guyana . Mycologia. 114. (3). p. 607-625.
Mueller, G.M., Cunha, K.M., May, T.W., Allen, J.L., Westrip, J.R.S., Canteiro, C., Costa-Rezende, D.H., Drechsler-Santos, E.R., Vasco-Palacios, A.M., Ainsworth, A.M., et al.(2022). What Do the First 597 Global Fungal Red List Assessments Tell Us about the Threat Status of Fungi? . Diversity. 14. (9).
Garcia, V.O., Fronza, M., Von Borowski, R., Alves-Silva, G., Zimmer, A.R., Ruaro, T., Gnoatto, S.C.B., Dallegrave, A., Silveira, R.M.B.(2022). First report of chemical composition and cytotoxicity evaluation of Foraminispora rugosa basidiomata from Brazil . Botanical Studies. 63. (1).
Genivaldo Alves-Silva, Mateus Arduvino Reck, Rosa Mara Borges da Silveira, Felipe Bittencourt, Gerardo Lucio Robledo, Aristóteles Góes-Neto, Elisandro Ricardo Drechsler-Santos(2020). The Neotropical Fomitiporia (Hymenochaetales, Basidiomycota): the redefinition of F. apiahyna s.s. allows revealing a high hidden species diversity . Mycological Progress. 19. (8). p. 769--790. Springer Science and Business Media {LLC}
Genivaldo Alves-Silva, Elisandro Ricardo Drechsler-Santos, Rosa Mara Borges da Silveira(2020). Bambusicolous Fomitiporia revisited: multilocus phylogeny reveals a clade of host-exclusive species . Mycologia. 112. (3). p. 633--648. Informa {UK} Limited
Alves-Silva, G., Drechsler-Santos, E.R., da Silveira, R.M.B.(2020). Bambusicolous Fomitiporia revisited: multilocus phylogeny reveals a clade of host-exclusive species . Mycologia. 112. (3). p. 633-648.
Alves-Silva, G., Reck, M.A., da Silveira, R.M.B., Bittencourt, F., Robledo, G.L., Góes-Neto, A., Drechsler-Santos, E.R.(2020). The Neotropical Fomitiporia (Hymenochaetales, Basidiomycota): the redefinition of F. apiahyna s.s. allows revealing a high hidden species diversity . Mycological Progress. 19. (8). p. 769-790.
(2019). Proteomic fingerprinting for the fast and accurate identification of species in the Polyporoid and Hymenochaetoid fungi clades . Journal of Proteomics.
(2018). A new species of Gyroporus (Gyroporaceae, Boletales) from Atlantic Forest in Southern Brazil . Nova Hedwigia.
Eduardo Fazolino Perez, Sandy C. Suaza Blandón, Genivaldo Alves-Silva, Bernardo E. Lechner, Rosa Mara B. Silveira(2018). Taxonomy and phylogeny of Macrolepiota: two new species from Brazil . Mycologia. 110. (5). p. 930--940. Informa {UK} Limited
Perez, E.F., Blandón, S.C.S., Alves-Silva, G., Lechner, B.E., Silveira, R.M.B.(2018). Taxonomy and phylogeny of macrolepiota: Two new species from brazil . Mycologia. 110. (5). p. 930-940.
Magnago, A.C., Alves-Silva, G., Neves, M.A., Da Silveira, R.M.B.(2018). A new species of gyroporus (Gyroporaceae, boletales) from atlantic forest in southern Brazil . Nova Hedwigia. 107. (3-4). p. 291-301.
Li, G.J., Hyde, K.D., Zhao, R.L., Hongsanan, S., Abdel-Aziz, F.A., Abdel-Wahab, M.A., Alvarado, P., Alves-Silva, G., Ammirati, J.F., Ariyawansa, H.A., et al.(2016). Fungal diversity notes 253–366: taxonomic and phylogenetic contributions to fungal taxa . Fungal Diversity. 78. (1). p. 1-237.
Li, Guo Jie
and Hyde, Kevin D.
and Zhao, Rui Lin
and Hongsanan, Sinang
and Abdel-Aziz, Faten Awad
and Abdel-Wahab, Mohamed A.
and Alvarado, Pablo
and Alves-Silva, Genivaldo
and Ammirati, Joseph F.
and Ariyawansa, Hiran A.
and Baghela, Abhishek
and Bahkali, Ali Hassan
and Beug, Michael
and Bhat, D. Jayarama
and Bojantchev, Dimitar
and Boonpratuang, Thitiya
and Bulgakov, Timur S.
and Camporesi, Erio
and Boro, Marcela C.
and Ceska, Oldriska
and Chakraborty, Dyutiparna
and Chen, Jia Jia
and Chethana, K. W. Thilini
and Chomnunti, Putarak
and Consiglio, Giovanni
and Cui, Bao Kai
and Dai, Dong Qin
and Dai, Yu Cheng
and Daranagama, Dinushani A.
and Das, Kanad
and Dayarathne, Monika C.
and De Crop, Eske
and De Oliveira, Rafael J. V.
and de Souza, Carlos Alberto Fragoso
and de Souza, Jos{\'e} I.
and Dentinger, Bryn T. M.
and Dissanayake, Asha J.
and Doilom, Mingkwan
and Drechsler-Santos, E. Ricardo
and Ghobad-Nejhad, Masoomeh
and Gilmore, Sean P.
and G{\'o}es-Neto, Arist{\'o}teles
and Gorczak, Micha{\l}
and Haitjema, Charles H.
and Hapuarachchi, Kalani Kanchana
and Hashimoto, Akira
and He, Mao Qiang
and Henske, John K.
and Hirayama, Kazuyuki
and Iribarren, Maria J.
and Jayasiri, Subashini C.
and Jayawardena, Ruvishika S.
and Jeon, Sun Jeong
and Jer{\^o}nimo, Gustavo H.
and Jesus, Ana L.
and Jones, E. B. Gareth
and Kang, Ji Chuan
and Karunarathna, Samantha C.
and Kirk, Paul M.
and Konta, Sirinapa
and Kuhnert, Eric
and Langer, Ewald
and Lee, Haeng Sub
and Lee, Hyang Burm
and Li, Wen Jing
and Li, Xing Hong
and Liimatainen, Kare
and Lima, Diogo Xavier
and Lin, Chuan Gen
and Liu, Jian Kui
and Liu, Xings Zhong
and Liu, Zuo Yi
and Luangsa-ard, J. Jennifer
and L{\"u}cking, Robert
and Lumbsch, H. Thorsten
and Lumyong, Saisamorn
and Lea{\~{n}}o, Eduardo M.
and Marano, Agostina V.
and Matsumura, Misato
and McKenzie, Eric H. C.
and Mongkolsamrit, Suchada
and Mortimer, Peter E.
and Nguyen, Thi Thuong Thuong
and Niskanen, Tuula
and Norphanphoun, Chada
and O'Malley, Michelle A.
and Parnmen, Sittiporn
and Paw{\l}owska, Julia
and Perera, Rekhani H.
and Phookamsak, Rungtiwa
and Phukhamsakda, Chayanard
and Pires-Zottarelli, Carmen L. A.
and Rasp{\'e}, Olivier
and Reck, Mateus A.
and Rocha, Sarah C. O.
and de Santiago, Andr{\'e} L. C. M. A.
and Senanayake, Indunil C.
and Setti, Ledo
and Shang, Qiu Ju
and Singh, Sanjay K.
and Sir, Esteban B.
and Solomon, Kevin V.
and Song, Jie
and Srikitikulchai, Prasert
and Stadler, Marc
and Suetrong, Satinee
and Takahashi, Hayato
and Takahashi, Takumasa
and Tanaka, Kazuaki
and Tang, Li Ping
and Thambugala, Kasun M.
and Thanakitpipattana, Donnaya
and Theodorou, Michael K.
and Thongbai, Benjarong
and Thummarukcharoen, Tuksaporn
and Tian, Qing
and Tibpromma, Saowaluck
and Verbeken, Annemieke
and Vizzini, Alfredo
and Vlas{\'a}k, Josef
and Voigt, Kerstin
and Wanasinghe, Dhanushka N.
and Wang, Yong
and Weerakoon, Gothamie
and Wen, Hua An
and Wen, Ting Chi
and Wijayawardene, Nalin N.
and Wongkanoun, Sarunyou
and Wrzosek, Marta
and Xiao, Yuan Pin
and Xu, Jian Chu
and Yan, Ji Ye
and Yang, Jing
and Da Yang, Shu
and Hu, Yu
and Zhang, Jin Feng
and Zhao, Jie
and Zhou, Li Wei
and Per{\v{s}}oh, Derek
and Phillips, Alan J. L.
and Maharachchikumbura, Sajeewa S. N.(2016). Fungal diversity notes 253--366: taxonomic and phylogenetic contributions to fungal taxa . Fungal Diversity. 78. (1). p. 1--237.
Costa-Rezende, D.H., Ferreira-Lopes, V., Salvador-Montoya, C.A., Alves-Silva, G., Mello, A., Drechsler-Santos, E.R.(2015). New records of Perenniporia sensu lato and Pyrofomes for the Brazilian Cerrado . Iheringia - Serie Botanica. 70. (1). p. 157-166.
BOOK CHAPTER
(2022). Funga do Parque Nacional de São Joaquim: não basta conhecer, algo maior tem que acontecer . O Parque das Memórias Infinitas.
(2015). Macrofungos: aspectos preliminares sobre a diversidade de Basidiomycota. Biodiversidade do Parque Estadual Cristalino.
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