基金FONACIT,(Fondo Nacional de Ciencia, Innovacion y Tecnología) Caracas-Venezuela for funding the project No S1-2001000663:“Sistemática Molecular y Morfológica de Hongos Ascomycetes y Basidiomycetes presentes en las Sucesiones Fúngicas Descomponedoras de Madera en Bosques Tropicales” under the direction of TI which permitted research in a forest located in Luepa, Parque Nacional Canaimathe pursual of several of the projects being undertaken in the Mycology Lab at Simón Bolívar University (USB) during that same period+3 种基金the Decanato de Estudios de Postgrado of USB for financial supportthe support of INPARQUES in giving permits to collect at El Avila National Park,for facilities during field work,and to Jesús Hernández and Carlos Rondón for field assistancethe Department of Organisms Biology and the Decanato de Investigacion y Desarrollo of Simón Bolívar Universitythe Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología from Costa Rica for financial support during her Master Degree in Venezuela