Twenty-three specimens of the fungi genus Fomitiporia Murrill collected during the rainy season in the Amazonian region of Amazonas and Roraima states, Brazil. Eight species were listed, namely F. apiahyna s. l. (Speg.) Robledo, Decock & Rajchenb., F. calkinsii (Murrill) Vlasák & Kout, F. conyana Alves-Silva & Drechsler-Santos, F. impercepta Morera, Robledo & Urcelay, F. langloisii Murrill, F. maxonii Murrill, F. murrillii Alves-Silva, R.M. Silveira & Drechsler-Santos, and F. neotropica Camp.-Sant., Amalfi, R.M. Silveira, Robledo & Decock. Our new data includes the first records of species from the Amazonian region, Brazil, and the Americas.
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