Laurobasidium Explained

Laurobasidium is a genus of fungi in the Exobasidiaceae family. The genus contains two species. One is Laurobasidium lauri, found in Europe and described by W. Jülich in 1982,^[1] and another is L. hachijoense, found in Hachijō-jima, Japan and described in 1985.^[2]

L. lauri grows solely on laurel (genus Laurus), Laurus novocanariensis on Madeira and the Canary Islands^[3] and Laurus nobilis on the western Iberian Peninsula. L. hachijoense grows solely on the Japanese cinnamon, Cinnamomum japonicum.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Jülich, W. . 1982 . On Exobasidium lauri . International Journal of Mycology and Lichenology . 1 . 1 . 117–20.
2. https://www.gbif.org/species/3371876/ Exobasidium hachijoense Y. Otani, Kakish. & Iijima, 1985
3. Book: Thomas. Peter A.. Packham. John R.. Ecology of woodlands and forests : description, dynamics and diversity. limited. 2007. Cambridge Univ. Press. Cambridge [u.a.]. 0521542316. 32.
4. https://biotaxa.org/Phytotaxa/article/view/phytotaxa.303.1.11 Laurobasidium hachijoense, comb. nov. (Cryptobasidiaceae) causing aerialroot-like galls on Cinnamomum japonicum in Japan