Leptospora Explained

Leptospora is a genus of fungi in the class Dothideomycetes. It was placed in the Phaeosphaeriaceae family.^[1]

The genus was circumscribed by German botanist and mycologist Gottlob Ludwig Rabenhorst in 1908, with Leptospora rubella assigned as the type species in Hedwigia vol.1 on page 116 in 1857. It had previously been Sphaeria rubella, Syn. meth. fung. (Göttingen) 1: 63 (1801).^[2]

Species

As accepted by Species Fungorum;^[3]

• Leptospora chromolaenae
• Leptospora clematidis
• Leptospora elaeodendri
• Leptospora euphrasiae
• Leptospora galii
• Leptospora hydei
• Leptospora implexa
• Leptospora indica
• Leptospora inquinans
• Leptospora jubaeae
• Leptospora macarangae
• Leptospora musae
• Leptospora nuda
• Leptospora phraeana
• Leptospora rubella
• Leptospora thailandica

Former species;^[3]

• L. canescens = Echinosphaeria canescens, Helminthosphaeriaceae
• L. caudata = Hilberina caudata, Helminthosphaeriaceae
• L. felina = Lasiosphaeria felina, Lasiosphaeriaceae
• L. helminthospora = Acanthophiobolus helicosporus, Tubeufiaceae
• L. ovina = Lasiosphaeria ovina, Lasiosphaeriaceae
• L. ovina var. glabrata = Lasiosphaeria glabrata, Lasiosphaeriaceae
• L. phyllophila = Iodosphaeria phyllophila, Iodosphaeriaceae
• L. porphyrogona = Leptospora rubella, Dothideomycetes
• L. simillima = Pseudomeliola grammodes, Hypocreales order
• L. sorbina = Lasiosphaeria sorbina, Lasiosphaeriaceae
• L. sparsa = Cercophora sparsa, Neoschizotheciaceae
• L. spermoides = Ruzenia spermoides, Helminthosphaeriaceae
• L. spermoides var. rugulosa = Nitschkia rugulosa, Nitschkiaceae
• L. stictochaetophora = Lasiosphaeria stictochaetophora, Lasiosphaeriaceae
• L. strigosa = Echinosphaeria strigosa, Helminthosphaeriaceae

External links

• Leptospora at Index Fungorum

Notes and References

1. 6 . Wijayawardene . Nalin . Hyde . Kevin . Laith Khalil Tawfeeq . Al-Ani . Somayeh . Dolatabadi . Stadler . Marc . Haelewaters . Danny . Tsurykau . Andrei . Mesic . Armin . Navathe . Sudhir . Papp . Viktor . Oliveira Fiuza . Patrícia . Vázquez . Víctor . Gautam . Ajay . Becerra . Alejandra G. . Ekanayaka . Anusha . K. C. . Rajeshkumar . Bezerra . Jadson . Matočec . Neven . Maharachchikumbura . Sajeewa . Suetrong . Satinee . 2020 . Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa . Mycosphere . 11 . 1060–1456 . 10.5943/mycosphere/11/1/8 . free. 10481/61998 . free .
2. Web site: Chethana . Thilini . Eudarluca - Facesoffungi number: FoF 00245 . Faces Of Fungi . 23 March 2023 . 19 September 2022.
3. Web site: Leptospora - Search Page . www.speciesfungorum.org . Species Fungorum . 23 March 2023.