Lulworthia Explained
Lulworthia is a genus of fungi within the Lulworthiaceae family.[1]
History and taxonomy
The genus Lulworthia was originally described in 1916 by George Kenneth Sutherland to contain the species Lulworthia fucicola, a fungus found on the seaweed commonly known as the bladder wrack at Lulworth on the coast of Dorset, UK.[2] The fungus has since been collected several times from submerged wood, but never again from the original algal host; it was subsequently reported that specimens found on wood were morphologically different from those originally described growing on algae.[3] Since the original specimens had deteriorated beyond use, a holotype was designated, using submerged-wood specimens found in Chile in 1984.[4]
Species
As accepted by Species Fungorum;[5]
- Lulworthia atlantica
- Lulworthia attenuata
- Lulworthia bulgariae
- Lulworthia calcicola
- Lulworthia conica
- Lulworthia curalii
- Lulworthia cylindrica
- Lulworthia floridana
- Lulworthia fucicola
- Lulworthia halima
- Lulworthia kniepii
- Lulworthia lindroidea
- Lulworthia longirostris
- Lulworthia longispora
- Lulworthia maritima
- Lulworthia medusa
- Lulworthia opaca
- Lulworthia purpurea
- Lulworthia rotunda
- Lulworthia rufa
- Lulworthia salina
- Lulworthia submersa
Former species (all are still family Lulworthiaceae);[5]
- L. crassa = Kohlmeyeriella crassa
- L. grandispora = Sammeyersia grandispora
- L. grandispora var. apiculata = Lulworthia medusa
- L. kniepii var. curalii = Lulworthia curalii
- L. lignoarenaria = Lulwoidea lignoarenaria
- L. medusa var. apiculata = Lulworthia medusa
- L. medusa var. biscaynia = Lulworthia medusa
- L. medusa var. fucicola = Lulworthia fucicola
- L. medusa var. halima = Lulworthia halima
- L. purpureus = Lulworthia purpurea
- L. rufus = Lulworthia rufa
- L. uniseptata = Lulwoana uniseptata
External links
Notes and References
- Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM. . December 2007 . Outline of Ascomycota - 2007 . Myconet . 13 . 1–58 . The Field Museum, Department of Botany . Chicago, USA . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090318003134/http://www.fieldmuseum.org/myconet/outline.asp . 2009-03-18 .
- 10.1016/S0007-1536(14)80029-6 . Sutherland GK. . 1916 . Additional notes on marine pyrenomycetes . Transactions of the British Mycological Society . 5 . 257–63.
- Kholmeyer J, Volkmann-Kohlmeyer B . 2000 . Illustrated key to the filamentous higher marine fungi . Botanica Marina . 34 . 1–61. 10.1515/botm.1991.34.1.1 .
- 10.3852/mycologia.97.2.549 . Campbell J. . 2005 . Neotypification of Lulworthia fucicola . Mycologia . 97 . 2 . 549–51 . 16396361.
- Web site: Species Fungorum - Search Page - Lulworthia . www.speciesfungorum.org . 17 July 2023.
