Leptospora

Leptospora is a genus of fungi in the class Dothideomycetes. It was placed in the Phaeosphaeriaceae family.[2]

Leptospora
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Ascomycota
Subdivision:
Pezizomycotina
Class:
Dothideomycetes
Order:
Pleosporales
Family:
Phaeosphaeriaceae
Genus:
Leptospora

Rabenh. [1]
Type species
Leptospora porphyrogona
(Tode) Rabenh.

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 Pers., Syn. meth. fung. (Göttingen) 1: 63 (1801).[3]

Species

As accepted by Species Fungorum;[4]

  • Leptospora chromolaenae Mapook & K.D. Hyde (2020)
  • Leptospora clematidis Phukhams., Ertz, Gerstmans & K.D. Hyde (2020)
  • Leptospora elaeodendri S.D. Patil & C. Ramesh (1986)
  • Leptospora euphrasiae Murashk. (1924)
  • Leptospora galii N.I. de Silva & K.D. Hyde (2016)
  • Leptospora hydei J.F. Zhang, J.K. Liu & Z.Y. Liu (2019)
  • Leptospora implexa (Ellis & Everh.) J. Walker (1980)
  • Leptospora indica A. Pande (1979)
  • Leptospora inquinans I. Hino & Katum. (1955)
  • Leptospora jubaeae Speg. (1921)
  • Leptospora macarangae Tennakoon, C.H. Kuo & K.D. Hyde (2021)
  • Leptospora musae Drost (1912)
  • Leptospora nuda Gucevič (1955)
  • Leptospora phraeana Mapook & K.D. Hyde (2020)
  • Leptospora rubella (Pers.) Rabenh. (1857)
  • Leptospora thailandica Phukhams. & K.D. Hyde (2016)

Former species;[4]

  • L. canescens (Pers.) G. Winter (1885) = Echinosphaeria canescens, Helminthosphaeriaceae
  • L. caudata Fuckel (1870) = Hilberina caudata, Helminthosphaeriaceae
  • L. felina (Fuckel) Fuckel (1870) = Lasiosphaeria felina, Lasiosphaeriaceae
  • L. helminthospora Rehm (1882) = Acanthophiobolus helicosporus, Tubeufiaceae
  • L. ovina (Pers.) Fuckel (1870) = Lasiosphaeria ovina, Lasiosphaeriaceae
  • L. ovina var. glabrata (Fr.) Fuckel (1870) = Lasiosphaeria glabrata, Lasiosphaeriaceae
  • L. phyllophila (Mouton) Kirschst. (1911) = Iodosphaeria phyllophila, Iodosphaeriaceae
  • L. porphyrogona (Tode) Rabenh. (1857) = Leptospora rubella, Dothideomycetes
  • L. simillima (Berk. & Ravenel) Theiss. & Syd. (1917) = Pseudomeliola grammodes, Hypocreales order
  • L. sorbina (Nyl.) Munk (1952) = Lasiosphaeria sorbina, Lasiosphaeriaceae
  • L. sparsa Sacc. & Fairm. (1906) = Cercophora sparsa, Neoschizotheciaceae
  • L. spermoides (Hoffm.) Fuckel (1870) = Ruzenia spermoides, Helminthosphaeriaceae
  • L. spermoides var. rugulosa Rick (1905) = Nitschkia rugulosa, Nitschkiaceae
  • L. stictochaetophora Fairm. (1906) = Lasiosphaeria stictochaetophora, Lasiosphaeriaceae
  • L. strigosa (Alb. & Schwein.) Fuckel (1870) = Echinosphaeria strigosa, Helminthosphaeriaceae

References
  1. Hedwigia 1: 116 (1857)
  2. Wijayawardene, Nalin; Hyde, Kevin; Al-Ani, Laith Khalil Tawfeeq; Somayeh, Dolatabadi; Stadler, Marc; Haelewaters, Danny; et al. (2020). "Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa". Mycosphere. 11: 1060–1456. doi:10.5943/mycosphere/11/1/8.
  3. Chethana, Thilini (19 September 2022). "Eudarluca - Facesoffungi number: FoF 00245". Faces Of Fungi. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  4. "Leptospora - Search Page". www.speciesfungorum.org. Species Fungorum. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
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