Laboulbenia tuberculata W. Rossi & M. Leonardi, sp. nov. Index Fungorum number: IF 559787; Mycobank number: MB 559787; Facesoffungi number: FoF 12926; Fig. 1 Etymology – From Latin tuberculatus, which means “covered with wart-like projections”. Holotype – FI WR4035. Basal cell (cell I) of the receptacle slender and elongate, with almost parallel margins, hyaline above the [...]
Laboulbenia tschirnhausii W. Rossi & M. Leonardi, sp. nov. Index Fungorum number: IF 559788; Mycobank number: MB 559788; Facesoffungi number: FoF 12927; Fig. 1 Etymology: Named after the German dipterologist Michael von Tschirnhaus, who supplied us with the flies bearing the new parasites. Holotype: CAMB WR3382. Basal cell (cell I) large brownish yellow, short, [...]
Laboulbenia bifida W. Rossi & M. Leonardi, sp. nov. Index Fungorum number: IF 559786; Mycobank number: MB 559786; Facesoffungi number: FoF 12925; Fig. 1 Etymology – From Latin bifidus =bifid, divided in two parts, referring to the outer appendage consisting of two subequal branches. Holotype – FI WR3571. Basal cell (cell I) grayish yellow, relatively small, [...]
Dimorphomyces Thaxt. Index Fungorum number: IF 1590; Mycobank number: MB 1590 Notes – Dioecious genus consisting of 29 recognized species, of which the most recently described is D. carolinae (Rossi 2010). The female thallus consists of a row of small cells bordered below by an extension of the basal cell; these cells produce from their [...]
Dimorphomyces seemanii W. Rossi & M. Leonardi, sp. nov. Index Fungorum number: IF 559784; Mycobank number: MB 559784; Facesoffungi number: FoF 12924; Fig. 1 Etymology – Named after the Australian acarologist Owen D. Seeman, who supplied us with the materials utilized for the description of this new species. Holotype – CAMB WR2471. Female thallus broadly fan-shaped, [...]
Autophagomyces Thaxt. Index Fungorum number: IF 467; Mycobank number: MB 467 Notes – After the revision by Benjamin (2001), the concept of this genus was narrowed to 12 species, nine of which occurr on Coleoptera Anthicidae and the others on Phalacridae and Scaphiidae. The seven characteristics listed by Benjamin for Autophagomyces in the limited concept [...]
Autophagomyces incertus W. Rossi & M. Leonardi, sp. nov. Index Fungorum number: IF 559783; Mycobank number: MB 559783; Facesoffungi number: FoF 12769; Fig. 1 Etymology – From Latin, meaning uncertain, because of the uncertain taxonomic position of the new species. Holotype – CAMB WR2471. Thallus uniformly straw-yellow. Basal cell of the receptacle (cell I) tapered downward [...]
Laboulbenia stigmatophora A. Weir, M. McHugh & W. Rossi, sp. nov. Index Fungorum number: IF 900435; MycoBank number: MB 900435; Facesoffungi number: FoF 14186; Fig. 1 Etymology – From Greek: adjective, meaning “bearer of dots”. Thallus erect to slightly sigmoid, total length from foot to tip of perithecium 220–325 µm. Receptacle deeply punctate throughout. Cell [...]
Laboulbenia similis A. Weir, M. McHugh & W. Rossi, sp. nov. Index Fungorum number: IF 900434; MycoBank number: MB 900434; Facesoffungi number: FoF 14185; Fig. 1 Etymology – From Latin: referring to the similarity of this species with Laboulbenia stigmatophora described in this same contribution. Thallus mostly erect to slightly sigmoid, with brown punctation especially [...]
Laboulbenia robusta W. Rossi & M. Leonardi, sp. nov. Index Fungorum number: IF 900433; MycoBank number: MB 900433; Facesoffungi number: FoF 14184; Fig. 79 Etymology – From Latin robustus=strong, robust. Thallus slightly sigmoid, colored dirty yellow, with the perithecium becoming darker with age. Basal cell of the receptacle (cell I) regularly expanding distally, almost three [...]