Laboulbenia

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, [...]

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 [...]

Laboulbenia nilotica W. Rossi & M. Leonardi, sp. nov. Index Fungorum number: IF 900432; MycoBank number: MB 900432; Facesoffungi number: FoF 14183; Fig. 1 Etymology – The name of the species comes from the Nile river, in whose waters were collected the  host insects. Thallus olive-gray, with darker perithecium and paler cell II, IV, V, and [...]

Laboulbenia omalii A. Weir, M. McHugh & W. Rossi, sp. nov. Index Fungorum number: IF 900431; MycoBank number: MB 900413; Facesoffungi number: FoF 14182; Fig. 1 Etymology – From Latin referring to the name of the host beetle. Thallus erect, small, completely hyaline except for portions of the perithecium, the insertion cell, and the foot. [...]

Laboulbenia cosmodisci A. Weir, M. McHugh & W. Rossi, sp. nov. Index Fungorum number: IF 900430;  MycoBank number: MB 900430; Facesoffungi number: FoF 14181; Fig. 1 Etymology – From Latin: referring to the name of the host beetle. Thallus erect to sigmoidal, pale grayish brown to dark brown; total length from foot to tip of perithecium [...]