Leptorhaphis Körb., Syst. lich. germ. (Breslau): 371 (1855).

MycoBank number: MB 2795; Index Fungorum number: IF 2795; Facesoffungi number: FoF 07880; – 8 morphological species (Species Fungorum 2020), molecular data unavailable.

Type species: Leptorhaphis oxyspora (Nyl.) Körb., Syst. lich. germ. (Breslau): 371 (1855).

≡ Verrucaria oxyspora Nyl., Bot. Notiser: 179 (1852).

Notes: Leptorhaphis occurs on bark, with a high level of host-specificity (Aguirre-Hudson 1991, 2009; Aguirre- Hudson et al. 2002). This genus has been considered as saprotrophic and non lichen-forming (Vainio 1921a; Swinscow 1965a; Harris 1973, 1995; Aguirre-Hudson and Hawksworth 1987). One species is lichenicolous (Kalb et al. 1995), while some species are associated with algae (Swinscow 1965a; Aguirre-Hudson 1991, 2009; Aguirre-Hudson and Fiol 1993; Aguirre-Hudson et al. 2002). This genus has been placed in Naetrocymbaceae by Harris (1995), Aguirre-Hudson et al. (2002), and Doilom et al. (2018). However, Harris (1995) mentioned that Leptorhaphis differs from other genera in Naetrocymbaceae based on the characters of hamathecium, asci, and macroconidia.

Species

  • Leptorhaphis oxyspora