Leptospora rubella
Leptospora rubella (Pers.) Rabenh, Hedwigia 1: 116 (1857).
≡ Sphaeria rubella Pers., Syn. meth. fung. (Göttingen) 1: 63 (1801).
Index Fungorum number: IF 119461; Facesoffungi number: FoF 02442, Fig. 1
Description: see Hyde et al. (2016), Zhang et al. (2019a), Mapook et al. (2020), Phukhamsakda et al. (2020).
Material considered: see Hyde et al. (2016), Zhang et al. (2019a), Mapook et al. (2020), Phukhamsakda et al. (2020).
Fig. 1 Leptospora rubella (MFLU 17-1084). a Appearance of ascomata on host. b Section through ascomata. c Peridium. d–f Asci. g–i Ascospores. Scale bars: b = 100 μm, c = 50 μm, d–i = 30 μm.
Importance and distribution
There are 30 Leptospora records in Index Fungorum (2022), but several species have been transferred to Acanthophiobolus, Cercophora, Echinosphaeria, Hilberina, Lasiosphaeria, Nitschkia, Pseudomeliola and Ruzenia. Leptospora comprises 15 species known on Aegopodium podagraria (Apiaceae), Angelica sp. (Apiaceae), Arctium lappa (Asteraceae), Astragalus glycyphyllos (Fabaceae), Betonica officinalis (Lamiaceae), Chelidonium majus (Apiaceae), Digitalis grandiflora (Plantaginaceae), Erechtites prenanthoides (Asteraceae, Senecioneae), Eucalyptus sp. (Myrtaceae), Galeopsis tetrahit (Lamiaceae), Gentiana pneumonanthe (Gentianaceae), Heracleum sphondylium (Apiaceae), Lupinus luteus (Fabaceae), Mangifera indica (Anacardiaceae), Pastinaca sativa (Apiaceae), Polygonum lapathifolium (Polygonaceae), Rubus idaeus (Rosaceae), Rumex obtusifolius (Polygonaceae), Scrophularia nodosa (Scrophulariaceae), Senecio nemorensis (Asteraceae), Solanum tuberosum (Solanaceae), Thalictrum lucidum (Ranunculaceae), Trifolium pratense (Fabaceae), Urtica dioica (Urticaceae) and Verbascum nigrum (Scrophulariaceae). Leptospora is known from Asia (India, Russia, Thailand), Europe (Germany, Ireland, Poland, Ukraine), South America (Colombia, Venezuela) and The United States (California).
References
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