| Taxon | Leptospora |
|---|---|
| Authority | Rabenh. [1] |
| Type species | Leptospora porphyrogona |
| Type species authority | (Tode) Rabenh. |
| Subdivision ranks | Species |
Leptospora is a genus of fungi in the class Dothideomycetes. It was placed in the Phaeosphaeriaceae family.[2]
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 , Syn. meth. fung. (Göttingen) 1: 63 (1801).[3]
Species
As accepted by Species Fungorum;[4]
- Leptospora chromolaenae
- Leptospora clematidis
- Leptospora elaeodendri
- Leptospora euphrasiae
- Leptospora galii
- Leptospora hydei
- Leptospora implexa
- Leptospora indica
- Leptospora inquinans
- Leptospora jubaeae
- Leptospora macarangae
- Leptospora musae
- Leptospora nuda
- Leptospora phraeana
- Leptospora rubella
- Leptospora thailandica
Former species;[4]
- L. canescens = Echinosphaeria canescens, Helminthosphaeriaceae
- L. caudata = Hilberina caudata, Helminthosphaeriaceae
- L. felina = Lasiosphaeria felina, Lasiosphaeriaceae
- L. helminthospora = Acanthophiobolus helicosporus, Tubeufiaceae
- L. ovina = Lasiosphaeria ovina, Lasiosphaeriaceae
- L. ovina var. glabrata = Lasiosphaeria glabrata, Lasiosphaeriaceae
- L. phyllophila = Iodosphaeria phyllophila, Iodosphaeriaceae
- L. porphyrogona = Leptospora rubella, Dothideomycetes
- L. simillima = Pseudomeliola grammodes, Hypocreales order
- L. sorbina = Lasiosphaeria sorbina, Lasiosphaeriaceae
- L. sparsa = Cercophora sparsa, Neoschizotheciaceae
- L. spermoides = Ruzenia spermoides, Helminthosphaeriaceae
- L. spermoides var. rugulosa = Nitschkia rugulosa, Nitschkiaceae
- L. stictochaetophora = Lasiosphaeria stictochaetophora, Lasiosphaeriaceae
- L. strigosa = Echinosphaeria strigosa, Helminthosphaeriaceae
References
- ^ Hedwigia 1: 116 (1857)
- ^ 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. hdl:10481/61998
- ^ Chethana, Thilini (19 September 2022). "Eudarluca - Facesoffungi number: FoF 00245". Faces Of Fungi. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
- ^ "Leptospora - Search Page". www.speciesfungorum.org. Species Fungorum. Retrieved 23 March 2023.