# Leptospora

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***Leptospora*** is a [genus](/source/Genus) of [fungi](/source/Fungus) in the class [Dothideomycetes](/source/Dothideomycetes). It was placed in the [Phaeosphaeriaceae](/source/Phaeosphaeriaceae) family.[2]

The genus was [circumscribed](/source/Circumscription_(taxonomy)) by German botanist and mycologist [Gottlob Ludwig Rabenhorst](/source/Gottlob_Ludwig_Rabenhorst) in 1908, with *[Leptospora rubella](/source/Leptospora_rubella)* assigned as the [type species](/source/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](/source/Species_Fungorum);[4]

- *[Leptospora chromolaenae](/source/Leptospora_chromolaenae)*
- *[Leptospora clematidis](/source/Leptospora_clematidis)*
- *[Leptospora elaeodendri](/source/Leptospora_elaeodendri)*
- *[Leptospora euphrasiae](/source/Leptospora_euphrasiae)*
- *[Leptospora galii](/source/Leptospora_galii)*
- *[Leptospora hydei](/source/Leptospora_hydei)*
- *[Leptospora implexa](/source/Leptospora_implexa)*
- *[Leptospora indica](/source/Leptospora_indica)*
- *[Leptospora inquinans](/source/Leptospora_inquinans)*
- *[Leptospora jubaeae](/source/Leptospora_jubaeae)*
- *[Leptospora macarangae](/source/Leptospora_macarangae)*
- *[Leptospora musae](/source/Leptospora_musae)*
- *[Leptospora nuda](/source/Leptospora_nuda)*
- *[Leptospora phraeana](/source/Leptospora_phraeana)*
- *[Leptospora rubella](/source/Leptospora_rubella)*
- *[Leptospora thailandica](/source/Leptospora_thailandica)*

Former species;[4]

- *L. canescens* = *[Echinosphaeria canescens](/source/Echinosphaeria_canescens)*, [Helminthosphaeriaceae](/source/Helminthosphaeriaceae)
- *L. caudata* = *[Hilberina caudata](/source/Hilberina_caudata)*, Helminthosphaeriaceae
- *L. felina* = *[Lasiosphaeria felina](/source/Lasiosphaeria_felina)*, [Lasiosphaeriaceae](/source/Lasiosphaeriaceae)
- *L. helminthospora* = *[Acanthophiobolus helicosporus](/source/Acanthophiobolus_helicosporus)*, [Tubeufiaceae](/source/Tubeufiaceae)
- *L. ovina* = *[Lasiosphaeria ovina](/source/Lasiosphaeria_ovina)*, Lasiosphaeriaceae
- *L. ovina* var. *glabrata* = *[Lasiosphaeria glabrata](/source/Lasiosphaeria_glabrata)*, Lasiosphaeriaceae
- *L. phyllophila* = *[Iodosphaeria phyllophila](/source/Iodosphaeria_phyllophila)*, [Iodosphaeriaceae](/source/Iodosphaeriaceae)
- *L. porphyrogona* = *[Leptospora rubella](/source/Leptospora_rubella)*, [Dothideomycetes](/source/Dothideomycetes)
- *L. simillima* = *[Pseudomeliola grammodes](/source/Pseudomeliola_grammodes)*, [Hypocreales](/source/Hypocreales) order
- *L. sorbina* = *[Lasiosphaeria sorbina](/source/Lasiosphaeria_sorbina)*, Lasiosphaeriaceae
- *L. sparsa* = *[Cercophora sparsa](/source/Cercophora_sparsa)*, [Neoschizotheciaceae](/source/Neoschizotheciaceae)
- *L. spermoides* = *[Ruzenia spermoides](/source/Ruzenia_spermoides)*, Helminthosphaeriaceae
- *L. spermoides* var. *rugulosa* = *[Nitschkia rugulosa](/source/Nitschkia_rugulosa)*, [Nitschkiaceae](/source/Nitschkiaceae)
- *L. stictochaetophora* = *[Lasiosphaeria stictochaetophora](/source/Lasiosphaeria_stictochaetophora)*, Lasiosphaeriaceae
- *L. strigosa* = *[Echinosphaeria strigosa](/source/Echinosphaeria_strigosa)*, Helminthosphaeriaceae

## References

1. Hedwigia 1: 116 (1857)

1. 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](https://doi.org/10.5943/mycosphere/11/1/8). [hdl:10481/61998](https://hdl.handle.net/10481/61998)

1. Chethana, Thilini (19 September 2022). ["Eudarluca - Facesoffungi number: FoF 00245"](https://www.facesoffungi.org/eudarluca/). *Faces Of Fungi*. Retrieved 23 March 2023.

1. ["Leptospora - Search Page"](http://www.speciesfungorum.org/Names/Names.asp?strGenus=Leptospora). *www.speciesfungorum.org*. Species Fungorum. Retrieved 23 March 2023.

## External links

- *[Leptospora](http://www.indexfungorum.org/Names/genusrecord.asp?RecordID=2803)* at [Index Fungorum](/source/Index_Fungorum)

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