Leptosporomyces

Leptosporomyces
Leptosporomyces roseus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Amylocorticiales
Family:	Amylocorticiaceae
Genus:	Leptosporomyces Jülich (1972) [1]
Type species
Leptosporomyces galzinii (Bourdot) Jülich (1972)
Synonyms [2]
FibulomycesJülich (1972)

Leptosporomyces is a genus of resupinate (crust-like) fungi in the family Amylocorticiaceae. ^[3] The genus is widespread in the Northern Hemisphere and contains 11 species. ^[4]

Species

• Leptosporomyces adnatus
• Leptosporomyces fuscostratus
• Leptosporomyces galzinii
• Leptosporomyces globosus
• Leptosporomyces juniperinus
• Leptosporomyces luteofibrillosus
• Leptosporomyces montanus
• Leptosporomyces mundus
• Leptosporomyces raunkiaeri
• Leptosporomyces roseus
• Leptosporomyces septentrionalis

References

1. Jülich W. (1972). "Monographie der Athelieae (Corticiaceae, Basidiomycetes)". Willdenowia Beiheft (in German). 7: 1–283 (see p. 192).
2. "Leptosporomyces Jülich". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2012-11-03.
3. Binder M, Larsson K-H, Matheny PB, Hibbett DS (2010). "Amylocorticiales ord. nov. and Jaapiales ord. nov.: Early diverging clades of Agaricomycetidae dominated by corticioid forms". Mycologia . 102 (4): 865–80. doi:10.3852/09-288. PMID   20648753.
4. Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 344. ISBN   978-0-85199-826-8.

External links

• Leptosporomyces in Index Fungorum