Lulworthia

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Lulworthia
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Lulworthia

G.K. Sutherl.
Type species
Lulworthia fucicola
G.K. Sutherl.

Lulworthia is a genus of fungi within the Lulworthiaceae family. [1]

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History and taxonomy

The genus Lulworthia was originally described in 1916 by George Kenneth Sutherland to contain the species Lulworthia fucicola, a fungus found on the seaweed commonly known as the bladder wrack at Lulworth on the coast of Dorset, UK. [2] The fungus has since been collected several times from submerged wood, but never again from the original algal host; it was subsequently reported that specimens found on wood were morphologically different from those originally described growing on algae. [3] Since the original specimens had deteriorated beyond use, a holotype was designated, using submerged-wood specimens found in Chile in 1984. [4]

Species

As accepted by Species Fungorum; [5]

Former species (all are still family Lulworthiaceae); [5]

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References

  1. Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM. (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota 2007". Myconet. Chicago, USA: The Field Museum, Department of Botany. 13: 1–58. Archived from the original on 2009-03-18.
  2. Sutherland GK. (1916). "Additional notes on marine pyrenomycetes". Transactions of the British Mycological Society. 5: 257–63. doi:10.1016/S0007-1536(14)80029-6.
  3. Kholmeyer J, Volkmann-Kohlmeyer B (2000). "Illustrated key to the filamentous higher marine fungi". Botanica Marina. 34: 1–61. doi:10.1515/botm.1991.34.1.1.
  4. Campbell J. (2005). "Neotypification of Lulworthia fucicola". Mycologia. 97 (2): 549–51. doi:10.3852/mycologia.97.2.549. PMID   16396361.
  5. 1 2 "Species Fungorum - Search Page - Lulworthia". www.speciesfungorum.org. Retrieved 17 July 2023.