Leptodontidium is a genus of fungi belonging to the family Leptodontidiaceae.[2] The genus was circumscribed by G. Sybren de Hoog in 1979.[3]

Leptodontidium
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Leotiomycetes
Order: Helotiales
Family: Leptodontidiaceae
Genus: Leptodontidium
de Hoog (1979)
Type species
Leptodontidium elatius
(F.Mangenot) de Hoog (1979)
Synonyms[1]
  • Leptodontium de Hoog (1977)

Species edit

As of May 2024, Species Fungorum (in the Catalogue of Life) accepts 11 species of Leptodontidium:

References edit

  1. ^ "Synonymy. Current Name: Leptodontidium de Hoog, Taxon 28(4): 347 (1979)". Species Fungorum. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
  2. ^ "Leptodontidium". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
  3. ^ Hoog, G.S. de. (1979). "Nomenclatural notes on some black yeast-like hyphomycetes". Taxon. 28 (4): 347–348. doi:10.2307/1219743.
  4. ^ Rao, V.G.; Hoog, G.S. de. (1986). "New or critical Hyphomycetes from India". Studies in Mycology. 28: 1–84 [37].
  5. ^ Tsuneda, A.; Maerkawa, N.; Currah, R.S. (1996). "A new species of Leptodontidium from Quercus acutissima". Mycotaxon. 60: 485–490.