Leptospora is a genus of fungi in the class Dothideomycetes. It was placed in the Phaeosphaeriaceae family.[2]

Leptospora
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Leptospora

Rabenh. [1]
Type species
Leptospora porphyrogona
(Tode) Rabenh.

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 Pers., Syn. meth. fung. (Göttingen) 1: 63 (1801).[3]

Species edit

As accepted by Species Fungorum;[4]

Former species;[4]

References edit

  1. ^ Hedwigia 1: 116 (1857)
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Chethana, Thilini (19 September 2022). "Eudarluca - Facesoffungi number: FoF 00245". Faces Of Fungi. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  4. ^ a b "Leptospora - Search Page". www.speciesfungorum.org. Species Fungorum. Retrieved 23 March 2023.

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