Lulworthia

Lulworthia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Sordariomycetes
Order: Lulworthiales
Family: Lulworthiaceae
Genus: Lulworthia
G.K. Sutherl.
Type species
Lulworthia fucicola
G.K. Sutherl.

Lulworthia is a genus of fungi within the Lulworthiaceae family.

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. 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. Since the original specimens had deteriorated beyond use, a holotype was designated, using submerged-wood specimens found in Chile in 1984.

Species

As accepted by Species Fungorum;

Former species (all are still family Lulworthiaceae);

References

  1. ↑ Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM. (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet. 13. Chicago, USA: The Field Museum, Department of Botany: 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.