Laboulbenia pasquetii F.Picard

Mishustin, Ruslan I., Khodosovtsev, Alexander Y. & Rossi, Walter, 2024, New species and new records of Laboulbeniales (Ascomycota) from countries surrounding the Black Sea, Cryptogamie, Mycologie 20 (11), pp. 139-149 : 143

Laboulbenia pasquetii F.Picard

EXAMINED MATERIAL. — Georgia • Kvemo Kartli, Gardabani municipality, shore of lake Kumisi ; 41°35’1”N, 44°51’35”E; 26.IV.2022; leg. R. Mishustin; slide #L00161; on the elytra of Chlaenius spoliatus (P.Rossi, 1792) (#i00127-1) .

KNOWN DISTRIBUTION. — Although reported from three continents of the Old World, this fungus does not seem to be common. To date it was found in Africa ( Algeria, Madagascar), Europe ( France, Spain, Ukraine), Asia ( Japan) ( Mishustin & Khodosovtsev 2022).

NOTES

The “known distribution” must be extended to the UK. The fungus listed as Laboulbenia schizogenii Thaxt. in Lazenby 2017 is actually L. pasquetii : fig. 28 leaves no doubt in this regard.