Laboulbenia cafii Thaxt.

Santamaria, Sergi & Pedersen, Jan, 2021, Laboulbeniomycetes (Fungi, Ascomycota) of Denmark, European Journal of Taxonomy 781, pp. 1-425 : 133-134

Laboulbenia cafii Thaxt.

MB#147111

Fig. 26B–C

Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 35: 162 ( Thaxter 1899). –

Type: [Not designated] [Ind. loc.] “ On Cafius seminitens Horn , and C. canescens Mann , U.S. National Museum, Los Angeles , California. On C. sericeus Holme, Brit. Mus. No. 437, Great Britain. On Cafius sp. , Brit. Mus. No. 425, “Europe”, No. 395, Hong Kong; C. bisulcatus Sol., Chili. On elytra and legs”; FH.

Diagnostic features

Cell V oval, as long and nearly as broad as cell IV, connected with cell III at the inner corner. Insertion cell very flattened, almost reduced to a blackened groove. Primary appendage compact, not separated into the two classical sets. Basal cell of appendage large and flattened, supporting several small, irregularly shaped cells which bear a variable number of short and simple branches, each consisting of 3–4 superposed, short, inflated cells which are separated from each other by constricted, dark septa. [Detailed descriptions: Thaxter 1908; Sugiyama 1973; Santamaria 1998]

Distribution and hosts

On Col. Staphylinidae of the genera Cafius , Remus Holme, 1837 and Phucobius Sharp, 1874 (the latter according to Sugiyama 1973) from Europe: France, Spain, United Kingdom, former Yugoslavia; America: Chile, USA; Asia: Hong Kong, India, Japan; and Oceania: Australia ( Santamaria et al. 1991). Also in Italy ( Colla 1934), Canary Islands ( Arndt & Santamaria 2004), China ( Shen & Ye 2006), Sweden ( Huggert 2010), and Singapore ( Haelewaters & Yaakop 2014). The old record from Belgium by De Kesel (1998) belongs to L. littoralis ( De Kesel & Haelewaters 2014a) .

Collections examined from Denmark

On Remus sericeus Holme, 1837 (Col. Staphylinidae Staphylininae )

DENMARK – Fyn (F) • Knudshoved ; 55°18.212′ N, 10°49.828′ E; PG13; 11 Nov. 2018; JP 1226; JP det.; ZMUC C-F-123753 . – Nordøstjylland (NEJ) • Deget Island ved Fredrikshavn ; 57°27.066′ N, 10°34.785′ E; NJ96; 10 Jul. 1893; J.P. Johansen Dry0145; J.P. Johansen det.; ZMUC C-F-124213 .

Remarks

First record from Denmark. This species is cosmopolitan, so its presence in Denmark was expectable.

Figures

Fig. 26. Laboulbenia spp. A. L. benjaminii Balazuc ex Santam. Mature thallus. – B–C. L. cafii Thaxt. B. Mature thallus. C. Submature thallus. – D. L. calathi. Mature thallus. Scale bars: 50 µm. Photographs from slides ZMUC C-F-122487 (A), ZMUC C-F-124213 (B–C), ZMUC C-F-122526 (D).