Lophiotrema vagabundum. [Descriptions of Fungi and Bacteria].
Abstract A description is provided for Lophiostoma vagabundum, which is considered to be a saprobic fungus, colonizing dead plant tissues. Some information on its dispersal and transmission and conservation status is given, along with details of its geographical distribution (North America (Canada, British Columbia), USA (Georgia, New Jersey, Oklahoma), Europe (Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Sweden, UK)). L. vagabundum as currently circumscribed is a plurivorous species, associated almost exclusively with dead herbaceous stems of species belonging to Apiaceae, Araliaceae, Asteraceae, Balsaminaceae, Caprifoliaceae, Cornaceae, Geraniaceae, Gunneraceae, Hypericaceae, Iridaceae, Juncaceae, Lamiaceae, Lythraceae, Onagraceae, Poaceae, Polygonaceae, Ranunculaceae, Rosaceae, Rubiaceae, Salicaceae, Scrophulariaceae and Urticaceae.