Lophiostoma macrostomum. [Descriptions of Fungi and Bacteria].
Abstract A description is provided for Lophiostoma macrostomum, 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 (Africa (Portugal, Malawi), North America (Canada, Ontario), USA (New Jersey, Oregon, Pennsylvania), South America (Argentina, Venezuela), Asia (China, Hong Kong, Xinjiang, India, Madhya Pradesh, Japan, Malaysia, Pakistan, Singapore), Australasia (Australia, Queensland), Europe (Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Georgia, Germany, Greenland, Ireland, Italy, Portugal, Russia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, UK)). L. macrostomum as currently circumscribed is a plurivorous species, mainly of wood and bark and less frequently of herbaceous stems.