Stictographa lentiginosa. [Descriptions of Fungi and Bacteria].

Author(s):  
P. F. Cannon

Abstract A description is provided for Stictographa lentiginosa (Melaspilea lentiginosa), which is parasitic on thalli of the bark-inhabiting lichen Phaeographis dendritica, not causing significant necrosis of the host tissues but at least partially suppressing production of ascomata. Some information on its associated organisms and substrata, habitat, dispersal and transmission, and conservation status is given, along with details of its geographical distribution (North America (Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador)), South America (Brazil (Mato Grosso)), Asia (India (Himachal Pradesh)), Atlantic Ocean (Portugal (Madeira)), Europe (Denmark, France, Ireland, Portugal, UK), Pacific Ocean (USA (Hawaii))).

Author(s):  
P. F. Cannon

Abstract A description is provided for Trichoglossum rasum. Some information on its associated organisms and substrata, habitats, dispersal and transmission and conservation status is given, along with details of its geographical distribution (Central America (Panama), South America (Venezuela (Amazonas)), Asia (China (Yunnan), India (Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand), Malaysia, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea), Atlantic Ocean (Bermuda), Caribbean (Cuba and Jamaica), Europe (UK), Pacific Ocean (New Caledonia and USA (Hawaii))). No reports of negative economic impacts of this fungus have been found.


Author(s):  
D. W. Minter

Abstract A description is provided for Mycosphaerella iridis, a terrestrial fungus, parasitic and causing brownish spots on the distal parts of older leaves. Some information on its habitats, economic impacts, dispersal and transmission and conservation status is given, along with details of its geographical distribution (Africa (Zambia, Zimbabwe), North America (Canada (British Columbia, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Saskachewan, Quebec), USA (California, Colorado, Idaho, Indiana, New jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Utah, Wyoming), South America (Venezuela), Asia (Armenia, China, Cyprus, Georgia, India (Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir), Iran, Kazakhstan (Alma-Atinskaya oblast, Chimkentskaya oblast), Kyrgyzstan, Turkey, Turkmenistan), Australasia (New Zealand), Caribbean (St. Vincent), Europe (Austria, Belgium, former Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia (Leningradskaya oblast, Novgorodskaya oblast, Pskovskaya oblast, Yaroslavskaya oblast), Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, UK))) and hosts.


Author(s):  
D. W. Minter

Abstract A description is provided for Physcia tribacioides, a lichen-forming fungus growing in well-lit areas near the coast on trunks of trees with alkaline bark, particularly Ulmus spp., but also species of Acer, Fraxinus and Quercus, sometimes also on rocks near the sea and near bird perches. Some information on its dispersal and transmission and conservation status is given, along with details of its geographical distribution (Africa (Madagascar, Morocco, South Africa), Central America (Costa Rica), North America (Mexico, USA (Connecticut, Missouri, Texas)), Asia (Bahrain, India, Nepal, Oman, Singapore, Taiwan, Yemen), Atlantic Ocean (Portugal (Azores, Madeira)), Australasia (Australia (Tasmania), New Zealand, Papua New Guinea), Europe (Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, UK), Pacific Ocean (Vanuatu)).


Author(s):  
D. W. Minter

Abstract A description is provided for Anthostomella lugubris. Some information on its dispersal and transmission and conservation status is given, along with details of its geographical distribution (Atlantic Ocean (Spain, Islas Canarias), Europe (Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Ireland, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, UK), North America (USA, Florida), South America (Chile)) and habitats. Some members of Anthostomella are endobionts for part of their life cycle, but for the present species the time of substratum colonization and nutritional relations with the associated plants (including Ammophila arenaria) have not been established.


Author(s):  
P. F. Cannon

Abstract A description is provided for Leptogium britannicum, which is overwhelmingly a ground-dwelling species which tends to avoid highly acidic habitats. Some information on its associated organisms and substrata, habitat, dispersal and transmission, and conservation status is given, along with details of its geographical distribution (North America (USA (Vermont)), South America (Chile, Colombia), Asia (Sri Lanka), Atlantic Ocean (Portugal (Madeira)), Europe (Denmark (Faeroe Islands), France, Ireland, Norway, UK)). This species is routinely used in the British Isles as an indicator when making ecological assesments.


Author(s):  
D. W. Minter

Abstract A description is provided for Arthrinium sporophleum, which is found on dead attached or fallen often rather dry leaves, stems, straw, stubble. Some information on its associated organisms and substrata, habitat, dispersal and transmission, and conservation status is given, along with details of its geographical distribution (Africa (Eritrea, as Ethiopia in GBIF database), North America (Canada, USA (Alaska, California, New Jersey)), Asia (India (Uttarakhand)), Atlantic Ocean (Portugal (Madeira)), Australasia (New Zealand), Europe (Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK), Pacific Ocean (USA (Hawaii))). This species was one of many detected as contaminants in sealed bakery products, but only at a very low level and not listed among the species considered problematic because of mycotoxin production.


Author(s):  
D. W. Minter

Abstract A description is provided for Thecotheus crustaceus, which has been recorded on dung. Some information on its habitat, dispersal and transmission, and conservation status is given, along with details of its geographical distribution (North America (Canada (Ontario, Yukon), USA (California, Michigan, New York, North Dakota, Tennessee)), South America (Argentina), Asia (Azerbaijan, Japan, Taiwan), Atlantic Ocean (Portugal (Azores), Spain (Canary Islands)), Australasia (New Zealand), Europe (Bulgaria, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Serbia, Sweden, UK)). No evaluation has been made of any possible positive economic impact of this fungus (e.g. as a recycler, as a source of useful products, as a provider of checks and balances within its ecosystem, etc.). Also, no reports of negative economic impacts have been found.


Author(s):  
D. W. Minter

Abstract A description is provided for Anthostomella appendiculosa. Some information on its dispersal and transmission and conservation status is given, along with details of its geographical distribution (Asia (Georgia), Atlantic Ocean (Spain, Islas Canarias), Europe (France, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, UK), North America (USA), South America (Argentina)) and habitats. Some members of Anthostomella are endobionts for part of their life cycle, but for the present species the time of substratum colonization and nutritional relations with the associated plant (Rubus fruticosus) have not been established.


Author(s):  
P. F. Cannon

Abstract A description is provided for Anthostomella phaeosticta, which is most frequently found on dead leaves of grasses typical of coastal sand ecosystem; it has also been found on dead leaves of other monocot genera, again usually in coastal ecosystems. Some information on its habitats, dispersal and transmission and conservation status is given, along with details of its geographical distribution (North America (Canada, USA (Florida, Texas)), South America (Argentina, Chile), Australasia (New Zealand), Europe (Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Norway, Switzerland, UK), Pacific Ocean (USA (Hawaii))).


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Abstract A new distribution map is provided for Spiroplasma kunkelii Whitcomb, Chen et al. Bacteria. Hosts: maize (Zea mays), sweetcorn (Zea mays subsp. mays), teosinte (Zea mexicana) and perennial teosinte (Zea perennis). Information is given on the geographical distribution in North America (Mexico, USA, California, Florida, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Ohio, Texas), Central America and Caribbean (Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Panama), South America (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Colombia, Paraguay, Peru, Venezuela).


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