Euphoriomyces gillerforsii (Huggert) I.I.Tav.

MB#105309

Fig. 9A–C

Mycologia Memoirs 9: 218 (Tavares 1985). – Basionym: Asaphomyces gillerforsii Huggert, Svensk Botanisk Tidskrift 67: 245 (Huggert 1973) [MB#309030]. –

Type: “Gtl, Etelhem, 6.VII.1971, L. Huggert (L.H. 1202), on Colenis immunda Sturm. (Holotype)”; UME. [Sweden]

Diagnostic features

Thallus up to 85 µm long from foot to perithecial apex. Receptacle consisting of 3–6 superposed cells; only the uppermost of these cells, below the perithecium, isolates a unicellular secondary appendage (Fig. 9B, sa). Perithecium about twice longer than broad. [Detailed description: Santamaria 2003]

Distribution and hosts

Known from Sweden on Colenis (type), Cyrtusa, and Xanthosphaera Fairmaire, 1859 (Col. Leiodidae) (Huggert 2010), and only on Colenis from Spain, France, Hungary (Santamaria 1995b), Italy and Bulgaria (Rossi et al. 2019a).

Collections examined from Denmark

On Colenis immunda (Sturm, 1807) (Col. Leiodidae)

DENMARK – Lolland, Falster, Møn (LFM) • Møns Klint, Syd; 54°56.985′ N, 12°32.270′ E; UA49; 19 Aug. 2019; JP 1493; JP det.; ZMUC C-F-124079 • Søholt; 54°44.613′ N, 11°32.479′ E; PF66; 28 Jul. 2001; JP DrY0062; JP det.; ZMUC C-F-124128 . – Sydsjaelland (SZ) • Holmegårds Mose; 55°17.481′ N, 11°47.823′ E; PG73; 1 Jul. 1999; JP DrY0064; JP det.; ZMUC C-F-124130 • Strandegård Dyrehave; 55°11.799′ N, 12°7.953′ E; UB12; 23 May 2000; JP DrY0063; JP det.; ZMUC C-F-124129 .

Remarks

First record from Denmark. The new find is not surprising given the geographical proximity of the Swedish type record.