Fungalpedia – Note 2542, Laboulbenia
Laboulbenia. Mont. & C.P. Robin.
Citation when using this data: Boonmee S et al. 2021 – Fungalpedia.
Index Fungorum, Facesoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank, Fig 1
Classification: Laboulbeniaceae, Laboulbeniales, Laboulbeniomycetidae, Laboulbeniomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi
Notes: Laboulbenia is by far the largest genus among the Laboulbeniales with about 650 described species, which represent almost one third of all the known species. Besides the accepted species, several subspecific taxa have also been described as subspecies, varieties and forms. The species of Laboulbenia occur on various families of beetles (Coleoptera), but are also found on flies (Diptera), bugs (Hemiptera), ants, (Hymenoptera), termites (Isoptera), cockroaches (Blattodea), crickets (Orthoptera) and mites (Acarina) (Kong et al. 2020). Very few sequences are available, and is still lacking, among many others, are those of the type species.
Type species: Laboulbenia rougetii Mont. & C.P. Robin, in Robin, Histoire naturelle des Vegetaux Parasites (Paris): 622 (1853).
Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Laboulbenia.
Figure 1 – Laboulbenia divisa (FI WR3479a, holotype). a Whole thallus from the type slide. b Upper portion of an immature thallus from the type slide. Scale bars: a, b = 100 μm.
References
Entry by
Saranyaphat Boonmee, Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai, 57100, Thailand, School of Science, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai, 57100, Thailand
Published online 6 June 2026