Fungalpedia – Note 3107, Laocoön
Laocoön J.C. David, Mycological Papers 172: 116 (1997).
Citation when using this data: Jian Ma et al. 2024 – Fungalpedia.
Index Fungorum, Faceoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank.
Classification: Mycosphaerellaceae, Mycosphaerellales, Dothideomycetidae, Dothideomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi.
Notes: Laocoön was described and introduced by David (1997), and typified by L. paradoxus based on its rough-walled, few septate, and helicoid conidia. Laocoön currently comprises a single species, L. paradoxus, found on Calea glomerata in Colombia (Index Fungorum 2024). Laocoön resembles Mycelephas in producing rough-walled helicoid conidia. However, Mycelephas differs from Laocoön in producing V-shaped, and multi-septate conidia, with a truncate base (David 1997; Gams et al. 2009; Cantillo-Pérez et al. 2017).
Type species: Laocoön paradoxus (Syd. & P. Syd.) J.C. David, Mycological Papers 172: 116 (1997).
Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Laocoön.
References
David JC. 1997 – A contribution to the systematics of Cladosporium: revision of the fungi previously referred to Heterosporium. CAB International.
Entry by
Jian Ma, School of Food and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Guizhou Institute of Technology, Guiyang 550003, P.R. China, 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 3 September 2026