Fungalpedia – Note 758, Lasiodiplodia

 

Lasiodiplodia Ellis & Everh.

Citation when using this data: Karimi O et al. 2025 (in prep.) – Fungalpedia, Ascomycota.

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Classification: Botryosphaeriaceae, Botryosphaeriales, Incertae sedis, Dothideomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi 

Clendenin (1896) established Lasiodiplodia (La.), with La. theobromae as the type species. Species in this genus are known to infect various woody plants, causing diseases such as cankers, dieback, fruit and root rot, and branch blights (Alves et al. 2008, Tibpromma et al. 2018, Zhang et al. 2021, Samarakoon et al. 2024, Tian et al. 2024). Currently, 88 records of Lasiodiplodia species are listed in Species Fungorum (2024). To date, one species of this genus (La. theobromae) has been reported from peat swamp forests (Pinuruan et al. 2007). In this study, we document La. brasiliensis and La. theobromae as new records on Cyrtostachys renda from the peat swamp forests in Narathiwat, Thailand

Type species: Lasiodiplodia tubericola Ellis & Everh., in Clendenin, Bot. Gaz. 21: 92 (1896).

Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Lasiodiplodia.

 

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Figure 1 – Lasiodiplodia brasiliensis (MFLU 24-0482, new host record). a Host. b Colonies on the PDA. c–e Conidiogenous cells, paraphyses and conidia. f Conidia. Scale bars: c, e = 30 μm, d = 40 μm, f = 25 μm.

 

References

Alves A, Crous PW, Correia A, Phillips AJL. 2008 – Morphological and molecular data reveal cryptic speciation in Lasiodiplodia theobromae. Fungal Diversity 28, 1–13.

Pinruan U, Hyde KD, Lumyong S, McKenzie EHC, Jones EBG 2007 − Occurrence of fungi on tissues of the peat swamp palm Licuala longicalycata. Fungal Diversity 25: 157−173.

Samarakoon BC, Wanasinghe DN, Samarakoon MC, Bundhun D, et al. 2024 – Exploring fungi: a taxonomic and phylogenetic study of leaf-inhabiting Ascomycota in Musa species from northern Thailand, with a global checklist. Mycosphere 15, 1901–2174.

Tian XG, Bao DF, Karunarathna SC, Jayawardena RS et al. 2024 – Taxonomy and phylogeny of ascomycetes associated with selected economically important monocotyledons in China and Thailand. Mycosphere 15, 1–274. 

Tibpromma S, Hyde KD, McKenzie EH, Bhat DJ, et al. 2018 – Fungal diversity notes 840–928: micro-fungi associated with Pandanaceae. Fungal Diversity 93, 1–160. 

 

Entry by

Omid Karimi, State Key Laboratory of Discovery and Utilization of Functional Components in Traditional Chinese Medicine & School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guizhou Medical University, Guian New District, Guizhou 550004, 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 28 July 2025

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