Fungalpedia – Note 2321, Latorua
Latorua. Crous.
Citation when using this data: Hongsanan S et al. 2020 – Fungalpedia, Ascomycota.
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Classification: Latoruaceae, Pleosporales, Pleosporomycetidae, Dothideomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi
Notes – Latorua was originally isolated from soil in Brazil (Crous et al. 2015a). ITS and LSU sequence data are available in GenBank for Latorua caligans. For morphology of type species see Crous et al. (2015a). Crane & Miller (2016) synonymized Latorua with Bahusandhika based on the similarity of the conidiogenous cells, conidial development and the morphological characters of the conidia without considering phylogenetic analysis.
Type species: Latorua caligans (Bat. & H.P. Upadhyay) Crous, IMA Fungus 6(1): 175 (2015).
≡ Bahusandhika caligans Bat. & H.P. Upadhyay, Atas Inst. Micol. Univ. Recife 2: 321 (1965).
Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Latorua.
Figure 1 – Latorua caligans (redrawn from Crous et al. 2015, CBS 576.65). a–c Conidiogenous cells giving rise to conidial chains. Scale bar: a–c = 10 μm.
References
Entry by
Sinang Hongsanan, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory for Plant Epigenetics, Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Microbial Genetic Engineering, College of Life Science and Oceanography, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, People’s Republic of China, Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand, Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agriculture, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50002, Thailand
Published online 17 April 2026