Leiothecium dictyophorum S.M.Romero & Comerio, 2025

Romero, Stella Maris, Andrade, Ernesto Rodríguez, Romero, Andrea Irene, Amarilla, Leonardo David & Comerio, Ricardo M., 2025, A new heat-resistant species of Leiothecium Samson & Mouch. (Eurotiales, Ascomycota) from soil of Argentina, Cryptogamie, Mycologie 20 (4), pp. 51-60 : 56

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5252/cryptogamie-mycologie2025v46a4
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scientific name	Leiothecium dictyophorum S.M.Romero & Comerio
status	sp. nov.

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Leiothecium dictyophorum S.M.Romero & Comerio , sp. nov.

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DIAGNOSIS. — Leiothecium dictyophorum S.M.Romero & Comerio , sp. nov.; ex affinitate L. ellipsoidei Samson & Mouch. et L. cristati Y.Marín, Stchigel & Cano , ab utroque ascosporarum ornamento reticulato-foveato sine manifestis cristis distinctum.

Leiothecium dictyophorum S.M. Romero & Comerio sp. nov.; of the affinity of L. ellipsoideum Samson & Mouch. and L. cristatum Y. Marín, Stchigel & Cano , distinct from both by the ascospores’ ornament reticulate-foveate without prominent crests.

TYPE MATERIAL. — Argentina • Catamarca,RN 60 km 1016; 29°30’4”S, 65°37’57”W; 237 m alt.; 22.VIII.2011; S.M. Romero leg.; Holotype: BAFC 53468 About BAFC (dried culture); BAFCcult 4595 = FMR ≈15063, GoogleMaps

culture ex type; GenBank BenA sequence PP149064, rpb 2 sequence PP149071.

ADDITIONAL SPECIMENS STUDIED. — Argentina • Catamarca; RN 60 km 1102; 28°55’15”S, 66°08’46”W; 338 m alt.; 5.I.2009; BAFCcult 4599 = FMR 16764 View Materials GoogleMaps • RN 38 km 563; 28°35’5”S, 65°52’27”W; 522 m alt.; 12.I.2009; BAFCcult 4592 = FMR 15065 View Materials GoogleMaps • RN 60 km 1016; 29°30’4”S, 65°37’57”W; 237 m alt.; 2.I.2010; BAFCcult 4608= FMR 15066 View Materials GoogleMaps • RN 38 km 563; 28°35’5”S, 65°52’27”W; 522 m alt.; 23.VIII.2011; BAFCcult 4597 = FMR 15067 View Materials , FMR 16766 View Materials , BAFCcult 4596 = FMR 16767 View Materials GoogleMaps .

MYCOBANK. — MB857727.

ETYMOLOGY. — Dictyon (δικτΥΟΝ, net) and phorum (ΦΟΡΟς, bearing) were combined to coin dictyophorum (adj.): net-bearing; regarding the distinctly net-like ornamentation of ascospores.