Checklist of Algerian fungi – Part 3: Laboulbeniales (Ascomycota)

Amrani, Said; Abdel-Azeem, Ahmed M.

doi:10.21608/mb.2019.37826

Checklist of Algerian fungi – Part 3: Laboulbeniales (Ascomycota)

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Said Amrani ¹
Ahmed M. Abdel-Azeem ²

¹ Laboratoire de Biologie du Sol Faculté des Sciences Biologiques USTHB BP32 El Alia - Bab Ezzouar ALGER 16111 - ALGERIA

² Department of Botany, Faculy of Science, Suez Canal University, Ismailia 41522, Egypt.

10.21608/mb.2019.37826

Abstract

Our third contribution to the checklist of Algerian fungi is dedicated to Labouls (Laboulbeniales, Laboulbeniomycetes) an a typical and very diversified group of microscopic fungi that unsure their nutrition and/or dispersal by being insect ectoparasites. By screening all available bibliographic sources and herbaria catalogues it was possible to delineate 66 species belonging to 26 genera that occurs in Algeria. Additionally a list of 8 erroneous or doubtful records unsupported by literature and/or herbarium material is provided. This checklist is the first comprehensive species list fully dedicated to Algerian Laboulbeniales.

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