Lulworthia

Lulworthia is a genus of fungi within the Lulworthiaceae family.^[1]

Lulworthia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Sordariomycetes
Order:	Lulworthiales
Family:	Lulworthiaceae
Genus:	Lulworthia G.K. Sutherl.
Type species
Lulworthia fucicola G.K. Sutherl.

History and taxonomy

The genus Lulworthia was originally described in 1916 by George Kenneth Sutherland to contain the species Lulworthia fucicola, a fungus found on the seaweed commonly known as the bladder wrack at Lulworth on the coast of Dorset, UK.^[2] The fungus has since been collected several times from submerged wood, but never again from the original algal host; it was subsequently reported that specimens found on wood were morphologically different from those originally described growing on algae.^[3] Since the original specimens had deteriorated beyond use, a holotype was designated, using submerged-wood specimens found in Chile in 1984.^[4]

Species

As accepted by Species Fungorum;^[5]

• Lulworthia atlantica E. Azevedo, Caeiro & Barata (2017)
• Lulworthia attenuata T.W. Johnson (1958)
• Lulworthia bulgariae Parg.-Leduc (1967)
• Lulworthia calcicola Kohlm. & Volkm.-Kohlm. (1989)
• Lulworthia conica T.W. Johnson (1958)
• Lulworthia curalii (Kohlm.) Kohlm. & Volkm.-Kohlm. (1991)
• Lulworthia cylindrica (Linder) Cribb & J.W. Cribb (1955)
• Lulworthia floridana Meyers (1957)
• Lulworthia fucicola G.K. Sutherl. (1916)
• Lulworthia halima (Diehl & Mounce) Cribb & J.W. Cribb (1955)
• Lulworthia kniepii (Ade & Bauch) Petr. (1957)
• Lulworthia lindroidea Kohlm. (1980)
• Lulworthia longirostris (Linder) Cribb & J.W. Cribb (1955)
• Lulworthia longispora Cribb & J.W. Cribb (1955)
• Lulworthia maritima (Sacc.) Cribb & J.W. Cribb (1955)
• Lulworthia medusa (Ellis & Everh.) Cribb & J.W. Cribb (1955)
• Lulworthia opaca (Linder) Cribb & J.W. Cribb (1955)
• Lulworthia purpurea (I.M. Wilson) T.W. Johnson (1958)
• Lulworthia rotunda T.W. Johnson (1958)
• Lulworthia rufa (I.M. Wilson) T.W. Johnson (1958)
• Lulworthia salina (Linder) Cribb & J.W. Cribb (1955)
• Lulworthia submersa T.W. Johnson (1958)

Former species (all are still family Lulworthiaceae);^[5]

• L. crassa Nakagiri (1984) = Kohlmeyeriella crassa
• L. grandispora Meyers (1957) = Sammeyersia grandispora
• L. grandispora var. apiculata T.W. Johnson (1958) = Lulworthia medusa
• L. kniepii var. curalii Kohlm. (1984) = Lulworthia curalii
• L. lignoarenaria Jørg. Koch & E.B.G. Jones (1984) = Lulwoidea lignoarenaria
• L. medusa var. apiculata (T.W. Johnson) T. Booth (1983) = Lulworthia medusa
• L. medusa var. biscaynia Meyers (1957) = Lulworthia medusa
• L. medusa var. fucicola (G.K. Sutherl.) T. Booth (1983) = Lulworthia fucicola
• L. medusa var. halima (Diehl & Mounce) T. Booth (1983) = Lulworthia halima
• L. purpureus (I.M. Wilson) T.W. Johnson (1958) = Lulworthia purpurea
• L. rufus (I.M. Wilson) T.W. Johnson (1958) = Lulworthia rufa
• L. uniseptata Nakagiri (1984) = Lulwoana uniseptata