Laboulbenia pasquetii F.Picard

EXAMINED MATERIAL. — Georgia • Kvemo Kartli, Gardabani municipality, shore of lake Kumisi; 41°35’1”N, 44°51’35”E; 26.IV.2022; leg. R. Mishustin; slide #L00161; on the elytra of Chlaenius spoliatus (P.Rossi, 1792) (#i00127-1) .

KNOWN DISTRIBUTION. — Although reported from three continents of the Old World, this fungus does not seem to be common. To date it was found in Africa (Algeria, Madagascar), Europe (France, Spain, Ukraine), Asia (Japan) (Mishustin & Khodosovtsev 2022).

NOTES

The “known distribution” must be extended to the UK. The fungus listed as Laboulbenia schizogenii Thaxt. in Lazenby 2017 is actually L. pasquetii: fig. 28 leaves no doubt in this regard.