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03A087FEDC2FC12C10CB7D17FFD188C1.text	03A087FEDC2FC12C10CB7D17FFD188C1.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Camptomyces africanus W. Rossi & M. Leonardi 2018	<div><p>Camptomyces africanus W. Rossi &amp; M. Leonardi sp. nov. (Figure 1a)</p> <p>MycoBank MB 826830</p> <p>Etymology:—From Africa, because the new species is the first in the genus Camptomyces recorded in this continent.</p> <p>Original description:—Basal cell of the receptacle (cell I) grayish brown, darker in the lower portion, elongate, evenly tapering to the foot. Suprabasal cell (cell II) separated from the basal by a slight constriction, its outline irregularly pentagonal, distinctly broader than long, colored grayish brown, darker in the lower third. Stalk-cell of the appendage (cell III) quadrangular, slightly broader than long, suffused with grayish brown. Basal cell of the antheridium flattened; compound antheridium smoky gray in fully mature thalli, broadly conical, with slightly asymmetrical and convex margins. Stalk-cell of the perithecium (cell VI) hyaline, small, quadrangular, broader than long. Cell VII hyaline, unusually large, slightly curved, enlarged distally. Perithecium light grayish brown, somewhat darker on the lower, inner portion, almost thrice longer than broad, distinctly asymmetrical, with the venter crescent-like, abruptly tapering to a subcylindrical, slightly sigmoid tip and ending in a flattened apex. Length from foot to tip of perithecium 205–215 μm; length from foot to tip of antheridium 105–115 μm; perithecium, including basal cells 135–140 × 50–52 μm; compound antheridium 32–35 μm; ascospores about 32 μm.</p> <p>Type: — SIERRA LEONE, Southern Province, Gola Rainforest National Park near Sileti camp, 24–26.XI.2015, W. Rossi, on Astenus sp. (Staphylinidae, Paederinae) (FI4057).</p> <p>Comments: —The description is based on three mature and three immature thalli found on the metasternum of the host insect.</p> <p>Camptomyces africanus is quite different from the other eight species in the same genus described thus far especially for the relatively small cell VI and the shape of the perithecium (Thaxter 1926). The most similar among the previously described species is apparently C. europaeus, which however has a symmetrically inflated venter tapering to the tip very gradually, a stockier and darker cell I, a flattened cell II, cell III bulging outwards, and a much larger cell VI (Rossi &amp; Cesari Rossi 1980).</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A087FEDC2FC12C10CB7D17FFD188C1	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Rossi, Walter;Leonardi, Marco	Rossi, Walter, Leonardi, Marco (2018): New species and new records of Laboulbeniales (Ascomycota) from Sierra Leone. Phytotaxa 358 (2): 91-116, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.358.2.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.358.2.1
03A087FEDC2FC12A10CB7E8BFD7F8C39.text	03A087FEDC2FC12A10CB7E8BFD7F8C39.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Corethromyces golaensis W. Rossi & M. Leonardi 2018	<div><p>Corethromyces golaensis W. Rossi &amp; M. Leonardi sp. nov. (Figure 1b)</p> <p>MycoBank MB 826831</p> <p>Etymology: —From the Gola Rainforest National Park, where this new species, with other two new species described in this same paper, was found.</p> <p>Original description: —Basal cell of the receptacle (cell I) irregularly trapezoidal, distinctly longer than maximum width, tinged with light brown. Suprabasal cell (cell II) irregularly quadrangular, slightly longer than broad and slightly darker than the basal cell. Stalk-cell of the appendage (cell III) chestnut brown, quadrangular, distinctly longer than broad. Primary axis of the appendage relatively short, consisting of large cell colored dark brown on the outer side, which gives rise internally and distally to long, slender and hyaline branchlets repeatedly divided dichotomously. Stalk-cell of the perithecium (cell VI) variably curved, hyaline, elongate, distinctly tapering to the base, broader distally than the secondary stalk-cell (cell VII) which is distinctly broader than long. Perithecium, including basal cells, about three times longer than broad, distinctly asymmetrical, subsigmoid, its lower portion slightly inflated, the posterior side more convex, the upper portion bent outwards, and the tip rather abruptly distinguished, light brown, tapering to a rounded apex. Length from foot to tip of perithecium 280–335 μm; length from foot to tip of longest appendages 390 μm; perithecium including basal cells 140–185 × 45–50 μm.</p> <p>Type: — SIERRA LEONE, Eastern Province, Gola Rainforest National Park near Lalehun, 4–5.II.2012, W. Rossi, on Afrobium sp. (Staphylinidae, Paederinae, Paederini, Cryptobiina) (FI3686).</p> <p>Additional material examined: — Northern Province, banks of the river Seli near Bumbuna, 12.V.1991, W. Rossi, on Afrobium sp. (paratype FI1650).</p> <p>Comments: —The description is based on the thalli found on the elytra of the host insect collected in the Gola Rainforest N.P. These thalli are broadly similar in the general habitus and especially in the shape of the perithecium to Corethromyces buccalis Thaxt., described on Rugilus ceylanensis (Kraatz) from Sumatra; the most striking difference among these parasites is a large and opaque outgrowth of the receptacle beside the very short appendage of C. buccalis (Thaxter 1931, Plate XXXIII, figs 16–17). The single thallus obtained from the insect collected near Bumbuna is similar to the “typical” form, although somewhat stockier.</p> <p>The thalli removed from the legs of the same insect are quite different: cells II, III and the lower cell of the appendage are blackish and opaque, the branchlets of the appendage are shorter on average and the perithecium is yellowish, symmetrical, oblong, with the basal cells and the tip reddish brown (Figure 1c). These thalli seem to be more similar to Coretromyces purpurascens Thaxt. than to any other described species. However, C. purpurascens, which is also parasitic on Cryptobiina, has a more elongate perithecium with concolorous basal cells and the receptacle wholly opaque with the exception of the basal cell (Rossi 2016).</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A087FEDC2FC12A10CB7E8BFD7F8C39	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Rossi, Walter;Leonardi, Marco	Rossi, Walter, Leonardi, Marco (2018): New species and new records of Laboulbeniales (Ascomycota) from Sierra Leone. Phytotaxa 358 (2): 91-116, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.358.2.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.358.2.1
03A087FEDC29C12A10CB7A92FF248884.text	03A087FEDC29C12A10CB7A92FF248884.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Diaphoromyces minutissimus W. Rossi & M. Leonardi 2018	<div><p>Diaphoromyces minutissimus W. Rossi &amp; M. Leonardi sp. nov. (Figures 1d and 1e)</p> <p>MycoBank MB 826832</p> <p>Etymology:—From Latin = very small, because the new species is not only much smaller than the other species in the same genus, but it is also one of the smallest among the Laboulbeniales.</p> <p>Original description:—Thallus minute, hyaline and broadly rounded in outline, abruptly enlarged above the small, stalk-like basal cell. Triseriate; median series consisting of a single, elongate and falcate cell bearing distally a small appendiculate cell; posterior series of two cells, the lower of which is irregularly pentagonal, while the upper is slender and elongate, distinctly smaller than the cell of the median series laying beside it and bearing distally a domeshaped cell subtended by a tiny flattened cell, the two forming the base of the primary appendage; anterior series of two cells, the lower broadly triangular, the upper small and flattened. Appendages two, very long and slender, usually dividing dichotomously once or twice. Perithecium broadly elliptical, tilted inward, its longer axis forming an angle of about 45° with the axis of the receptacle, its outer margin free while less than one third is free on the inner side, regularly tapering to the subconical tip and rounded apex. Length from foot to perithecial apex 45–57 μm; perithecium 26–42 × 15–28 μm; longest appendage 65 μm.</p> <p>Type: — SIERRA LEONE, Western Area, Sussex beach, under the bark of a fallen tree 8°20’54.5”N, 13°13’53.8”W, 28.XI.2015, W. Rossi, on various parts of the body of Clavilispinus sp. (Staphylinidae, Osoriinae) (FI4066a). Additional material examined: —Same data as the type (isotype FI4066b, paratype FI4063). A total of 20 mature thalli and 8 others at various stages of development have been observed.</p> <p>Comments: —The genus Diaphoromyces Thaxt. included thus far four species only, three of which previously described as members of the related genus Rickia. Two of the latter, D. marginatus (Thaxt.) Thaxt. and D. zirophori (Thaxt.) Thaxt. are large and very elongate species, reaching respectively 650 and 400 μm (Thaxter 1931). The former is only known from the type series, occurring on Heterophaga punctulata Motschulsky (Tenebrionidae) in Sri Lanka (Thaxter 1931), while the latter was reported from a few countries of Central and South America on various species of the genus Piestus (Staphylinidae) (Bernardi et al. 2014). The other two species are smaller, but at least four times larger than the largest thallus of Diaphoromyces minutissimus. These are D. kuschelii A. Weir &amp; W. Rossi, parasitic on Menimus spp. (Tenebrionidae) from New Zealand (Weir &amp; Rossi 1997) and D. lispini (Thaxt.) Thaxt. occurring on Staphilinidae (see further on). The latter fungus seems to be the most closely related to the new one, from which it can be distinguished at first sight for the distinctly more elongate habitus, which is due to a much more elongate receptacle.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A087FEDC29C12A10CB7A92FF248884	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Rossi, Walter;Leonardi, Marco	Rossi, Walter, Leonardi, Marco (2018): New species and new records of Laboulbeniales (Ascomycota) from Sierra Leone. Phytotaxa 358 (2): 91-116, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.358.2.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.358.2.1
03A087FEDC29C12910CB7ED7FFA28A5A.text	03A087FEDC29C12910CB7ED7FFA28A5A.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Laboulbenia antemnalis W. Rossi & M. Leonardi 2018	<div><p>Laboulbenia antemnalis W. Rossi &amp; M. Leonardi sp. nov. (Figures 2b and 2c)</p> <p>MycoBank MB 826834</p> <p>Etymology:—From Latin antemna because most of the thalli of this fungus were found on the antennae of the host insects.</p> <p>Dioecious. Female thallus with the basal cell of the receptacle (cell I) hyaline, almost twice longer than maximum width, slightly enlarging from below upwards. Suprabasal cell (cell II) pale reddish brown, distinctly longer and slightly broader than the basal, separated from the stalk cell of the appendage by a short, horizontal septum and from the stalk cell of the perithecium (cell VI) by a much longer, very oblique and concave septum. Undivided stalk cell of the appendage (III+IV+V) concolorous with cell II, about 2.5 times longer than broad, almost wholly free and divergent from the perithecium. Appendage very long (when unbroken), consisting of a linear series of elongate cells gradually paler and slenderer. Cell VI russet, almost flattened, slightly concave. Basal cells of the perithecium small, concolorous with cell VI, their surface punctuate. Perithecium reddish brown, slightly paler than the cells below, free except for its base on the inner side, about twice longer than maximum width, with the inner margin more convex than the outer, tapering more or less evenly to the tip, which is not abruptly distinguished, distinctly bent outwards and blackened on the inner side only; apex flattened, consisting of large, hyaline, subequal lips. Length from foot to tip of perithecium 120–135 μm. Longest appendage 150 μm. Perithecium 49–63 × 23–28 μm.</p> <p>Male thallus consisting of a linear series of cells gradually longer and slenderer. In very early stages the terminal cell acts as a phialide, which soon elongates and gets broken. Total length 45–55 μm.</p> <p>Type: — SIERRA LEONE, Northern Province, near Bendugu, 21.XI.1984, W. Rossi, on Macrotermes bellicosus (Smeathman) (Isoptera, Termitidae, Macrotermitinae) (FI4270).</p> <p>Additional material examined: —Same data of the type (paratypes FI4271, FI4281a, FI4281b, FI4281c).</p> <p>Comments: —Among the very many species of Laboulbenia described to date, very few have a female thallus lacking an inner appendage paired with a rudimentary thallus consisting of a linear series of five cells. These fungi are considered dioecious, although sometimes there is no evidence of a functional antheridium on the rudimentary thallus, and are all found on ground beetles (Coleoptera, Carabidae). The only species among these latter parasites sharing with L. antemnalis a female thallus bearing an undivided stalk-cell of the appendage (cell III+IV+V) is L. endogea Picard, occurring on several species of endogean Scartinae in Sardinia (Rossi &amp; Santamaria 2008). However, L. antemnalis and L. endogea differ in every other feature and there is nothing suggesting that the two are related.</p> <p>Interestingly, the species more similar to L. amntemnalis was described in a different genus: Apatomyces laboulbenioides Thaxt. occurring on Tachys ceylonicus (Nietner) (Carabidae) from the Philippines. The latter parasite shares with the former the undivided stalk-cell of the appendage, the presence of a tiny male thallus adherent to the foot of the female, and also the lack of an insertion cell; the most obvious difference between the two species is the ramified appendage of A. laboulbenioides (Thaxter 1931). It is almost superfluous to add that a review of the taxonomic position of A. laboulbenioides, which is the type species of the monotypic genus Apatomyces Thaxt., seems more than appropriate.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A087FEDC29C12910CB7ED7FFA28A5A	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Rossi, Walter;Leonardi, Marco	Rossi, Walter, Leonardi, Marco (2018): New species and new records of Laboulbeniales (Ascomycota) from Sierra Leone. Phytotaxa 358 (2): 91-116, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.358.2.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.358.2.1
03A087FEDC2AC12710CB7C75FC0E8C50.text	03A087FEDC2AC12710CB7C75FC0E8C50.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Laboulbenia buccalis W. Rossi & M. Leonardi 2018	<div><p>Laboulbenia buccalis W. Rossi &amp; M. Leonardi sp. nov. (Figures 1f and 2a)</p> <p>MycoBank MB 826854</p> <p>Etymology:—From Latin bucca (= mouth), because the thalli of this species, with very few exceptions, are found on the mouthparts of the host insects.</p> <p>Dioecious. Female thallus with cells III and IV of the receptacle and perithecium grayish brown; the perithecial tip is dark brown, while the rest of the fungus is paler, with cell I and appendages almost hyaline. Receptacle short, with the basal cell (cell I) longer than maximum width. Suprabasal cell (cell II) about as long as the basal, separated from cell III by a short, almost horizontal septum and from cell VI by a much longer, oblique or concave septum. Cell III quadrangular, about as long or slightly shorter than cell II but wider than the latter. Cell IV smaller than cell III, with the outer margin usually convex. Cell V shield-shaped, separated from cell IV by an oblique septum reaching cell III in its upper, inner angle. Insertion cell thick, distinctly shorter than the upper side of cells IV and V. Outer appendage simple and elongate. Inner appendage consisting of a small basal cell that gives rise on either side to an elongate, simple branch similar, but shorter than the outer and hardly exceeding the perithecial apex; these branches of the inner appendage do not develop simultaneously and are usually of different length, especially in younger thalli. Stalk-cell of the perithecium (cell VI) oblique, distinctly broader than long. Perithecium free for about 2/3 of its length, subelliptical, with a slight hunch on the ventral side at the septum between the 2 nd and the 3 rd layer of wall cells, above which it tapers rather abruptly to the darker tip; apex distinctly turned outwards, consisting of large, rounded and unequal lips, the dorsal being distinctly taller. Length from foot to tip of perithecium 133–157 μm; perithecium 73–90 × 30–47 μm; longest appendage 130 μm.</p> <p>Male thallus paired with the female and similar to the latter, but never developing the perithecium. Inner appendage consisting of a small basal cell that gives rise on either side to an elongate cell bearing apically a single antheridium with a short, curved and abruptly tapering neck; sometimes also the inner appendage develops a short branchlet, especially in older specimens, which however do not replace the antheridia. Length from foot to tip of antheridia 87–99 μm; longest appendage 157 μm.</p> <p>Type: — SIERRA LEONE, Occra Hills, 31.XII.1988, W. Rossi, on mouthparts of a worker of Amitermes evuncifer Silvestri (Isoptera, Termitidae, Amitermitinae) (FI4076).</p> <p>Additional material examined: —Same dada of the type (paratype FI4075); same data of the type, on the mouthparts and on the anterior right tibia of a soldier (paratype FI4077); same data of the type, on the mouthparts of a nymph with wing pads (paratype FI4078). Very many thalli have been examined.</p> <p>Comments: —The species of Laboulbenia occurring on termites described to date are five (excluding L. antemnalis described above). These are L. hagenii Thaxt., L. felicis-caprae W. Rossi, L. geminata Buchli ex W. Rossi et Blackwell, L. brignolii W. Rossi et Blackwell, and L. ghanaensis W. Rossi et Blackwell (Rossi &amp; Blackwell 1986). All these parasites were found in the African continent and none of them was recorded a second time. The female thalli of L. buccalis share with L. felicis-caprae and L. ghanaensis a simple outer appendage, but obviously lack any antheridium on the inner appendage. Antheridia are two in L. felicis-caprae and one only in L. ghanaensis. L. buccalis differs from the other two species also in the shape of the perithecial tip, which is more slender, with the apex distinctly oblique directed outwards in the new species.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A087FEDC2AC12710CB7C75FC0E8C50	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Rossi, Walter;Leonardi, Marco	Rossi, Walter, Leonardi, Marco (2018): New species and new records of Laboulbeniales (Ascomycota) from Sierra Leone. Phytotaxa 358 (2): 91-116, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.358.2.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.358.2.1
03A087FEDC24C12710CB7A7CFD7489A4.text	03A087FEDC24C12710CB7A7CFD7489A4.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Laboulbenia insolita W. Rossi & M. Leonardi 2018	<div><p>Laboulbenia insolita W. Rossi &amp; M. Leonardi sp. nov. (Figures 3a and 3b)</p> <p>MycoBank MB 826855</p> <p>Etymology:—From Latin insolitus = strange, because of the unusual perithecial appendage.</p> <p>Original description:—Thallus grayish brown, with darker perithecium; apical appendage very dark brown, somewhat paler at the distal ends; surface of the receptacle and of perithecium distinctly rugose. Basal cell of the receptacle (cell I) irregularly cylindrical, about three times as long as maximum width. Suprabasal cell (cell II), slightly shorter than the basal and gradually narrowed from below upwards. Cell III cup-shaped, slightly shorter than maximum width. Cell IV slightly larger than cell III, irregularly pentagonal, with the outer margin distinctly convex. Cell V relatively large, situated above cell IV, between the perithecium and the narrow and thick insertion cell. Outer appendage consisting of a large basal cell bulging outwards and bearing distally two cells, both giving rise to two simple branchlets with the lower cells much shorter than the distal ones and the tips slightly extending beyond the perithecial apex. Inner appendage consisting of a basal cell slightly smaller than the outer, bearing distally a single cell which gives rise to a couple of branchlets identical with those of the outer appendage. Cell VI very small, from slightly to distinctly broader than long. Perithecium obovoid, with the wall cells arranged spirally and with an invaginated tip flanked by a peculiar outgrowth resembling the handle of an anatomical walking stick. Length from foot to tip of perithecial outgrowth 260–320 μm; length from foot to tip of longest appendages 425 μm; perithecium, without outgrowth 108–132 × 60–75 μm; length of the same with outgrowth 120–155 μm; length of the horizontal portion of the outgrowth 38–47 μm.</p> <p>Type: — SIERRA LEONE, Western Area, Regent, Jan 1977, W. Rossi, on the mesosternum of Abacetus (Triaenabacetus) cf. pubescens Dejean (Coleoptera, Carabidae) (FI4071). Six mature thalli have been observed.</p> <p>Comments: —The peculiar shape of the perithecial outgrowth easily distinguish the new species from all the many others in the same genus. This outgrowth is vaguely similar to the one of Laboulbenia ceratophora Thaxt., which however adheres to the perithecial tip without a distinct “stalk” as in L. insolita (Thaxter 1908, Plate LX, Figs. 32–35). Moreover, in L. ceratophora the perithecium is slender and it is joined to the insertion cell. This latter fungus is parasitic on various Carabidae in Indonesia and New Guinea.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A087FEDC24C12710CB7A7CFD7489A4	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Rossi, Walter;Leonardi, Marco	Rossi, Walter, Leonardi, Marco (2018): New species and new records of Laboulbeniales (Ascomycota) from Sierra Leone. Phytotaxa 358 (2): 91-116, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.358.2.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.358.2.1
03A087FEDC24C12510CB7E28FF3B8B5C.text	03A087FEDC24C12510CB7E28FF3B8B5C.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Laboulbenia kingsleyae W. Rossi & M. Leonardi 2018	<div><p>Laboulbenia kingsleyae W. Rossi &amp; M. Leonardi sp. nov. (Figure 3c)</p> <p>MycoBank MB 826856</p> <p>Etymology:—The new species in named after Mary H. Kingsley (1862–1900), English writer and explorer, who travelled through Sierra Leone in 1883.</p> <p>Original description:—Thallus yellowish brown, darker in the upper portion of cell I, in the lower portion of the appendages, and on the upper, dorsal portion of the receptacle; the lower portion of cell I is very pale, nearly hyaline, sometimes contrasting with the much darker upper portion. Basal cell of the receptacle (cell I) slender and elongate, above which the receptacle enlarges symmetrically forming an isosceles triangle. Suprabasal cell (cell II) rather stocky, pentagonal, about as long as the basal. Cell III broadly quadrangular, about twice as long as it is broad. Cell IV longer than cell III, divided by transverse septa into three or four superimposed cells and extended upward beyond the black insertion cell forming a large, blunt prominence. Cell V relatively large, shield-shaped. Outer appendage consisting of a large, irregularly quadrangular basal cell bearing distally three cells, each giving rise to two stiff, straight, suberect simple branchlets with the distal portion gradually paler and more slender, slightly exceeding the perithecial apex; the outermost of these branchlets is much darker than the others, directed outwards and usually broken. Inner appendage consisting of a trapezoidal basal cell slightly smaller than the outer, producing distally a few short branchlets bearing several elongate and falcate antheridia; the latter are very soon replaced by branchlets identical with those of the outer appendage, with which they form a dense tuft in mature specimens. Stalk-cell of the perithecium (cell VI) slightly longer than cell III. Basal cells of the perithecium relatively large. The latter wholly free, elongate, subfusiform, regularly tapering to a subconical tip ending in rounded lips, the inner (dorsal) of which are subtended by a blackish area. Length from foot to tip of perithecium 410–480 μm; length from foot to tip of longest appendages 490 (720) μm; perithecium 195–235 × 60–75 μm.</p> <p>Type: — SIERRA LEONE, Western Area, Regent, Jan 1977, W. Rossi, near the tip of the ventral side of the abdomen of Abacetus (Triaenabacetus) cf. pubescens Dejean (Carabidae) (FI4070).</p> <p>Additional material examined: —Same data of the type, at the tip of the elytra (paratype FI4071); same data of the type, at the tip of the abdomen, 6–9.II.1992 (paratype FI4083). A total of 8 mature and 10 other thalli at various stages of development have been studied.</p> <p>Comments: —Because of the division of cell IV and the same bulging upward, at a first glance the new species reminds Laboulbenia anoplogenii. However, the appendages of the two parasites are very different: in L. kingsleyae these are brush-like, with the branchlets straight and hardly exceeding the perithecial apex, while in L. anoplogenii the branchlets are long, flexuous and usually much fewer (Terada 2001). Moreover the new species has a black and opaque insertion cell (the same is reddish in L. anoplogenii), the receptacle distinctly stockier, the perithecium more slender and elongate.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A087FEDC24C12510CB7E28FF3B8B5C	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Rossi, Walter;Leonardi, Marco	Rossi, Walter, Leonardi, Marco (2018): New species and new records of Laboulbeniales (Ascomycota) from Sierra Leone. Phytotaxa 358 (2): 91-116, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.358.2.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.358.2.1
03A087FEDC26C12410CB7D70FECC8E44.text	03A087FEDC26C12410CB7D70FECC8E44.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Laboulbenia penetrans W. Rossi & M. Leonardi 2018	<div><p>Laboulbenia penetrans W. Rossi &amp; M. Leonardi sp. nov. (Figure 2d)</p> <p>MycoBank MB 826857</p> <p>Etymology:—From the Latin verb penetro = to penetrate, because the fungus penetrates with an haustorium into the host insect.</p> <p>Original description:—Receptacle pale grayish yellow, consisting of a cup shaped, basal cell (cell I) slightly longer than broad, and a much longer suprabasal cell (cell II) with nearly parallel margins, with the surface distinctly rugose in mature thalli. Cell III+IV+V elongate, outer margin distinctly convex in mature thalli, free from the perithecium. Basal cell of the appendage small, distinctly shorter than broad, with a grayish lower half and a hyaline upper half, giving rise externally to a short, simple branch and on the inner side to an almost rounded cell bearing two pairs of antheridia, one sessile, the other on top of an elongate cell. Antheridia grayish, bottle-shaped, sometimes replaced by short branchlets in older thalli. Stalk-cell of the perithecium (cell VI) relatively small, broader than long. Perithecium dark brownish gray, broadly pear-shaped, evenly tapering to a paler tip and ending with three subhyaline and elongated lips, of which two are longer and slightly divergent, the third shorter and larger. The thallus penetrates inside the integument of the host insect with a short and stocky haustorium consisting a subsphaerical base beneath cell I producing laterally a large but short hypha. Length to tip of perithecium 410–500 μm; perithecium 125 × 50–55 μm; longest appendage 70 μm.</p> <p>Type: — SIERRA LEONE, Western Area, Regent, 27.I.2013, W. Rossi, between mid coxae of Stereocerellus singularis (Becker) (Diptera, Chloropidae) (FI4072). Three mature and 3 immature thalli have been observed.</p> <p>Comments:— Laboulbenia penetrans is clearly allied to L. dahlii (Thaxt.) Thaxt., described in 1901 (as Ceraiomyces dahlii) on a “small flower fly” from Ralum, “New Pomerania” (now New Britain in the Bismarck Archipelago of Papua New Guinea). However, the latter parasite has a spherical cell I, slenderer and darker stalk cell of the appendages, much larger and much darker basal cell of the same, the perithecium slender and elongate with the tip distinctly curving outwards. Also L. curtonoti W. Rossi &amp; Kirk-Spriggs, parasitic on the African fly Curtonotum balachowskyi Tsacas, bears a penetrating haustorium, but it is different in almost any other characteristics (Rossi &amp; Kirk-Spriggs 2011).</p> <p>It is worth mentioning that the following finding (unpublished) of Laboulbenia dahlii by the German dipterologist Michael von Tschirnhaus shed some light on the identity of the “small flower fly” mentioned by Thaxter: INDONESIA, Moluccas (Maluku) Islands, island Palau Jamdena, east coast near the village Tumbur, 7°50’41”S, 131°23’11”E, on Talipariti tiliaceum (L.) Fryxell (Malvaceae) (common name: Sea Hibiscus), 15.III.1989, J. Dürbaum, on the head of a few specimens of Eutropha noctilux (Walker) (Chloropidae). Because the latter insect is widely distributed and is also present in the Bismark Archipelago, it is possible that the host of the type of Laboulbenia dahlii was Eutropha noctilux.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A087FEDC26C12410CB7D70FECC8E44	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Rossi, Walter;Leonardi, Marco	Rossi, Walter, Leonardi, Marco (2018): New species and new records of Laboulbeniales (Ascomycota) from Sierra Leone. Phytotaxa 358 (2): 91-116, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.358.2.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.358.2.1
03A087FEDC27C12410CB7FDEFCF88892.text	03A087FEDC27C12410CB7FDEFCF88892.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Chitonomyces chinensis Thaxter, Memoirs	<div><p>Chitonomyces chinensis Thaxter, Memoirs of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 14: 405, 1924.</p> <p>Known distribution. Recorded thus far from South and East Asia only (Cambodia, China, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Taiwan and Thailand) on various species of Laccophilus (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae) (Try et al. 2017).</p> <p>New record from Sierra Leone. Southern Province, Gola Rainforest National park, near Sileti Camp, 29.I.2013, W. Rossi, just below the middle of the right epipleura of Laccophilus leonensis Régimbart.</p> <p>Remarks. First record for the African continent.</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A087FEDC27C12410CB7FDEFCF88892	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Rossi, Walter;Leonardi, Marco	Rossi, Walter, Leonardi, Marco (2018): New species and new records of Laboulbeniales (Ascomycota) from Sierra Leone. Phytotaxa 358 (2): 91-116, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.358.2.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.358.2.1
03A087FEDC27C12410CB7808FF468BC0.text	03A087FEDC27C12410CB7808FF468BC0.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Rhachomyces carbonii W. Rossi & M. Leonardi 2018	<div><p>Rhachomyces carbonii W. Rossi &amp; M. Leonardi sp. nov. (Figure 3d)</p> <p>MycoBank MB 826858</p> <p>Etymology:—Named after Graziano Carboni, for his invaluable help during the collecting journeys in Sierra Leone of the first author.</p> <p>Original description:—Axis of the receptacle usually falcate, consisting of 19–30 cells gradually enlarging from the foot to the base of the perithecium. These cells are black on the anterior side and gradually paler on the ventral; because the width of blackish area remains almost constant along the axis, the lower and more slender cells are entirely black, while the upper, larger cells are almost hyaline on the dorsal side. Appendages one-sided, slender and stiff, gradually longer and more numerous from below upwards, the shorter ones almost entirely blackish brown, the longest with a distinctly curved and paler tip. Antheridial appendages paired to the sterile appendages in the upper portion of the axis, dark brown colored, consisting of a short lower cell and terminated by a long and slender antheridium. Perithecium born on a very short and almost hyaline stalk, light brown, oblong, slightly asymmetrical, the anterior side straight to slightly concave, the posterior convex, the wall cells slightly spiral, the tip rather abruptly differentiated and much darker, the apex rounded and almost hyaline. Length from foot to perithecial apex 560–800 μm; perithecium (including basal cells) 175–200 × 35–45 μm; antheridia 30–39 μm. longest appendages 205 μm;</p> <p>Type: — SIERRA LEONE, Southern Province, Gola Rainforest National Park near Nemahugoima, 31.I–3.II.2012, W. Rossi, on an undescribed species of Tracypum (Staphylinidae, Paederinae, Paederini, Cryptobiina) (FI3685). Seven mature and 4 immature thalli were examined.</p> <p>Comments: —Among the described species of Rhachomyces, the one most similar to R. carbonii is R. abusculus Thaxt., parasitic on an unidentified rove-beetle “allied to Lathrobium ” from Liberia (Thaxter 1896). The two species have a similar habitus, but R. abusculus has shorter appendages with a different apex, cells of the receptacle much less pigmented and not strongly different in size, the perithecium spindle-shaped regularly tapering to the apex without any abrupt constriction.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A087FEDC27C12410CB7808FF468BC0	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Rossi, Walter;Leonardi, Marco	Rossi, Walter, Leonardi, Marco (2018): New species and new records of Laboulbeniales (Ascomycota) from Sierra Leone. Phytotaxa 358 (2): 91-116, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.358.2.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.358.2.1
03A087FEDC20C12310CB78DCFFD68DBC.text	03A087FEDC20C12310CB78DCFFD68DBC.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Chitonomyces paradoxus (Peyr.) Thaxter, Memoirs	<div><p>Chitonomyces paradoxus (Peyr.) Thaxter, Memoirs of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 12: 287, 1896.</p> <p>Known distribution. Widespread species reported from Europe, Asia, Central America and U.S.A. on various species of Laccophilus (Try et al. 2017).</p> <p>New record from Sierra Leone. Southern Province, Gola Rainforest National Park, near Sileti Camp, 29.I.2013, W. Rossi, on the distal portion of the right elytra of Laccophilus leonensis.</p> <p>Remarks. Although Chitonomyces paradoxus is not only widespread but also quite common, it was never found in the African continent thus far.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A087FEDC20C12310CB78DCFFD68DBC	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Rossi, Walter;Leonardi, Marco	Rossi, Walter, Leonardi, Marco (2018): New species and new records of Laboulbeniales (Ascomycota) from Sierra Leone. Phytotaxa 358 (2): 91-116, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.358.2.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.358.2.1
03A087FEDC20C12310CB7998FB7A8EF0.text	03A087FEDC20C12310CB7998FB7A8EF0.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Chitonomyces psittacopsis Thaxter, Proceedings	<div><p>Chitonomyces psittacopsis Thaxter, Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 37: 30, 1901.</p> <p>Known distribution. A relatively widespread but apparently uncommon species, reported from the American (Grenada, Trinidad, U.S.A.) and Asian continents (China, Indonesia, Japan) on the posterior legs of various species of Laccophilus (Shen &amp; Ye 2006).</p> <p>New record from Sierra Leone. Southern Province, Gola Rainforest National Park, near Sileti Camp, 29.I.2013, W. Rossi, on the distal spine of the right posterior tibia of Laccophilus leonensis.</p> <p>Remarks. The new record from Sierra Leone is the first for Africa of this large and unmistakable species.</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A087FEDC20C12310CB7998FB7A8EF0	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Rossi, Walter;Leonardi, Marco	Rossi, Walter, Leonardi, Marco (2018): New species and new records of Laboulbeniales (Ascomycota) from Sierra Leone. Phytotaxa 358 (2): 91-116, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.358.2.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.358.2.1
03A087FEDC20C12310CB7A10FCC98AC4.text	03A087FEDC20C12310CB7A10FCC98AC4.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Chitonomyces simplex (Thaxt.) Thaxter, Memoirs	<div><p>Chitonomyces simplex (Thaxt.) Thaxter, Memoirs of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 12: 292, 1896.</p> <p>Known distribution. Reported to date from the American continent only (Brazil, Grenada, Guatemala, Panama, Trinidad, U.S.A.) on various species of Laccophilus (Haelewaters et al. 2017).</p> <p>New record from Sierra Leone. Southern Province, Gola Rainforest National Park, near Sileti Camp, 29.I.2013, W. Rossi, on the distal portion of the right elytra of Laccophilus leonensis.</p> <p>Remarks. First record for the whole African continent.</p> <p>Corethromyces rostellatus Thaxter, Memoirs of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 16: 214, 1931 (Figure 3f)</p> <p>Known distribution. This “very striking species,” as described by Thaxter (1931), is only known from the type series, which was found in Cameroon on Sepedophilus (as Conosoma) obesus (Boheman) (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae).</p> <p>New record from Sierra Leone. Western Area, base of Picket Hill, on lignicolous mushrooms, 1.XI.1995, W. Rossi, on the abdominal bristles of a few specimens of Sepedophilus sp.</p> <p>Remarks. On one of the host insects bearing Correthromyces rostellatus, were also found thalli of C. spectabilis Thaxt. and Stichomyces vesiculifer Thaxt. (see below).</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A087FEDC20C12310CB7A10FCC98AC4	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Rossi, Walter;Leonardi, Marco	Rossi, Walter, Leonardi, Marco (2018): New species and new records of Laboulbeniales (Ascomycota) from Sierra Leone. Phytotaxa 358 (2): 91-116, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.358.2.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.358.2.1
03A087FEDC20C12210CB7E58FD328E29.text	03A087FEDC20C12210CB7E58FD328E29.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Dimeromyces geminander Thaxter, Proceedings	<div><p>Dimeromyces geminander Thaxter, Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 55: 253, 1920.</p> <p>Known distribution. Described on three species of Diacantha (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae) from Cameroon and never reported since (Balazuc 1988).</p> <p>New record from Sierra Leone. Western Area, Guma Valley, 30.X.1991, W. Rossi, on distal portion of the elytra of Phyllobotricella cf. citrina Weise.</p> <p>Remarks. The male thalli from Sierra Leone have paired antheridia on the upper cell of the receptacle, which is said to be a distinctive characteristic of Dimeromyces geminander. However, it is not easy to distinguish this species from D. alaucophorae Thaxt., a variable and widespread species parasitic on various genera of the Galerucinae reported from several tropical countries in Africa, Asia and Oceania (Balazuc 1988); among the numerous hosts of the latter species, there is also Diacantha robusta Weise, which is one of the hosts of Dimeromyces geminander. Thaxter (1924, p. 365) expressed his doubts in separating the two species.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A087FEDC20C12210CB7E58FD328E29	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Rossi, Walter;Leonardi, Marco	Rossi, Walter, Leonardi, Marco (2018): New species and new records of Laboulbeniales (Ascomycota) from Sierra Leone. Phytotaxa 358 (2): 91-116, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.358.2.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.358.2.1
03A087FEDC21C12210CB78A3FD678BED.text	03A087FEDC21C12210CB78A3FD678BED.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Dimeromyces muticus Paoli	<div><p>Dimeromyces muticus Paoli, Redia 7: 293, 1911 (Figure 3g)</p> <p>Known distribution. Described on the mite Coleopterophagus neglectus Berlese (Canestriniidae) associated with Augosoma centaurus (Fabricius) (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Dynastinae) from “Africa”, it was later reported from the Democratic Republic of the Congo on various mites of the family Canestriniidae (genera Cetonicola and Paraphagella) associated with Scarabaeidae Cetoninae (Cooreman 1955).</p> <p>New record from Sierra Leone. Southern Province, Gola Rainforest National Park, Nemahugoima village, 03.II.2012, C. Belcastro &amp; W. Rossi, on several specimens of an undescribed species of Cetonicola found under the elytra of a male and a female of Cyprolais aurata (Westwood) (Scarabaeidae, Cetoninae) collected by means of a light trap.</p> <p>Remarks. Although reported only once during the more than one hundred years passed after its description, Dimeromyces muticus was quite frequent on the numerous mites found under the elytra of the “flower beetle” C. aurata.</p> <p>Dimorphomyces decipiens (Thaxt.) Thaxter, Memoirs of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 14: 325, 1924 (Figures 4a and 4b)</p> <p>Known distribution. Described (as Dimeromyces decipiens) on Eleusis sp. (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) from Cameroon and never reported since.</p> <p>New record from Sierra Leone. Eastern Province, Gola Rainforest National Park, near Lalehun, 20–23.XI.2015, W. Rossi, near the apex of the abdomen of Eleusis sp.</p> <p>Remarks. First record of this fungus after its description.</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A087FEDC21C12210CB78A3FD678BED	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Rossi, Walter;Leonardi, Marco	Rossi, Walter, Leonardi, Marco (2018): New species and new records of Laboulbeniales (Ascomycota) from Sierra Leone. Phytotaxa 358 (2): 91-116, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.358.2.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.358.2.1
03A087FEDC21C12210CB7DEFFD5C8AA9.text	03A087FEDC21C12210CB7DEFFD5C8AA9.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Dixomyces stomonaxi (Thaxt.) I. I. Tavares, Mycologia Memoir	<div><p>Dixomyces stomonaxi (Thaxt.) I. I. Tavares, Mycologia Memoir 9: 208, 1985.</p> <p>Known distribution. Parasitic on various species of the genus Coelostomus (Coleoptera, Carabidae) from SE Asia; also on C. ebeninus (Klug) from Madagascar (Terada et al. 2004).</p> <p>New records from Sierra Leone. Northern Province, between the villages of Sinikoro and Kondembaia in the Loma Mts. area, 3.XII.1984, W. Rossi, on the elytra and pronotum of Coelostomus longulus Bates; Eastern Province, Tama Forest Reserve, 15–16.V.1991, W. Rossi, on C. complanatus Bates.</p> <p>Remarks. The new records are the first for continental Africa.</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A087FEDC21C12210CB7DEFFD5C8AA9	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Rossi, Walter;Leonardi, Marco	Rossi, Walter, Leonardi, Marco (2018): New species and new records of Laboulbeniales (Ascomycota) from Sierra Leone. Phytotaxa 358 (2): 91-116, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.358.2.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.358.2.1
03A087FEDC21C12010CB7F23FC1B8E9C.text	03A087FEDC21C12010CB7F23FC1B8E9C.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Kainomyces alutellae Thaxter, Memoirs 1931	<div><p>Kainomyces alutellae Thaxter, Memoirs of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 16: 365, 1931</p> <p>= K. hyalinus Terada, Transactions of the Mycological Society of Japan 19: 56, 1978 syn. nov.</p> <p>(Figures 4c and 4d)</p> <p>Known distribution. Described on Eleusis alutella Fauvel from Cameroon (Thaxter 1931) and subsequently recorded from Japan on E. coarctata Sharp (Sugiyama 1973).</p> <p>New record from Sierra Leone. Eastern Province, Gola Rainforest National Park, near Lalehun, 20–23.XI.2015, W. Rossi, on various parts of the body of Eleusis sp.</p> <p>Remarks. The receptacle and the appendage of the thalli from Sierra Leone can be almost completely hyaline (Figure 4c) or variably suffused with dark brown on the posterior margin (Figure 4d), which makes meaningless the differences between K. alutellae and K. hyalinus. The latter was described on Eleusis humilis Erichson from Taiwan.</p> <p>The record of Kainomyces alutellae from Japan needs confirmation: in the picture given by Sugiyama (1973, Plate 18, Fig.4) the cells of the receptacle seem to be divided by vertical septa, as in K. isomali; the same are undivided in K. alutellae.</p> <p>Laboulbenia bolamensis Spegazzini, Anales del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural de Buenos Aires 26: 501, 1915.</p> <p>Known distribution. Reported from Guinea-Bissau (type), India, Indonesia, Madagascar and Senegal on various species of Styphlomerus (Coleoptera, Carabidae) (Balazuc 1982).</p> <p>New record from Sierra Leone. Northern Province, near Bumbuna, 14–15.VI.1987, W. Rossi, on Styphlomerus sp.</p> <p>Remarks. The finding of this parasite in Sierra Leone is not surprising because it was described from the nearby Guinea-Bissau on a similar host insect.</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A087FEDC21C12010CB7F23FC1B8E9C	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Rossi, Walter;Leonardi, Marco	Rossi, Walter, Leonardi, Marco (2018): New species and new records of Laboulbeniales (Ascomycota) from Sierra Leone. Phytotaxa 358 (2): 91-116, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.358.2.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.358.2.1
03A087FEDC23C12010CB7DE0FDA38AA8.text	03A087FEDC23C12010CB7DE0FDA38AA8.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Laboulbenia craspedophori Thaxter, Proceedings	<div><p>Laboulbenia craspedophori Thaxter, Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 37: 32, 1902.</p> <p>Known distribution. Described on different Carabidae from Africa (Gabon, Liberia, Nigeria, Republic of Congo) and from “East Indies”.</p> <p>New record from Sierra Leone. Western Area, Banga Farm near Sussex, 6.II.2013, W. Rossi, on the elytra of a female specimen of Microschemus sp. (Carabidae, Panageini).</p> <p>Remarks. Although the type series was based on parasites occurring on different hosts, different countries and different continents, it was never reported again after its description.</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A087FEDC23C12010CB7DE0FDA38AA8	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Rossi, Walter;Leonardi, Marco	Rossi, Walter, Leonardi, Marco (2018): New species and new records of Laboulbeniales (Ascomycota) from Sierra Leone. Phytotaxa 358 (2): 91-116, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.358.2.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.358.2.1
03A087FEDC23C12010CB7F24FFCE88D8.text	03A087FEDC23C12010CB7F24FFCE88D8.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Laboulbenia egens Spegazzini, Anales de la Sociedad	<div><p>Laboulbenia egens Spegazzini, Anales de la Sociedad Cientifica Argentina 85: 325, 1918.</p> <p>Known distribution. A common and widespread species associated with various Carabidae Tachyina, reported from several countries of Europe, Africa and Asia, but only once from the American continent (Santamaria et al. 1991).</p> <p>New records from Sierra Leone. Western Area, swamp near Newton, I.1977, W. Rossi, on unidentified Tachyini; Northern Province, Maforica, 2.II.1980, W. Rossi, on unidentified Tachyini; Southern Province, Kangari Hills near Baomahun, 4.XI.1991, W. Rossi, on the elytra of Tachyura sp.; Northern Province, banks of the Seli River near Kamenge, 9.II.2013, W. Rossi, on the elytral margin of Tachyura sp. Southerm Province, Gola Rainforest National Park near Nemahugoima, 31.I 2012, W. Rossi, on the elytral margin of Tachyura sp.</p> <p>Remarks. This parasite is quite common ad widespread in Sierra Leone, but the number of thalli occurring on host insects is usually very low.</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A087FEDC23C12010CB7F24FFCE88D8	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Rossi, Walter;Leonardi, Marco	Rossi, Walter, Leonardi, Marco (2018): New species and new records of Laboulbeniales (Ascomycota) from Sierra Leone. Phytotaxa 358 (2): 91-116, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.358.2.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.358.2.1
03A087FEDC3CC13F10CB79A7FDB28E9D.text	03A087FEDC3CC13F10CB79A7FDB28E9D.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Laboulbenia hyalopus Spegazzini, Anales	<div><p>Laboulbenia hyalopus Spegazzini, Anales del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural de Buenos Aires 26: 503, 1915.</p> <p>Distribution. Described on Styphlomerus equestris (Dejean) (Coleoptera, Carabidae) from Ethiopia, subsequently reported from Tunisia on Brachynus barbarus Lucas and from Madagascar on Styphlomerus quadrimaculatus (Dejean) (Balazuc 1982).</p> <p>New record from Sierra Leone. Northern Province, Bumbuna, 13.XI.1987, W. Rossi, on the elytra of Styphlomerus sp.</p> <p>Remarks. The record from Tunisia needs confirmation: the thalli are said to be somewhat different from the type in having a hyaline cell II and numerous black branches (Colla 1926).</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A087FEDC3CC13F10CB79A7FDB28E9D	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Rossi, Walter;Leonardi, Marco	Rossi, Walter, Leonardi, Marco (2018): New species and new records of Laboulbeniales (Ascomycota) from Sierra Leone. Phytotaxa 358 (2): 91-116, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.358.2.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.358.2.1
03A087FEDC3CC13F10CB7B3FFFBC8C05.text	03A087FEDC3CC13F10CB7B3FFFBC8C05.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Laboulbenia imitans Thaxter, Proceedings	<div><p>Laboulbenia imitans Thaxter, Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 35: 180, 1899 (Figure 4g)</p> <p>Known distribution. Known only from Madagascar, associated with various species of Eurydera and Paraeurydera (Coleoptera, Carabidae) (Balazuc 1982).</p> <p>New record from Sierra Leone. Southern Province, Tiwai Island, 23–25.X.1989, W. Rossi, on the pronotum of Thyreopterus sp.</p> <p>Remarks. The thalli from Sierra Leone have a longer cell I and cell IV not distinctly bulging outwards, but these characteristics do not seem enough for separating them from the parasites described and illustrated by Thaxter (1908, Plate LIX, Figs. 25–26).</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A087FEDC3CC13F10CB7B3FFFBC8C05	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Rossi, Walter;Leonardi, Marco	Rossi, Walter, Leonardi, Marco (2018): New species and new records of Laboulbeniales (Ascomycota) from Sierra Leone. Phytotaxa 358 (2): 91-116, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.358.2.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.358.2.1
03A087FEDC3CC13F10CB7A57FDAA8B89.text	03A087FEDC3CC13F10CB7A57FDAA8B89.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Laboulbenia morionis Thaxter, Proceedings	<div><p>Laboulbenia morionis Thaxter, Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 28: 169, 1892.</p> <p>Known distribution. This parasite was described from Mexico and subsequently reported from Argentina, Brazil, Indonesia, Madagascar, Papua New Guinea and Peru (Thaxter 1908; Balazuc 1982); the host insects are Carabidae Morionini.</p> <p>New record from Sierra Leone. Southern Province, Tiwai Island, 8–10.I.1989, W. Rossi, on the pronotum of Morion guineense Imhoff.</p> <p>Remarks. The thalli from Sierra Leone are quite large and can reach the height of 880 μm.</p> <p>Sugiyama and Panichapol (1984) reported Laboulbenia morionis on Morion sp. from Thailand, but their figure 7E clearly illustrates another species, likely related to L. papuana Thaxt.</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A087FEDC3CC13F10CB7A57FDAA8B89	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Rossi, Walter;Leonardi, Marco	Rossi, Walter, Leonardi, Marco (2018): New species and new records of Laboulbeniales (Ascomycota) from Sierra Leone. Phytotaxa 358 (2): 91-116, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.358.2.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.358.2.1
03A087FEDC3CC13F10CB7FF7FFC98769.text	03A087FEDC3CC13F10CB7FF7FFC98769.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Laboulbenia schizogenii Thaxter, Proceedings	<div><p>Laboulbenia cf. schizogenii Thaxter, Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 27: 43, 1891 (Figure 5a)</p> <p>Known distribution. This species was reported only from the American continent (Brazil, Ecuador, U.S.A.) on species of Schizogenius and Clivina (Coleoptera, Carabidae) (Proaño Castro &amp; Rossi 2008).</p> <p>New record from Sierra Leone. Eastern Province, Gola Rainforest National Park near Lalehun, 4.I.1989, W. Rossi, on the posterior margin of left elytron of Clivina (Leucocara) cf. interstitialis Dejean.</p> <p>Remarks. In the thalli from Sierra Leone the perithecium is free on its dorsal side for about half of its length, while the same is almost entirely joined to the cells of the receptacle in the American thalli (Thaxter 1896, Plate XXI, Figs. 13 &amp; 14; Proaño Castro &amp; Rossi 2008, Fig. 9). More abundant material is needed for correctly interpreting the taxonomic value of this feature.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A087FEDC3CC13F10CB7FF7FFC98769	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Rossi, Walter;Leonardi, Marco	Rossi, Walter, Leonardi, Marco (2018): New species and new records of Laboulbeniales (Ascomycota) from Sierra Leone. Phytotaxa 358 (2): 91-116, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.358.2.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.358.2.1
03A087FEDC3EC13D10CB7998FFDC8EF0.text	03A087FEDC3EC13D10CB7998FFDC8EF0.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Laboulbenia verrucosa Thaxter, Proceedings	<div><p>Laboulbenia verrucosa Thaxter, Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 35: 209, 1899.</p> <p>Known distribution. This showy and unmistakable species was described on an unidentified Carabidae “allied to Platynus ” from Liberia (Thaxter 1908).</p> <p>New record from Sierra Leone. Eastern Province, Gola Rainforest National Park near Lalehun, 20–23.XI.2015, W. Rossi, on the pronotum of Liagonum sp. (Carabidae, Platynini).</p> <p>Remarks. The record from Sierra Leone, which is the first after the description of the species, is represented by a single large thallus 675 μm long.</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A087FEDC3EC13D10CB7998FFDC8EF0	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Rossi, Walter;Leonardi, Marco	Rossi, Walter, Leonardi, Marco (2018): New species and new records of Laboulbeniales (Ascomycota) from Sierra Leone. Phytotaxa 358 (2): 91-116, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.358.2.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.358.2.1
03A087FEDC3EC13D10CB7DA8FC8C8AE0.text	03A087FEDC3EC13D10CB7DA8FC8C8AE0.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Rickia circopis Thaxter, Proceedings	<div><p>Rickia circopis Thaxter, Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 52: 45, 1916.</p> <p>Known distribution. Described on Circopis philippinensis Grouvelle (Coleoptera, Nitidulidae) from Cameroon and never reported again.</p> <p>New record from Sierra Leone. Northern Province, near Bumbuna, along the road to Binkolo, 14.XII.1992, W. Rossi, on a few specimens of C. philippinensis collected on flowers of Dissotis sp. (Melastomataceae).</p> <p>Remarks. In the original description the fungus is said to be almost hyaline, but in the thalli from Sierra Leone the perithecium turns to reddish brown with age.</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A087FEDC3EC13D10CB7DA8FC8C8AE0	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Rossi, Walter;Leonardi, Marco	Rossi, Walter, Leonardi, Marco (2018): New species and new records of Laboulbeniales (Ascomycota) from Sierra Leone. Phytotaxa 358 (2): 91-116, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.358.2.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.358.2.1
03A087FEDC3FC13C10CB7833FD9F8D01.text	03A087FEDC3FC13C10CB7833FD9F8D01.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Rickia rostrata Thaxter, Proceedings	<div><p>Rickia rostrata Thaxter, Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 51: 10, 1915</p> <p>Known distribution. Parasitic on Atanygnathus ruficollis (Kraatz) (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) in Malaysian Borneo and Java (Thaxter 1926).</p> <p>New record from Sierra Leone. Western Area, swamp near Hamilton, 8°22’31”N, 13°15’10”W, 29.X.1995, W. Rossi, on the elytra of an unidentified rove beetle.</p> <p>Remarks. To date, this fungus was known only from the type series, therefore the new record is the first for the African continent. Despite the large geographical gap, the African thalli are identical with the Asian ones and display the same variability as to their length, which ranges from 265 to 510 μm.</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A087FEDC3FC13C10CB7833FD9F8D01	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Rossi, Walter;Leonardi, Marco	Rossi, Walter, Leonardi, Marco (2018): New species and new records of Laboulbeniales (Ascomycota) from Sierra Leone. Phytotaxa 358 (2): 91-116, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.358.2.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.358.2.1
03A087FEDC3FC13C10CB7B4BFD3E891D.text	03A087FEDC3FC13C10CB7B4BFD3E891D.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Rickia taiwanensis Terada, Transations	<div><p>Rickia taiwanensis Terada, Transations of the Mycological Society of Japan 19: 62, 1978.</p> <p>Distribution. This fungus was described on Tritoma fasciata Chûjô (Erotylidae) from Taiwan and subsequently reported from Japan on Spondotriplax inornata Shibata, from Papua New Guinea on Neothallis xanthosticta (Crotch), and from Indonesia on an unidentified Erotylidae (Weir 1998).</p> <p>New record from Sierra Leone. Northern Province, between the villages of Sinikoro and Kondembaia in the Loma Mts. area, 3.XII.1984, W. Rossi, on a few specimens of Neomycotretus anthracinus Gorham (Erotylidaeae).</p> <p>Remarks. The thalli from Sierra Leone do not differ from those reported from Asia and Oceania despite the distance from previous records and the different host.</p> <p>Stichomyces vesiculifer Thaxter, Memoirs of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 16: 249, 1931 (Figures 5d and 5e)</p> <p>Known distribution. Described on Sephedophilus obesus from Cameroon and never reported since.</p> <p>New records from Sierra Leone. Southern Province, Tiwai Island, 8–10.I.1989, W. Rossi, on Sepedophilus sp. Western Area, base of Picket Hill, 1.XI.1995, W. Rossi, relatively abundant on various specimens of Sepedophilus sp. occurring on lignicolous mushrooms.</p> <p>Remarks. The length from the foot to the perithecial apex of the thalli from Sierra Leone ranges from 140 to 370 μm and the distinguishing vesicular cells associated with the branches of the appendage can be very numerous or entirely absent.</p> <p>Tavares (1985) transferred Stichomyces vesiculifer to the genus Corethromyces Thaxt. However, the numerous and quite variable thalli collected in Sierra Leone do not support this move. In mature specimens cell VII is large (sometimes larger than cell VI), bringing the perithecium in an upright position and displacing laterally the primary appendage (Figure 5d), but in a few thalli cell II bears two perithecia symmetrically on opposite sides; in these fungi the appendage is erect and indistinguishable from the receptacle (Figure 3e). These two latter features are considered distinguishing characters of the genus Stichomyces.</p> <p>Both Thaxter (1931, p. 247) and Tavares (1985, p. 322) pointed out that the Corethromyces and Stichomyces are closely related genera; this topic deserves a careful review.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A087FEDC3FC13C10CB7B4BFD3E891D	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Rossi, Walter;Leonardi, Marco	Rossi, Walter, Leonardi, Marco (2018): New species and new records of Laboulbeniales (Ascomycota) from Sierra Leone. Phytotaxa 358 (2): 91-116, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.358.2.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.358.2.1
03A087FEDC38C13B10CB7998FF7B8D5C.text	03A087FEDC38C13B10CB7998FF7B8D5C.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Stigmatomyces ligabuei W. Rossi, Bollettino	<div><p>Stigmatomyces ligabuei W. Rossi, Bollettino del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Venezia 35: 163. 1986.</p> <p>Known distribution. This species is known only from the type series described on Tinophilus indigenus Becker (Diptera, Dolichopodidae) from Sudan.</p> <p>New records from Sierra Leone. Western Area, swamp with brackish water near Pendembu, 05.IV.1966, W. Rossi, on the tergites of Tinophilus indigenus. Northern Province, near Bumbuna, small swamp along the road to Binkolo, 07.IV.1996, W. Rossi, on the tergites of Thinophilus sp.</p> <p>Additional records. OMAN, Shimass, at light in mangrove swamp, 24°43’N, 56°28’E, 09.VI.1994, M. D. Gallagher, on the tergites of Thinophilus sp.</p> <p>Remarks. The thalli from Oman differ from those of the type series in having the perithecial venter with a roughened surface.</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A087FEDC38C13B10CB7998FF7B8D5C	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Rossi, Walter;Leonardi, Marco	Rossi, Walter, Leonardi, Marco (2018): New species and new records of Laboulbeniales (Ascomycota) from Sierra Leone. Phytotaxa 358 (2): 91-116, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.358.2.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.358.2.1
03A087FEDC38C13B10CB7B7EFB518C77.text	03A087FEDC38C13B10CB7B7EFB518C77.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Stigmatomyces limnophorae Thaxter, Proceedings	<div><p>Stigmatomyces limnophorae Thaxter, Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 36: 400, 1901.</p> <p>Known distribution. Almost cosmopolitan species recorded from all continents (but only once from Europe) on five families of the Diptera: Anthomiidae, Calliphoridae, Muscidae, Rhiniidae and Sarcophagidae (Rossi et al. 2013).</p> <p>New record from Sierra Leone. Northern Province, temporary swamp S to Bumbuna, 12.III.1993, W. Rossi, on the mesonotum of Lispe desjardinsii Macquart (Muscidae).</p> <p>Remarks. The surface of the venter of the perithecium of the thalli from Sierra Leone is distinctly granular.</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A087FEDC38C13B10CB7B7EFB518C77	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Rossi, Walter;Leonardi, Marco	Rossi, Walter, Leonardi, Marco (2018): New species and new records of Laboulbeniales (Ascomycota) from Sierra Leone. Phytotaxa 358 (2): 91-116, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.358.2.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.358.2.1
03A087FEDC38C13B10CB7A58FD0D8B9C.text	03A087FEDC38C13B10CB7A58FD0D8B9C.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Stigmatomyces limosinae Thaxter, Proceedings	<div><p>Stigmatomyces limosinae Thaxter, Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 36: 406, 1901.</p> <p>Known distribution. Reported from North and Central America, Europe and New Zealand on various genera of the Diptera Sphaeroceridae (Rossi et al. 2010).</p> <p>New record from Sierra Leone. Western Area, Regent, 12–20.II.1994, W. Rossi, on anterior left femur of Rachispoda mycophora Munari.</p> <p>Additional material examined. CANADA, British Columbia, Vancouver, Jericho Park, 1.VIII.1994, W. Rossi, on the abdomen of Rachispoda cf. suberecta (Sabrosky). KENYA, Mt. Kenya, on rotting leaves of Senecio brassica, 10.XII.1985, W. Rossi, on Limosina cf. kenyaca Richards.</p> <p>Remarks. The new records from Sierra Leone and Kenya are the first for the African continent. The thalli from Sierra Leone are quite elongate and reach 590 μm in length.</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A087FEDC38C13B10CB7A58FD0D8B9C	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Rossi, Walter;Leonardi, Marco	Rossi, Walter, Leonardi, Marco (2018): New species and new records of Laboulbeniales (Ascomycota) from Sierra Leone. Phytotaxa 358 (2): 91-116, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.358.2.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.358.2.1
03A087FEDC38C13B10CB7C3EFA3F897C.text	03A087FEDC38C13B10CB7C3EFA3F897C.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Stigmatomyces separatus Thaxter, Proceedings	<div><p>Stigmatomyces separatus Thaxter, Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 53: 747, 1918.</p> <p>Known distribution. Described on a fly from Cameroon identified first as a member of the Tephritidae and later described as “…a rather large, dark fly with mottled brown wings, belonging to the Ephydridae ?” (Thaxter 1931).</p> <p>New record from Sierra Leone. Eastern Province, Gola Rainforest National Park, near Lalehun, 20–23.XI.2015, W. Rossi, on posterior coxae and sternites of Paralimna pseudornata Canzoneri (Diptera Ephydridae).</p> <p>Remarks. The thalli from Sierra Leone are shorter than the ones from Cameroon because of a shorter receptacle. Paralimna pseudornata is a dark shore-fly (Ephydridae) bearing mottled brown wings: it is therefore possible that the host insect of the type series belongs to this same species or a closely related one.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A087FEDC38C13B10CB7C3EFA3F897C	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Rossi, Walter;Leonardi, Marco	Rossi, Walter, Leonardi, Marco (2018): New species and new records of Laboulbeniales (Ascomycota) from Sierra Leone. Phytotaxa 358 (2): 91-116, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.358.2.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.358.2.1
03A087FEDC38C13B10CB7F5EFD3F8817.text	03A087FEDC38C13B10CB7F5EFD3F8817.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Tavaresiella santamariae R. K. Benjamin, Aliso	<div><p>Tavaresiella santamariae R.K. Benjamin, Aliso 13: 563, 1993.</p> <p>Known distribution. Associated with species of Hebrus (Heteroptera: Hebridae), recorded from Indonesia, Madagascar (type), Poland, Spain and Turkey (Rossi 2016).</p> <p>New record from Sierra Leone. Western Area, Regent, 6–7.III.1992, W. Rossi, on legs of Hebrus sp.</p> <p>Remarks. The record from Sierra Leone is the first for continental Africa and partially fills the huge geographical gap between the Mediterranean countries and Madagascar.</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A087FEDC38C13B10CB7F5EFD3F8817	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Rossi, Walter;Leonardi, Marco	Rossi, Walter, Leonardi, Marco (2018): New species and new records of Laboulbeniales (Ascomycota) from Sierra Leone. Phytotaxa 358 (2): 91-116, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.358.2.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.358.2.1
03A087FEDC38C13A10CB7EB8FCDC8E60.text	03A087FEDC38C13A10CB7EB8FCDC8E60.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Tettigomyces acuminatus Thaxter, Proceedings	<div><p>Tettigomyces acuminatus Thaxter, Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 51: 28, 1915.</p> <p>Known distribution. Described from Java, subsequently reported from The Philippines, Kenya and, more recently, from China (Thaxter 1926; Shen &amp; Ye 2006); all the host insects were reported as Gryllotalpa africana Palisot de Beauvois.</p> <p>New record from Sierra Leone. Southern Province, Kangari Hills near Baomahun, 4.XI.1991, W. Rossi, on the cerci of G. africana.</p> <p>Remarks. As mentioned by Try et al. (2017), Gryllotalpa africana is not present in Asia although this name was utilized for a long time also for the Asian mole crickets.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A087FEDC38C13A10CB7EB8FCDC8E60	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Rossi, Walter;Leonardi, Marco	Rossi, Walter, Leonardi, Marco (2018): New species and new records of Laboulbeniales (Ascomycota) from Sierra Leone. Phytotaxa 358 (2): 91-116, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.358.2.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.358.2.1
03A087FEDC39C13A10CB786CFBB78DBC.text	03A087FEDC39C13A10CB786CFBB78DBC.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Tettigomyces africanus Thaxter, Memoirs	<div><p>Tettigomyces africanus Thaxter, Memoirs of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 14: 538, 1926.</p> <p>Known distribution. Described from Kenya on Gryllotalpa africana (Ortoptera, Gryllotalpidae) and later reported on the same insect from China (Shen &amp; Ye 2006).</p> <p>New records from Sierra Leone. Northern Province, near the village of Kondembaia in the Loma Mts. area, 29.XI.1983, W. Rossi, on various parts of the abdomen, both on the ventral and the dorsal sides, and also on the wings of G. africana; Southern Province, Kangari Hills near Baomahun, 4.XI.1991, W. Rossi, on the ventral side of the abdomen of G. africana; Southern Province, Gola Rainforest National Park, near Sileti camp, 7.V.2014, C. Belcastro, on the ventral side of the abdomen of G. africana.</p> <p>Remarks. Tettigomyce africanus is quite similar to T. vulgaris Thaxt. The parasites from Sierra Leone have been identified as T. africanus because of the inner (dorsal) marginal cells of the perithecium larger and more prominent than the outer ones, the conformation of the perithecial tip, and the small but persistent terminal spine of the appendage.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A087FEDC39C13A10CB786CFBB78DBC	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Rossi, Walter;Leonardi, Marco	Rossi, Walter, Leonardi, Marco (2018): New species and new records of Laboulbeniales (Ascomycota) from Sierra Leone. Phytotaxa 358 (2): 91-116, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.358.2.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.358.2.1
03A087FEDC39C13A10CB7A10FC028B88.text	03A087FEDC39C13A10CB7A10FC028B88.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Tettigomyces gracilis Thaxter, Memoirs	<div><p>Tettigomyces gracilis Thaxter, Memoirs of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 14: 541, 1926.</p> <p>Known distribution. Described from Indonesia on “ Gryllotalpa africana ” and later reported on the same insect from China (Shen &amp; Ye 2006).</p> <p>New records from Sierra Leone. Southern Province, Kangari Hills near Baomahun, 4.XI.1991, W. Rossi, on the left side of the distal portion of the abdomen of G. africana; Southern Province Gola Rainforest National Park, near Sileti camp, 7.V.2014, C. Belcastro, on the right side of the distal portion of the abdomen of G. africana.</p> <p>Remarks. The largest thallus from Sierra Leone have a maximum length of 1,290 μm, with the receptacle consisting of 44 cells below the perithecium.</p> <p>A dark-brown area around the foot of the parasitic fungi was observed on the integument of the host insect from the Kangari Hills. Where the fungi were growing near each other, the dark areas were fused, forming larger, dark patches of apparently necrotic tissue.</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A087FEDC39C13A10CB7A10FC028B88	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Rossi, Walter;Leonardi, Marco	Rossi, Walter, Leonardi, Marco (2018): New species and new records of Laboulbeniales (Ascomycota) from Sierra Leone. Phytotaxa 358 (2): 91-116, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.358.2.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.358.2.1
03A087FEDC39C13A10CB7DC4FF5A891C.text	03A087FEDC39C13A10CB7DC4FF5A891C.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Tettigomyces indicus Thaxter, Proceedings	<div><p>Tettigomyces indicus Thaxter, Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 51: 24, 1915.</p> <p>Known distribution. Described from India on “ Gryllotalpa africana ”, later reported on the same insect from China and more recently on G. cf. insulana Chopard from Cambodia (Try et al. 2017).</p> <p>New records from Sierra Leone. Northern Province, near the village of Kondembaia in the Loma Mts. area, 29.XI.1983, W. Rossi, on the hairs of the abdominal appendages, of the ventral portion of the abdomen and of the basal portion of median legs of G. africana; Southern Province, Kangari Hills near Baomahun, 4.XI.1991, W. Rossi, on the hairs of the ventral portion of the abdomen of G. africana.</p> <p>Remarks. First record for Africa. Tettigomyces indicus was found on different parts of the body of the host insect, but only on thin hairs.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A087FEDC39C13A10CB7DC4FF5A891C	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Rossi, Walter;Leonardi, Marco	Rossi, Walter, Leonardi, Marco (2018): New species and new records of Laboulbeniales (Ascomycota) from Sierra Leone. Phytotaxa 358 (2): 91-116, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.358.2.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.358.2.1
03A087FEDC39C13A10CB7FB0FAF78884.text	03A087FEDC39C13A10CB7FB0FAF78884.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Tettigomyces intermedius Thaxter, Memoirs	<div><p>Tettigomyces intermedius Thaxter, Memoirs of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 14: 543, 1926.</p> <p>Known distribution. Like other species in the same genus, T. intermedius was described on “ Gryllotalpa africana ” from Indonesia and subsequently reported only from China on the same host insect (Shen &amp; Ye 2006).</p> <p>New record from Sierra Leone. Southern Province, Gola Rainforest National Park, near Sileti camp, 7.V.2014, C. Belcastro, on the ventral side of the abdomen near the tip of G. africana.</p> <p>Remarks. The thalli identified as Tettigomyces intermedius are about half millimeter long, have a small appendage soon disorganized, and the perithecial wall cells not prominent. These features are consistent with the original description of the species, which was reported by Thaxter as the “least well defined” of the group.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A087FEDC39C13A10CB7FB0FAF78884	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Rossi, Walter;Leonardi, Marco	Rossi, Walter, Leonardi, Marco (2018): New species and new records of Laboulbeniales (Ascomycota) from Sierra Leone. Phytotaxa 358 (2): 91-116, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.358.2.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.358.2.1
