Laboulbeniomycetes (Fungi, Ascomycota) of Denmark Author Santamaria, Sergi Unitat de Botànica, Departament de Biologia Animal, de Biologia Vegetal i d’Ecologia, Facultat de Biociències, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Cerdanyola del Vallès (Barcelona), Spain. sergi.santamaria@uab.cat Author Pedersen, Jan Natural History Museum of Denmark (Zoological Museum), University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 15, 2100 København Ø, Denmark. japedersen@snm.ku.dk text European Journal of Taxonomy 2021 2021-11-26 781 1 425 http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.781.1583 journal article 10.5852/ejt.2021.781.1583 2118-9773 5828924 Peyritschiella nigrescens Thaxt. MB#181067 Fig. 67E–G Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 28 (10): 184 ( Thaxter 1893 ) . – Dichomyces nigrescens (Thaxt.) Scheloske ( Scheloske 1969: 106 ) [Not registered in MycoBank]. – Type : “ On leg of Philonthus debilis Grav. , Massachusetts ”; FH . [ USA ] Dichomyces inaequalis Thaxt. ( Thaxter 1894: 103 ) [MB#243210] Diagnostic features Thallus asymmetrical, small, up to 130 µm long. Lower tier of cells blackened, almost entirely opaque except for the central area. Middle tier of cells blackened outwards, extending with laterally superposed cells forming strips-like expansions as far as the upper part of the receptacle, right below the base of the perithecium. One perithecium for each thallus, on the upper tier, borne from one of the cells adnate to the axial cell in the center; auricles absent. [Detailed description: Thaxter 1896 ] Distribution and hosts Reported from Europe ( Finland , France , Germany , Italy , United Kingdom , Russia ), America ( USA ), and Asia ( Taiwan) ( Santamaria et al. 1991 ). Also in China ( Shen & Ye 2006 ), and Thailand ( Rossi & Bernardi 2018 ). Infects species of the genus Philonthus (Col. Staphylinidae Staphylininae ). Collections examined from Denmark On Philonthus debilis (Gravenhorst, 1802) (Col. Staphylinidae Staphylininae ) DENMARK Østjylland (EJ) Kjellerup ; 56°17.644′ N , 9°25.850′ E ; NH23; 18 Nov. 2017 ; JP 820 ; JP det.; ZMUC C-F-123314 . – Sydsjaelland (SZ) Gammel Kalvehave ; 54°59.745′ N , 12°8.232′ E ; UA19; 27 Apr. 2018 ; JP 1085 ; JP det.; ZMUC C-F-123603 . On Philonthus discoideus (Gravenhorst, 1802) (Col. Staphylinidae Staphylininae ) DENMARK Nordøstsjaelland (NEZ) Vest for Trørød ; 55°50.223′ N , 12°31.185′ E ; UB49; 13 Nov. 2016 ; JP 142 ; JP det.; ZMUC C-F-122620 . Fig. 67. Peyritschiella spp. A –B . P. furcifera (Thaxt.) I.I.Tav. Mature thalli. – C–D . P. hybrida (Thaxt.) I.I.Tav. Mature thalli. – E–G . P. nigrescens Thaxt. Mature thalli. Scale bars: 50 µm. Photographs from slides ZMUC C-F-122619 (A), ZMUC C-F-123314 (B), ZMUC C-F-123464 (C–D), ZMUC C-F-123314 (E), ZMUC C-F-123603 (F–G). On Philonthus quisquiliarius (Gyllenhal, 1810) (Col. Staphylinidae Staphylininae ) DENMARK Sydsjaelland (SZ) Østerskov ved Langebaek ; 54°59.572′ N , 12°6.715′ E ; UA19; 3 Jan. 2019 ; JP 1303 ; JP det.; ZMUC C-F-123837 . Remarks First record from Denmark . This species should be compared with P. furcifera by size but differs from that species by the off-centered solitary perithecium lacking apical auricles.