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 Hesperomyces coccinelloides (Thaxt.) Thaxt. MB#261211 Fig. 53A–B Memoirs of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 16: 110 ( Thaxter 1931 ) . – Basionym : Stigmatomyces coccinelloides Thaxt., Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 52: 704 ( Thaxter 1917 ) [MB#175707; as S. coccinellidae ]. – Type : “ On the elytra of minute species of Coccinellidae : No. 2560 ( Type ) …, Grenada ( Brues )”; FH . Diagnostic features Thallus hyaline to pale yellowish. Primary appendage consisting of four superposed cells, where the 3 rd and 4 th bear one and two antheridia respectively. Perithecial tip with two broad lower lobes, two short and small upper lobes and two prominent lips surrounding the ostiole. [Detailed descriptions: Santamaria 2003 ; De Kesel 2011] Distribution and hosts Occurs on Col. Coccinellidae of the genus Scymnus Kugelann, 1794 and relatives like Diomus Mulsant, 1850 and Stethorus Weise, 1885 from Europe : Spain ( Santamaria 1995b ), Belgium (De Kesel 2011), Poland ( Ceryngier 2013 ); America : Grenada ( type ), Jamaica ( Thaxter 1917 ), USA ( Seymour 1967 ), Panama , Trinidad & Tobago ( Thaxter 1931 ), Brazil ( Rossi & Bergonzo 2008 ), Ecuador ( Proaño Castro & Rossi 2008 ); and Asia : Philippines ( Thaxter 1931 ). Collections examined from Denmark On Stethorus pusillus (Herbst, 1797) (Col. Coccinellidae ) DENMARK Lolland, Falster, Møn (LFM) Sakskøbing , Tårsvej. ; 54°50.433′ N , 11°39.106′ E ; PF78; 20 Jun.–19 Oct. 2019 ; P.N. Buhl 1578 ; JP det.; ZMUC C-F-124339 . – Nordøstsjaelland (NEZ) Brønshøj Kirkegård ; 55°42.387′ N , 12°29.915′ E ; UB47; 24 Jun. 2019 ; JP 1482 ; JP det.; ZMUC C-F-124067 Hellerup ; 55°44.024′ N , 12°33.014′ E ; UB47; 2–4 Aug. 2019 ; H. Enghoff 1486 ; H. Enghoff det.; ZMUC C-F-124071 Nørrebro i København N .; 55°42.332′ N , 12°33.228′ E ; UB47; 18 Jun. 2019 ; JP 1479 ; JP det.; ZMUC C-F-124064 Rødovre ; 55°39.663′ N , 12°27.490′ E ; UB37; 8 Jun. 2018 ; JP 1138 ; JP det.; ZMUC C-F-123662 . Remarks First record from Denmark . This species is probably more frequent in Europe that the scarce number of records seems to indicate.