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 Herpomyces ectobiae Thaxt. MB#200204 Fig. 1A Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 38: 20 ( Thaxter 1902 ) . – Type : [Not designated] [Ind. loc.] “ On Ectobia Germanica Scudd. , Cambridge, Mr. Bullard. On Ectobia sp. , Zanzibar ; Mus. Comp. Zoöl., No. 1357; St. Kitts, West Indies; Mus. Comp. Zoöl., No. 1361”; FH . Diagnostic features Female thalli prostrate. Shield absent. Perithecium with an inflated venter, gradually tapering towards a well-distinguished long and narrow, strongly arcuate neck, and a truncate, bent apex. [Detailed descriptions: Thaxter 1908 ; Tavares 1980 ; Majewski & Sugiyama 1985; Majewski 1994b ; De Kesel 2001 ; Santamaria 2003 ] Distribution and hosts Widely distributed with its synanthropic host, Blattella germanica (as Ectobia germanica or Phyllodromica germanica in old literature) ( Blattodea , Blattidae ). Reported from several countries in Europe ( France , Poland , Spain , Belgium ), Africa ( Zanzibar ), Asia ( Burma , India , Japan , Philippines ) and America ( Argentina , Chile , USA , Saint Kitts and Nevis ) ( Santamaria et al. 1991 ; Majewski 2008 ). Recently reported from Bulgaria ( Rossi et al. 2019a ), Hungary ( Pfliegler et al. 2018 ), and USA ( Haelewaters et al. 2019b ). Collections examined from Denmark On Blattella germanica (Linnaeus, 1767) ( Blattodea Blattidae ) DENMARK – Nordøstsjaelland (NEZ) • København ; 55°41.332′ N , 12°33.762′ E ; UB47; 23 Sep. 1943 ; N. Wolff DrY0026 ; K. Th. Holst det.; ZMUC C-F-124040 . – Nordvestjylland (NWJ) • Thisted ; 56°57.279′ N , 8°41.599′ E ; MJ81; E. Petersen Dry0027 ; K. Th. Holst det.; ZMUC C-F-124041 . Remarks First record from Denmark . Although the Danish material is not in perfect condition, it is perfectly identifiable ( Fig. 1A ).