Lophodermium is a genus of fungi within the family Rhytismataceae. The genus contains 145 species and has a global distribution. Species of this genus are usually observed producing zone lines, conidiomata and ascomata on dead fallen leaves, but at least some are known to colonize living leaves. In many cases they then live inside the colonized leaf as a symptomless endobiont, where they are regarded as detritivores utilising dead plant matter. In a few cases they may kill all or part of the leaf prematurely, and there is a substantial literature dealing with those species as plant pathogens.
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Lophodermium is a genus of fungi within the family Rhytismataceae. The genus contains 145 species and has a global distribution. Species of this genus are usually observed producing zone lines, conidiomata and ascomata on dead fallen leaves, but at least some are known to colonize living leaves. In many cases they then live inside the colonized leaf as a symptomless endobiont, where they are regarded as detritivores utilising dead plant matter. In a few cases they may kill all or part of the leaf prematurely, and there is a substantial literature dealing with those species as plant pathogens. The genus infects many different plant families but with a notable concentration in the family Pinaceae; many Lophodermium species are restricted to a single host genus (or even species), but some, particularly those infecting grasses, may infect several genera. Some are economically important plant pathogens, such as those that cause needlecast disease in European Black Pine, Scots Pine and Red Pine in forestry and christmas tree plantations. In these species, notably L. pinastri and L. seditiosum, the fungal spores disperse and infect the pine needles in late summer, which turn brown by the following spring and then fall off.
==Partial list of species== A selection of species is listed below with their principal hosts: Lophodermium abietis. Host: Picea (often included in L. piceae) Lophodermium apiculatum. Host: Poaceae Lophodermium arundinaceum. Host: Poaceae Lophodermium aucupariae. Host: Sorbus Lophodermium australe. Host: Pinus Lophodermium autumnale. Host: Abies Lophodermium baculiferum. Host: Pinus Lophodermium caricinum. Host: Carex Lophodermium chamaecyparissi. Host: Juniperus Lophodermium conigenum. Host: Pinus Lophodermium consociatum. Host: Abies Lophodermium culmigenum. Host: Poaceae Lophodermium decorum. Host: Abies Lophodermium durilabrum. Host: Pinus Lophodermium exaridum. Host: Pyrola Lophodermium festucae. Host: Poaceae Lophodermium foliicola. Host: Rosaceae, particularly Crataegus Lophodermium gramineum. Host: Poaceae Lophodermium herbarum. Host: Convallaria Lophodermium hypophyllum. Host: Vaccinium Lophodermium hysterioides. Host: Amelanchier Lophodermium indianum. Host: Pinus Lophodermium intermissum. Host: Andromeda Lophodermium juniperinum. Host: Juniperus Lophodermium lacerum. Host: Abies Lophodermium laricinum. Host: Larix Lophodermium macci. Host: Pinus subgenus Strobus Lophodermium maculare. Hosts: Arctostaphylos, Vaccinium Lophodermium melaleucum. Host: Vaccinium Lophodermium molitoris. Host: Pinus Lophodermium nanakii. Host: Picea Lophodermium nitens. Host: Pinus Lophodermium oxycocci. Host: Vaccinium Lophodermium paeoniae. Hosts: Paeonia Lophodermium petiolicola. Hosts: Castanea, Quercus Lophodermium piceae. Host: Abies (L. abietis often considered synonymous) Lophodermium pinastri Hosts: Larix, Pinus Lophodermium pini-excelsae Host: Pinus subgenus Strobus Lophodermium pini-mugonis Host: Pinus mugo Lophodermium pyrolae. Host: Pyrola Lophodermium rubicola. Host: Rubus Lophodermium schweinitzii. Hosts: Gaultheria, Rhododendron Lophodermium seditiosum Host: Pinus Lophodermium sphaerioides. Host: Rhododendron Lophodermium thuyae. Host: Thuja Lophodermium typhinum. Host: Typha Lophodermium uncinatum. Host: Abies
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