LEPTOGRAPHIUM-ELEGANS - A NEW SPECIES FROM TAIWAN

Amongst collections of ophiostomatoid fungi occurring on woody hosts i n Taiwan a new species, Leptographium elegans, was isolated from fresh ly cut surfaces of Chamaecyparis formosensis which had been logged for milling. It is distinguished from other species by its short conidiop hores and conidiogenous cells, as well as the presence of a Sporothrix synanamorph with prominently denticulate conidiogeneous cells. Althou gh no evidence of a teleomorph has been found, its high tolerance of t he antibiotic cycloheximide suggests that it is closely related to oth er species of Leptographium that share this characteristic and have Op hiostoma teleomorphs.