New Reports of Two Hypophyllous Septobasidium Species from Taiwan

Abstract

Two resupinate basidiomycetes associated with scale insects, Septobasidium humile and Septobasidium petchii, hitherto only known from Java and Sri Lanka are for the first time reported from Taiwan. Both species were collected on leaves of species of Lauraceae in the Fushan Botanical Garden, described and illustrated with drawings and photographs, and their host insects for the first time identified as members of the Diaspididae (Coccoidea). The specificity of Septobasidium species against diaspidid hosts is discussed with respect to the presumptive modes of nutrition of the Diaspididae known from literature.