Grosmannia tibetensis, a new ophiostomatoid fungus associated with Orthotomicus sp. (Coleoptera) in Tibetan subalpine forests

Few ophiostomatoid fungi have been reported from the margin of the Tibetan Plateau and none have been found in the central portion of the region. In a survey of ophiostomatoid fungi associated with spruce bark beetles in Tibetan subalpine forests, numerous strains of Leptographium s. l. (Ophiostomataceae) were isolated from Orthotomicus sp. (Coleoptera: Scolytinae) and its galleries infesting Picea likiangensis var. balfouriana. Morphological...