Review of the Hungarian literature and new data of Gemmina gemmarum and Lophodermium foliicola: two little-known ascomycota species

Our study aimed to expand the data available about two little-known species of Ascomycota in Hungary. The data were collected from 2015 to 2023. The samples collected in the field were identified by using determinantal books and a light microscope. One of the species examined on poplars was Gemmina gemmarum. We present five new records of it from several parts of the country, in each case accurately identifying the Populus species on whose decaying bud scales the fungus appeared. The other species we studied was the Lophodermium foliicola, about which, in addition to new data, we report its appearance on the leaves of Pyrus pyraster as a new result. We also observed that the species prefers the leaves of Crataegus laevigata among the hawthorns. For each species, we carried out precise substrate identification and described the type of habitat of the collection sites according to the ÁNÉR, thus expanding the knowledge of the distribution and substrate preference of Hungarian Ascomycota species.