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Genus of fungi

Spinulosphaeria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Subdivision: Pezizomycotina
Class: Sordariomycetes
Subclass: Sordariomycetidae
Order: Coronophorales
Family: Chaetosphaerellaceae
Genus: Spinulosphaeria
Sivan.
Type species
Spinulosphaeria thaxteri
(Pat.) Sivan., (1974)

Spinulosphaeria is a genus of fungi in the Sordariomycetes class (subclass Sordariomycetidae) of the Ascomycota. It was placed in 2020, within the Order Coronophorales and in the family of Chaetosphaerellaceae.

It was thought to be a monotypic genus, containing the single species Spinulosphaeria thaxteri, until 2010 when Spinulosphaeria nuda Mugambi & Huhndorf (2010) was discovered on decorticated fallen logs in Puerto Rico.

References

  1. Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM. (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet. 13. Chicago, USA: The Field Museum, Department of Botany: 1–58.
  2. Wijayawardene, Nalin; Hyde, Kevin; Al-Ani, Laith Khalil Tawfeeq; Somayeh, Dolatabadi; Stadler, Marc; Haelewaters, Danny; et al. (2020). "Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa". Mycosphere. 11: 1060–1456. doi:10.5943/mycosphere/11/1/8. hdl:10481/61998.
  3. "Species Fungorum - Names Record". www.speciesfungorum.org.

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Taxon identifiers
Spinulosphaeria


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