Biology:Ascodesmis

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Short description: Genus of fungi

Ascodesmis
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Ascodesmis

Tiegh. (1876)
Type species
Ascodesmis aurea
Tiegh. (1876)

Ascodesmis is a genus of fungi in the family Ascodesmidaceae. It was described by French botanist Philippe Édouard Léon Van Tieghem in 1876. Species in the genus are coprophilous, and are characterized by the absence of an exipulum (tissues containing the hymenium of a fruit body).[1]

Species

  • Ascodesmis aurea
  • Ascodesmis echinulata
  • Ascodesmis macrospora
  • Ascodesmis microscopica
  • Ascodesmis nana
  • Ascodesmis nigricans
  • Ascodesmis obristii
  • Ascodesmis porcina
  • Ascodesmis reticulata
  • Ascodesmis sphaerospora
  • Ascodesmis volutelloides

References

  1. Obrist W. (1961). "The genus Ascodesmis". Canadian Journal of Botany 39 (4): 943–53. doi:10.1139/b61-079. 

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