Biology:Coprobolus

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Short description: Genus of fungi

Coprobolus
Scientific classification
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Cain & Kimbr. (1970)
Type species
Coprobolus poculiformis
Cain & Kimbr. (1970)

Coprobolus is a fungal genus in the family Thelebolaceae.[1] It is a monotypic genus, containing the single species Coprobolus poculiformis. It was first described scientifically in 1970. C. poculiformis has hyaline ellipsoid ascosporess and multispored asci that split open at the apex. It was found on rabbit dung.[2]

References

  1. Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM. (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet (Chicago, USA: The Field Museum, Department of Botany) 13: 1–58. Archived from the original on 2009-03-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20090318003134/http://www.fieldmuseum.org/myconet/outline.asp. 
  2. Cain RF, Kimbrough JW. (1969). "Coprobolus, a new genus of the tribe Theleboleae (Pezizaceae)". Canadian Journal of Botany 47 (12): 1911–1914. doi:10.1139/b69-282. 

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