Biology:Physalospora

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Short description: Genus of fungi

Physalospora
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Sordariomycetes
Order: Amphisphaeriales
Family: Hyponectriaceae
Genus: Physalospora
Niessl (1876)
Type species
Physalospora alpestris
Niessl
Species

36

Physalospora is a genus of fungi in the family Hyponectriaceae.[1] The genus is estimated to contain about 36 species that grow on dead leaves. Often confused with Botryosphaeria, Physalospora is probably polyphyletic.[2]

Species

  • Physalospora abdita
  • Physalospora alpestris
  • Physalospora anamalaiensis
  • Physalospora aquatica
  • Physalospora arctostaphyli
  • Physalospora corni
  • Physalospora disrupta
  • Physalospora empetri
  • Physalospora ephedrae
  • Physalospora eucalypti
  • Physalospora euphorbiae
  • Physalospora lonicerae
  • Physalospora perseae
  • Physalospora prasiolae
  • Physalospora rhododendri
  • Physalospora scirpi
  • Physalospora vaccinii
  • Physalospora vitis-idaeae

References

  1. "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet (Chicago, USA: The Field Museum, Department of Botany) 13: 1–58. December 2007. http://archive.fieldmuseum.org/myconet/outline.asp. 
  2. Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. 2008. p. 533. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8. 

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