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Dicephalospora

Dicephalospora is a genus of fungi in the family Sclerotiniaceae. The genus was circumscribed by mycologist Brian Spooner in 1987. These ascomycete fungi occur on rotten wood, twigs and leaf stems.

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Dicephalospora
"Dicephalospora chrysotricha"
Dicephalospora chrysotricha
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Leotiomycetes
Order: Helotiales
Family: Sclerotiniaceae
Genus: Dicephalospora
Spooner (1987)
Type species
Dicephalospora calochroa
(Syd.) Spooner (1987)
Species

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Dicephalospora is a genus of fungi in the family Sclerotiniaceae.1 The genus was circumscribed by mycologist Brian Spooner in 1987.2 These ascomycete fungi occur on rotten wood, twigs and leaf stems.3

Species

  • D. albolutea H.D. Zheng & W.Y. Zhuang (2019)3
  • D. calochroa (Syd.) Spooner (1987)
  • D. chrysotricha (Berk.) Verkley (2004)
  • D. damingshanica W.Y.Zhuang (1999)4
  • D. pinglongshanica W.Y.Zhuang (1999)4
  • D. shennongjiana H.D. Zheng & W.Y. Zhuang (2019)3
  • D. yunnanica H.D. Zheng & W.Y. Zhuang (2019)3
References

References

  1. Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet. 13: 1–58. Archived from the original on 2009-03-18.
  2. Spooner B. (1987). Helotiales of Australasia: Geoglossaceae, Orbiliaceae, Sclerotiniaceae, Hyaloscyphaceae. Bibliotheca Mycologica. Vol. 116. Lubrecht & Cramer. p. 267. ISBN 978-3443590178.
  3. Zheng, Huan-Di; Zhuang, Wen-Ying (2019). "Three new species of Dicephalospora from China as revealed by morphological and molecular evidences". MycoKeys. 55: 87–99. doi:10.3897/mycokeys.55.33859. PMC 6614148. PMID 31312096.
  4. Zhuang WY (1999). "Discomycetes of tropical China. VI. Additional species from Guangxi" (PDF). Fungal Diversity. 3: 187–196.