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Ascodesmis

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Kingdom
  
Fungi

Class
  
Pezizomycetes

Rank
  
Genus

Division
  
Ascomycota

Family
  
Ascodesmidaceae

Order
  
Pezizales

Similar
  
Ascodesmidaceae, Saccobolus, Lasiobolus, Ascobolus denudatus, Ascobolus carbonarius

Ascodesmis fungi kingdom


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).

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Species

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

    • References

    Ascodesmis Wikipedia
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