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Chaetomium truncatulum

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Kingdom
  
Fungi

Subphylum
  
Pezizomycotina

Order
  
Sordariales

Phylum
  
Ascomycota

Class
  
Sordariomycetes

Family
  
Chaetomiaceae

Chaetomium truncatulum is a fungus species in the Chaetomium genus, first isolated from Iran. It shares features such as peridium structure, ascospore morphology and germ pore position with its cogenerates. This species in particular can be characterized by spirally coiled ascomatal hairs and fusiform ascospores.

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Chaetomium truncatulum Wikipedia