Curvatispora

Curvatispora
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Sordariomycetes
Order: incertae sedis
Family: incertae sedis
Genus: Curvatispora
V.V.Sarma & K.D.Hyde (2001)
Type species
Curvatispora singaporensis
V.V.Sarma & K.D.Hyde (2001)

Curvatispora is a fungal genus in the class Sordariomycetes. The relationship of this taxon to other taxa within the class is unknown (incertae sedis).[1] The genus is monotypic, containing the single species Curvatispora singaporensis, which was discovered growing on a fallen decaying frond of Livistona spinosa in Singapore.[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.
  2. Sarma VV, Hyde KD. (2001). "Fungi from palms. XLVIII. Curvatispora singaporensis gen. et sp. nov. on Livistona spinosa from Singapore". Nova Hedwigia 72: 479–485. doi:10.1127/nova.hedwigia/72/2001/479.

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