Physalospora

Physalospora
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Ascomycetes
Order: Xylariales
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

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. Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA. (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 533. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.

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