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Ascodesmis

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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 excipulum (tissues containing the hymenium of a fruit body).

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomFungi
  2. PhylumAscomycota
  3. ClassPezizomycetes
  4. OrderPezizales
  5. FamilyAscodesmidaceae

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
18
With media
11
Family
Ascodesmidaceae
Collections
BPI, MNHN
Recorded in
Pakistan, France

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Ascodesmidaceae
Image
2014-06-05 Ascodesmis sphaerospora W. Obrist 424471.jpg
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taxon name
Ascodesmis
taxon rank
genus
taxon author citation
Tiegh.
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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 excipulum (tissues containing the hymenium of a fruit body).

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

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