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Eutypa
Sign in to saveEutypa is a genus of fungi in the family Diatrypaceae. The widespread genus was estimated to contain 32 species in 2008, and then 68 by 2023. Anamorphic forms include the genera Libertella and Cytosporina. The genus was circumscribed in 1863 by the French mycologists and brothers Louis and Charles Tulasne.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomFungi
- PhylumAscomycota
- ClassSordariomycetes
- OrderXylariales
- FamilyDiatrypaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 333
- With media
- 117
- Family
- Diatrypaceae
- Collections
- FESI-UNAM, ILLS, NY, MSC, BPI, MICH
- Recorded in
- Mexico, United States, Venezuela, Bermuda, Honduras
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Eutypa is a genus of fungi in the family Diatrypaceae. The widespread genus was estimated to contain 32 species in 2008, and then 68 by 2023. Anamorphic forms include the genera Libertella and Cytosporina. The genus was circumscribed in 1863 by the French mycologists and brothers Louis and Charles Tulasne.
Some species are frequently found as phytopathogens (parasitic organisms) of grape crops.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Eutypa” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.