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Rosellinia
Sign in to saveRosellinia is a genus of fungi in the family Xylariaceae consisting of over 90 species. Several of the species in this genus are plant pathogens. Fossils of Rosellinia have been found in 12 million year old rocks from central England.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomFungi
- PhylumAscomycota
- ClassSordariomycetes
- OrderXylariales
- FamilyXylariaceae
Habitatmarine
Observations recorded13,159
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 1,090
- With media
- 521
- Family
- Xylariaceae
- Collections
- INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA (INPA), LSUM, MU, FLAS, CUP, ILLS
- Recorded in
- Brasil, United States, Guatemala, Venezuela, Brazil, Bolivia, Papua New Guinea
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Rosellinia is a genus of fungi in the family Xylariaceae consisting of over 90 species. Several of the species in this genus are plant pathogens. Fossils of Rosellinia have been found in 12 million year old rocks from central England.
The genus was circumscribed by Giuseppe De Notaris in Giorn. Bot. Ital. vol.1 (Issue 1) on page 334 in 1844.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Rosellinia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.