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Spinellus
Sign in to saveSpinellus is a genus of fungi in the Phycomycetaceae family. The widely distributed genus contains three species of pin mold that are parasitic on agaric mushrooms. The genus was circumscribed by Phillippe Edouard Leon van Tieghem in 1875.
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Vinony's link graph records 2 inbound references to Spinellus, and connects out to fungi, Philippe Édouard Léon Van Tieghem and International Standard Book Number.
It is catalogued under the topic Zygomycota genera.
Vinony links it to 8 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomFungi
- PhylumMucoromycota
- ClassMucoromycetes
- OrderMucorales
- FamilyPhycomycetaceae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 15
- With media
- 10
- Family
- Phycomycetaceae
- Collections
- F, FLAS, MEL, MIN, UPS, UCSC
- Recorded in
- United States, Australia, Sweden, Canada
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Mucoraceae
- Image
- Spinellus fusiger 51504.jpg
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- taxon name
- Spinellus
- taxon rank
- genus
- taxonomic type
- Spinellus fusiger
- Commons category
- Spinellus
- taxon author citation
- Tiegh.
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Encyclopedic overview
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Spinellus is a genus of fungi in the Phycomycetaceae family. The widely distributed genus contains three species of pin mold that are parasitic on agaric mushrooms. The genus was circumscribed by Phillippe Edouard Leon van Tieghem in 1875.
==Species== Spinellus chalybeus Spinellus fusiger Spinellus sphaerosporus
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