Ascobolus is a genus of fungi in the Ascobolaceae family. The genus has a widespread distribution, and contains an estimated 61 species, most of which are coprophilous.[2] The genus was circumscribed by Christian Hendrik Persoon in 1796.[3]
| Ascobolus | |
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| Ascobolus sp. growing on cow dung | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Pezizomycetes |
| Order: | Pezizales |
| Family: | Ascobolaceae |
| Genus: | Ascobolus Pers. (1796) |
| Type species | |
| Ascobolus pezizoides Pers. (1797)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Phaeopezia subgen. Crouaniella Sacc. (1884) | |
Species
editSpecies include:
- Ascobolus albidus
- Ascobolus americanus
- Ascobolus asininus
- Ascobolus barbatus
- Ascobolus behnitziensis
- Ascobolus bistisii
- Ascobolus brantophilus
- Ascobolus brassicae
- Ascobolus brunneus
- Ascobolus calesco
- Ascobolus carbonarius
- Ascobolus carletonii
- Ascobolus cervinus
- Ascobolus ciliatus
- Ascobolus crenulatus
- Ascobolus crosslandii
- Ascobolus dadei
- Ascobolus degluptus
- Ascobolus denudatus
- Ascobolus egyptiacus
- Ascobolus elegans
- Ascobolus epimyces
- Ascobolus equinus
- Ascobolus foliicola
- Ascobolus geophilus
- Ascobolus hansenii
- Ascobolus hawaiiensis
- Ascobolus immersus
- Ascobolus leveillei
- Ascobolus lignatilis
- Ascobolus lineolatus
- Ascobolus macrosporus
- Ascobolus mancus
- Ascobolus masseei
- Ascobolus michaudii
- Ascobolus minutus
- Ascobolus perplexans
- Ascobolus pezizoides
- Ascobolus purpurascens
- Ascobolus rhytidosporus
- Ascobolus roseopurpurascens
- Ascobolus sacchariferus
- Ascobolus stercorarius
- Ascobolus stictoideus
- Ascobolus viridis
- Ascobolus winteri
References
edit- ^ "Ascobolus Pers. 1796". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2012-04-27.
- ^ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 53. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
- ^ Persoon CH. (1796). Observationes mycologicae (in Latin). Vol. 1. Leipzig, Germany: Wolf. p. 35.
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