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 exipulum (tissues containing the hymenium of a fruit body).[1]
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| Genus: | Ascodesmis Tiegh. (1876)
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| Ascodesmis aurea Tiegh. (1876)
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edit- ^ Obrist W. (1961). "The genus Ascodesmis". Canadian Journal of Botany. 39 (4): 943–53. doi:10.1139/b61-079.
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