Ascodesmis

Ascodesmis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Pezizomycetes
Order: Pezizales
Family: Ascodesmidaceae
Genus: Ascodesmis
Tiegh. (1876)
Type species
Ascodesmis aurea
Tiegh. (1876)

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]

Species

References

  1. Obrist W. (1961). "The genus Ascodesmis". Canadian Journal of Botany. 39 (4): 943–53. doi:10.1139/b61-079.

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