''Ascodesmis'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
fungi
A fungus (: fungi , , , or ; or funguses) is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and mold (fungus), molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms. These organisms are classified as one ...
in the family
Ascodesmidaceae
The Ascodesmidaceae are a family of fungi in the order Pezizales
The Pezizales are an order of the subphylum Pezizomycotina within the phylum Ascomycota. The order contains 16 families, 199 genera, and 1683 species. It contains a number of ...
. It was described by French botanist
Philippe Édouard Léon Van Tieghem
Philippe Édouard Léon Van Tieghem (; 19 April 1839 – 28 April 1914) was a French botanist born in Baillleul in the département of Nord. He was one of the best known French botanists of the latter nineteenth century.
Life
Van Tieghem's ...
in 1876. Species in the genus are
coprophilous, and are characterized by the absence of an excipulum (tissues containing the
hymenium
The hymenium is the tissue layer on the hymenophore of a fungal fruiting body where the cells develop into basidia or asci, which produce spores. In some species all of the cells of the hymenium develop into basidia or asci, while in oth ...
of a
fruit body
The sporocarp (also known as fruiting body, fruit body or fruitbody) of fungi is a multicellular structure on which spore-producing structures, such as basidia or asci, are borne. The fruitbody is part of the sexual phase of a fungal life cyc ...
).
Species
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Ascodesmis aurea''
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Ascodesmis echinulata''
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Ascodesmis macrospora''
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Ascodesmis microscopica''
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Ascodesmis nana''
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Ascodesmis nigricans''
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Ascodesmis obristii''
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Ascodesmis porcina''
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Ascodesmis reticulata''
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Ascodesmis sphaerospora''
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Ascodesmis volutelloides''
References
Pezizales
Pezizales genera
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