''Cosmospora'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of
ascomycete
Ascomycota is a phylum of the kingdom Fungi that, together with the Basidiomycota, forms the subkingdom Dikarya. Its members are commonly known as the sac fungi or ascomycetes. It is the largest phylum of Fungi, with over 64,000 species. The defi ...
fungi in the family
Nectriaceae
The Nectriaceae comprise a family of fungi in the order Hypocreales. It was circumscribed by brothers Charles and Louis René Tulasne
Louis René Étienne Tulasne, a.k.a. Edmond Tulasne (12 September 1815 – 22 December 1885) was a French b ...
.
The genus, as circumscribed by Rossman et al. (1998), included all the
nectrioid species with small, reddish, non-ornamented sexual fruiting bodies that collapse laterally when dry.
However, the genus was shown to be
polyphyletic,
and the majority of species were re-classified into revived or recently established genera that are
monophyletic
In cladistics for a group of organisms, monophyly is the condition of being a clade—that is, a group of taxa composed only of a common ancestor (or more precisely an ancestral population) and all of its lineal descendants. Monophyletic gro ...
.
''Cosmospora'' ''
sensu'' Rossman housed members of the following genera: ''
Chaetopsina'', ''
Cylindrocladiella'', ''
Fusicolla
''Fusicolla'' is a genus of seven species of ascomycete fungi in the family Nectriaceae. The genus was circumscribed by German mycologist Hermann Friedrich Bonorden in 1851. Fungi in the genus produce slimy orange sheets over the substrate, with ...
'', ''
Macroconia'', ''
Mariannaea'', ''
Microcera'', ''
Pseudocosmospora'', ''
Stylonectria'', and ''
Volutella''.
''Cosmospora'' was restricted to species having
acremonium-like asexual morphs that grow on
polypores
Polypores are a group of fungi that form large fruiting bodies with pores or tubes on the underside (see Delimitation for exceptions). They are a morphological group of basidiomycetes-like gilled mushrooms and hydnoid fungi, and not all polypor ...
and
xylariaceous fungi.
The name ''Cosmospora'' comes from Greek ''kosmos'' + ''spora'', meaning ornamented spores.
Species
''Cosmospora''
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Cosmospora coccinea''
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Cosmospora arxii''
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Cosmospora berkeleyana''
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Cosmospora butyri''
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Cosmospora cymosa''
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Cosmospora khandalensis''
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Cosmospora lavitskiae''
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Cosmospora viliuscula''
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Cosmospora viridescens''
''Chaetopsina''
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Chaetopsina fulva''
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Chaetopsina penicillata''
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Chaetopsina polyblastia''
''Cylindrocladiella''
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Cylindrocladiella microcylindrica''
''Dialonectria''
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Dialonectria episphaeria''
''Fusicolla''
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Fusicolla matuoi
''Fusicolla'' is a genus of seven species of ascomycete fungi in the family Nectriaceae. The genus was circumscribed by German mycologist Hermann Friedrich Bonorden in 1851. Fungi in the genus produce slimy orange sheets over the substrate, with ...
''
''Macroconia''
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Macroconia leptosphaeriae''
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Macroconia cupularis''
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Macroconia gigas''
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Macroconia papilionacearum''
''Mariannaea''
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Mariannaea catenulatae''
''Microcera''
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Microcera coccophila''
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Microcera diploa''
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Microcera larvarum''
''Pseudocosmospora''
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Pseudocosmospora joca''
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Pseudocosmospora metepisphaeria''
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Pseudocosmospora pseudepisphaeria''
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Pseudocosmospora triqua''
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Pseudocosmospora vilior''
''Stylonectria''
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Stylonectria purtonii''
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Stylonectria wegeliniana''
''Volutella''
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Volutella consors''
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Volutella citrinella''
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Incertae sedis''
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Cosmospora biasolettiana''
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Cosmospora chlorina''
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Cosmospora damingshanica''
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Cosmospora digitalicola''
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Cosmospora diminuta''
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Cosmospora dingleyae''
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Cosmospora effusa''
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Cosmospora geastroides''
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Cosmospora glabra''
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Cosmospora henanensis''
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Cosmospora hispanica''
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Cosmospora japonica''
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Cosmospora jucundula''
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Cosmospora kurdica''
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Cosmospora lasiodiplodiae''
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Cosmospora macrochaetopsinae''
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Cosmospora marelliana''
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Cosmospora meliopsicola''
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Cosmospora nothepisphaeria''
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Cosmospora nummulariae''
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Cosmospora obscura''
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Cosmospora peponum''
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Cosmospora pseudoflavoviridis''
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Cosmospora purpureocolla''
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Cosmospora rickii''
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Cosmospora rubrisetosa''
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Cosmospora sansevieriae''
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Cosmospora stegonsporii''
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Cosmospora stilbosporae''
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Cosmospora thujana''
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Cosmospora tungurahuana''
References
External links
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Nectriaceae genera
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