''Cylindrocarpon ianthothele'' is a fungal

plant pathogen Plant pathology (also phytopathology) is the scientific study of diseases in plants caused by pathogens (infectious organisms) and environmental conditions (physiological factors). Organisms that cause infectious disease include fungi, oomyc ...

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 in 1865. List of genera This is an incomplete list of genera Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank ...

. It was described as a new species in 1917 by the German mycologist Hans Wilhelm Wollenweber. The type specimen was collected from rotten

bulb In botany, a bulb is structurally a short stem with fleshy leaves or leaf basesBell, A.D. 1997. ''Plant form: an illustrated guide to flowering plant morphology''. Oxford University Press, Oxford, U.K. that function as food storage organs duri ...

s of ''

Cyclamen persicum ''Cyclamen persicum'', the Persian cyclamen, is a species of flowering herbaceous perennial plant growing from a tuber, native to rocky hillsides, shrubland, and woodland up to above sea level, from south-central Turkey to Lebanon-Syria and the ...

'' and on stems of '' Rubus idaeus'' growing in Denmark and Switzerland. Although some varieties and a form of the fungus have been proposed, they are now not considered to have independent

taxonomic Taxonomy is the practice and science of categorization or classification. A taxonomy (or taxonomical classification) is a scheme of classification, especially a hierarchical classification, in which things are organized into groups or types. ...

significance and have been folded into synonymy with the nominate variety.

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