''Gliocephalis'' is a
genus
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of
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fungi
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in the
family
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Pyxidiophoraceae. The genus was
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* Circum ...
by French mycologist
Louis Matruchot in 1899 with ''
G. hyalina'' as the
type
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and sole species.
''
G. pulchella'' was transferred to the genus (from ''
Gliocladium
''Gliocladium''Corda (1840) ''Icon. fung. (Prague)'' 4: 30. is an asexual fungal genus in the Hypocreaceae. Certain other species including ''Gliocladium virens'' were recently transferred to the genus ''Trichoderma'' and ''G. roseum'' became ' ...
'') in 1979.
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Laboulbeniomycetes genera
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