:''Spegazzinia is also a synonym of the cactus genus

Weingartia '' Weingartia'' is a genus in the family Cactus, Cactaceae, with species native to Bolivia and Argentina. It was formerly included in ''Rebutia'', but Molecular phylogenetics, molecular phylogenetic evidence suggested that it was distinct from th ...

.'' ''Spegazzinia'' is a

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of widely distributed mitosporic ascomycete fungi in the family

Didymosphaeriaceae The Didymosphaeriaceae are a family of fungi in the order Pleosporales. The family was erected by Anders Munk in 1953. Taxa have a cosmopolitan distribution, and are saprobic in both woody and herbaceous plants. Some species are parasitic on ot ...

.As accepted by Wijayawardene et al. 2020. It was earlier placed in the family Apiosporaceae in 2008. This genus is somewhat related to other lobed or ornamented genera, such as ''

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''. No information is available regarding health effects, toxicity, or allergenicity. The distinctive spores of ''Spegazzinia'' are occasionally identified on spore trap samples. It may also be found in the air by culturable (Andersen) samples if a long enough

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is provided so that

sporulation In biology, a spore is a unit of sexual (in fungi) or asexual reproduction that may be adapted for dispersal and for survival, often for extended periods of time, in unfavourable conditions. Spores form part of the life cycles of many plant ...

occurs. Laboratories have never found this organism growing on indoor environmental surfaces. Natural habitat includes soil and many kinds of trees and other plants. The genus was

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Pier Andrea Saccardo Pier Andrea Saccardo (23 April 1845 in Treviso, Province of Treviso, Treviso – 12 February 1920 in Padua, Italy, Padua) was an Italian botany, botanist and mycology, mycologist. His multi-volume ''Sylloge Fungorum'' was one of the first attempt ...

in 1880, in ''Rev. Mycol.'' (Toulouse) vol. 2, page 140. The genus name of ''Spegazzinia'' is in honour of

Carlo Luigi Spegazzini Carlo Luigi Spegazzini, in Spanish Carlos Luis Spegazzini (20 April 1858 – 1 July 1926), was an Italian-born Argentinian botanist and mycologist. On the 1881/1882 expedition led by Giacomo Bove to explore Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego, ...

, (in Spanish Carlos Luis Spegazzini; 1858–1926), an Italian-born Argentinian botanist and mycologist.

Taxonomy

Species

The following species are accepted by

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: * '' Spegazzinia affinis'' * '' Spegazzinia bromeliacearum'' * ''

Spegazzinia camelliae :''Spegazzinia is also a synonym of the cactus genus Weingartia.'' ''Spegazzinia'' is a genus of widely distributed mitosporic Ascomycota, mitosporic ascomycete fungi in the family Didymosphaeriaceae.As accepted by Wijayawardene et al. 2020. It ...

'' * '' Spegazzinia cruciata'' * ''

Spegazzinia deightonii :''Spegazzinia is also a synonym of the cactus genus Weingartia.'' ''Spegazzinia'' is a genus of widely distributed mitosporic ascomycete fungi in the family Didymosphaeriaceae.As accepted by Wijayawardene et al. 2020. It was earlier placed in ...

'' * '' Spegazzinia flabellata'' * ''

Spegazzinia intermedia :''Spegazzinia is also a synonym of the cactus genus Weingartia.'' ''Spegazzinia'' is a genus of widely distributed mitosporic ascomycete fungi in the family Didymosphaeriaceae.As accepted by Wijayawardene et al. 2020. It was earlier placed in ...

'' * '' Spegazzinia lobulata'' * ''

Spegazzinia neosundara :''Spegazzinia is also a synonym of the cactus genus Weingartia.'' ''Spegazzinia'' is a genus of widely distributed mitosporic ascomycete fungi in the family Didymosphaeriaceae.As accepted by Wijayawardene et al. 2020. It was earlier placed in ...

'' * ''

Spegazzinia parkeri :''Spegazzinia is also a synonym of the cactus genus Weingartia.'' ''Spegazzinia'' is a genus of widely distributed mitosporic ascomycete fungi in the family Didymosphaeriaceae.As accepted by Wijayawardene et al. 2020. It was earlier placed in ...

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Spegazzinia radermacherae :''Spegazzinia is also a synonym of the cactus genus Weingartia.'' ''Spegazzinia'' is a genus of widely distributed mitosporic ascomycete fungi in the family Didymosphaeriaceae.As accepted by Wijayawardene et al. 2020. It was earlier placed in ...

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Spegazzinia subramanianii :''Spegazzinia is also a synonym of the cactus genus Weingartia.'' ''Spegazzinia'' is a genus of widely distributed mitosporic ascomycete fungi in the family Didymosphaeriaceae.As accepted by Wijayawardene et al. 2020. It was earlier placed in ...

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Spegazzinia sundara :''Spegazzinia is also a synonym of the cactus genus Weingartia.'' ''Spegazzinia'' is a genus of widely distributed mitosporic ascomycete fungi in the family Didymosphaeriaceae.As accepted by Wijayawardene et al. 2020. It was earlier placed in ...

'' * ''

Spegazzinia tessarthra :''Spegazzinia is also a synonym of the cactus genus Weingartia.'' ''Spegazzinia'' is a genus of widely distributed mitosporic ascomycete fungi in the family Didymosphaeriaceae.As accepted by Wijayawardene et al. 2020. It was earlier placed in ...

'' * ''

Spegazzinia xanthorrhoeae :''Spegazzinia is also a synonym of the cactus genus Weingartia.'' ''Spegazzinia'' is a genus of widely distributed mitosporic Ascomycota, mitosporic ascomycete fungi in the family Didymosphaeriaceae.As accepted by Wijayawardene et al. 2020. It ...

Former taxa

The following taxa were formally recognised: * ''S. lobata'' = '' Sporidesmium lobatum'' (family

Pleosporomycetidae Pleosporomycetidae is a subclass of Dothideomycetes consisting of four orders: Pleosporales, Hysteriales, Mytilinidiales, and Jahnulales. One of its defining features is the presence of pseudoparaphyses.Eriksson OE, 1981. The families of bit ...

) * ''S. ornata'' = ''Spegazzinia tessarthra'' * ''S. tessarthra'' var. ''deightonii'' = ''Spegazzinia deightonii'' * ''S. trichophila'' = '' Isthmospora trichophila'' (family

Microthyriaceae The Microthyriaceae are a family of fungi with an uncertain taxonomic placement in the class Dothideomycetes. List of Genera The following genera are included within the Microthyriaceae, according to the 2007 Outline of Ascomycota there were ...

)

References

Taxa named by Pier Andrea Saccardo Taxa described in 1880 {{Ascomycetes-stub