''Spinulosphaeria'' 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 Sordariomycetes class (subclass Sordariomycetidae) of the Ascomycota.
It was placed in 2020, within the Order Coronophorales and in the family of ''Chaetosphaerellaceae''.
It was thought to be a monotypic genus, containing the single species ''Spinulosphaeria thaxteri'', until 2010 when ''Spinulosphaeria nuda'' was discovered on decorticated fallen logs in Puerto Rico.
References
External links
Index Fungorum
Sordariomycetes
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