''Stilbella'' is a

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in the order

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. The relationship of this

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to other taxa within the

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is unknown (''

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''), and it has not yet been placed with certainty into any

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. It is sometimes placed in the family ''

Bionectriaceae The Bionectriaceae are a family of fungi in the order Hypocreales. A 2008 estimate places 35 genera and 281 species in the family. Species in the family tend to grow on plant material, including woody debris, while some species associate with alg ...

'' (order Hypocreales). A 1985

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included 19 species; more recent estimates place about 60 species in the genus. The

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''Stilbella fimetaria'' (syn. ''Stilbella erythrocephala'' ) has a

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and grows on herbivore dung. It has pink or orange slimy

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on white synnemata with phialidic

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cells. Several species have since been reclassified in other genera based on

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or the discovery of sexual states, such as '' Atractium'', '' Stilbocrea'', and ''

Trichoderma ''Trichoderma'' is a genus of fungi in the family Hypocreaceae that is present in all soils, where they are the most prevalent culturable fungi. Many species in this genus can be characterized as opportunistic avirulent plant symbionts. This re ...

''.

Species

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(in the

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) accepts 60 species of ''Stilbella''. *'' Stilbella aciculosa'' *'' Stilbella albocitrina'' *'' Stilbella albominuta'' *'' Stilbella aleuriata'' *'' Stilbella aquigena'' *'' Stilbella arndtii'' *'' Stilbella aurantiocinnabarina'' *'' Stilbella aureola'' *'' Stilbella berteroi'' *'' Stilbella bucidae'' *'' Stilbella bulbicola'' *'' Stilbella byssiseda'' *'' Stilbella bulbosa'' *'' Stilbella clavispora'' *'' Stilbella burmensis'' *'' Stilbella byssiseda'' *'' Stilbella candidula'' *'' Stilbella capillamentosa'' *'' Stilbella cinerea'' *'' Stilbella clavispora'' *'' Stilbella clavulata'' *'' Stilbella clavulata'' *'' Stilbella coccophila'' *'' Stilbella emericellopsis'' *'' Stilbella dielsiana'' *'' Stilbella dolichoderinarum'' *'' Stilbella ecuadorensis'' *'' Stilbella eichlerae'' *'' Stilbella elasticae'' *'' Stilbella emericellopsis'' *'' Stilbella fimetaria'' *'' Stilbella flavoviridis'' *'' Stilbella fusca'' *'' Stilbella herbarum'' *'' Stilbella heveae'' *'' Stilbella hirsuta'' *'' Stilbella hyalina'' *'' Stilbella iwokramensis'' *'' Stilbella jaapii'' *'' Stilbella karstenii'' *'' Stilbella minutissima'' *'' Stilbella larvarum'' *'' Stilbella sebacea'' *'' Stilbella ledermannii'' *'' Stilbella stereicola'' *'' Stilbella lutea'' *'' Stilbella maxima'' *'' Stilbella melastomataceae'' *'' Stilbella mesenterica'' *'' Stilbella minutissima'' *'' Stilbella pellucidum'' *'' Stilbella pezizoidea'' *'' Stilbella proliferans'' *'' Stilbella pseudomortierella'' *'' Stilbella pubida'' *'' Stilbella resinae'' *'' Stilbella rosea'' *'' Stilbella rubescens'' *'' Stilbella rubicunda'' *'' Stilbella sanguinea'' *'' Stilbella sebacea'' *'' Stilbella setiformis'' *'' Stilbella stereicola'' *'' Stilbella subinconspicua'' *'' Stilbella theae'' *'' Stilbella xanthopus''

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q10680077 Hypocreales Taxa described in 1900 Sordariomycetes genera Taxa named by Gustav Lindau