Spinellus
Spinellus is a genus of fungi in the Phycomycetaceae family. The widely distributed genus contains three species of pin mold that are parasitic on agaric mushrooms.[1] The genus was circumscribed by Phillippe Edouard Leon van Tieghem in 1875.[2]
| Spinellus | |
|---|---|
| Spinellus fusiger growing on Mycena haematopus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Mucoromycota |
| Class: | Mucoromycetes |
| Order: | Mucorales |
| Family: | Phycomycetaceae |
| Genus: | Spinellus Tiegh. (1875) |
| Type species | |
| Spinellus fusiger (Link) Tiegh. (1875) | |
| Species | |
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Species
- Spinellus chalybeus
- Spinellus fusiger
- Spinellus sphaerosporus
References
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- Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 651. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
- van Tieghem P. (1875). "Nouvelles recherches sur les Mucorinées". Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique (in French). 1 (6): 66.
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