Ascopolyporus

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Ascopolyporus
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Ascoporus polychrous
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Sordariomycetes
Order: Hypocreales
Family: Cordycipitaceae
Genus: Ascopolyporus
A.Möller (1901)
Type species
Ascopolyporus polychrous
A.Möller (1901)
Species

A. gollmerianus
A. moellerianus
A. philodendri
A. polychrous
A. polyporoides
A. puttemansii
A. villosus

Ascopolyporus is a genus of fungi within the family Cordycipitaceae. [1] Species are pathogens of scale insects. [2]

The type species of Ascopolyporus is A. polychrous .

Ascopolyporus polychrous cross section Ascopolyporus polychrous cross section.jpg
Ascopolyporus polychrous cross section

References

  1. Sung G-H, Hywel-Jones NL, Sung J-M, Luangsa-ard JJ, Shrestha B, Spatafora JW (2007). "Phylogenetic classification of Cordyceps and the clavicipitaceous fungi". Studies in Mycology. 57: 5–59. doi:10.3114/sim.2007.57.01. PMC   2104736 . PMID   18490993. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  2. Bischoff JF, Chaverri P, White Jr JF (2005). "Clarification of the host substrate of Ascopolyporus and description of Ascopolyporus philodendrus sp. nov" . Mycologia. 97 (3): 710–7. doi:10.3852/mycologia.97.3.710. PMID   16392258.