Dicephalospora

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Dicephalospora
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Dicephalospora chrysotricha
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Dicephalospora

Spooner (1987)
Type species
Dicephalospora calochroa
(Syd.) Spooner (1987)
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Dicephalospora is a genus of fungi in the family Sclerotiniaceae. [1] The genus was circumscribed by mycologist Brian Spooner in 1987. [2] These ascomycete fungi occur on rotten wood, twigs and leaf stems. [3]

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References

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  2. Spooner B. (1987). Helotiales of Australasia: Geoglossaceae, Orbiliaceae, Sclerotiniaceae, Hyaloscyphaceae. Bibliotheca Mycologica. Vol. 116. Lubrecht & Cramer. p. 267. ISBN   978-3443590178.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Zheng, Huan-Di; Zhuang, Wen-Ying (2019). "Three new species of Dicephalospora from China as revealed by morphological and molecular evidences". MycoKeys. 55: 87–99. doi: 10.3897/mycokeys.55.33859 . PMC   6614148 . PMID   31312096.
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