| Myriostoma capillisporum | |
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| Myriostoma capillisporum, Pretoria, South Africa | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Geastrales |
| Family: | Geastraceae |
| Genus: | Myriostoma |
| Species: | M. capillisporum |
| Binomial name | |
| Myriostoma capillisporum (V.J. Staněk) Suz, A.M. Ainsw., Baseia & M.P. Martín (2017) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Myriostoma capillisporum is a fungal species in the family Geastraceae. Basidiocarps resemble earthstars, but the spore sac is supported by multiple columns (instead of a single column) and has multiple ostioles instead of a single, apical ostiole. The fungus was originally described as a variety of Myriostoma coliforme , based on the distinctive and conspicuous ornamentation of its basidiospores. Recent molecular research, based on cladistic analysis of DNA sequences, has shown that it is a separate species, so far only known from South Africa. [1]
