Ophiostoma

Last updated

Ophiostoma
Ophiostoma minus.jpeg
Ophiostoma minus
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Sordariomycetes
Order: Ophiostomatales
Family: Ophiostomataceae
Genus: Ophiostoma
Syd. & P.Syd. (1919)
Type species
Ophiostoma piliferum
(Fr.) Syd. & P.Syd. (1919)
Synonyms

Ophiostoma is a genus of fungi within the family Ophiostomataceae. [2] It was circumscribed in 1919 by mycologists Hans Sydow and Paul Sydow. [3]

Note the former type species of Ophiostoma piliferum(Fr.) Syd. & P. Syd. (1919) is now Ceratocystis pilifera , Ceratocystidaceae family. [4]

The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution worldwide, except for central Asia, northern Africa and Russia. [1]

Species

The following 129 species are accepted in the genus Ophiostoma: [5]

References

  1. 1 2 "Ophiostoma Syd. & P.Syd". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
  2. Lumbsch, T. H. & S. M. Huhndorf. (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet. 13. Chicago, USA: The Field Museum, Department of Botany: 1–58.
  3. Sydow H, Sydow P (1919). "Mykologische mitteilungen". Annales Mycologici (in German). 17 (1): 33–47.
  4. "Species Fungorum - Names Record". www.speciesfungorum.org. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
  5. "Species Fungorum - Search Page Ophiostoma". www.speciesfungorum.org. Retrieved 1 September 2024.