Ophiostoma | |
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Ophiostoma minus | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
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]
The following 129 species are accepted in the genus Ophiostoma: [5]