Prosopidicola

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Prosopidicola
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Subdivision: Pezizomycotina
Class: Sordariomycetes
Subclass: Sordariomycetidae
Order: Diaporthales
Family: Cryphonectriaceae
Genus:Prosopidicola
Crous & C.L. Lennox 2004
Species:P. mexicana
Binomial name
Prosopidicola mexicana
Crous & C.L. Lennox 2004

Prosopidicola is a monotypic genus of fungi within the family Cryphonectriaceae containing the sole species Prosopidicola mexicana.

A genus is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, as well as viruses, in biology. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nomenclature, the genus name forms the first part of the binomial species name for each species within the genus.

Cryphonectriaceae is family of fungi in the order Diaporthales.


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