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Acrostalagmus | |
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Acrostalagmus annulatus found on decaying palm frond in a greenhouse | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Sordariomycetes |
Order: | Hypocreales |
Family: | Hypocreaceae |
Genus: |
Acrostalagmus Corda, 1838 |
Extant species | |
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Acrostalagmus is a genus of fungi belonging to the family Plectosphaerellaceae. [1]
The genus was described in 1838 by August Carl Joseph Corda. [1] The commonest species is a hyphomycete, Acrostalagmus luteoalbus, which makes verticillate conidiophores with orange balls of slimy 1-celled conidia. It grows on dung and other kinds of debris. The species was often classified in Verticillium until DNA phylogenies suggested that the root-pathogenic species of that genus are distinct. [2] The synnematous species Acrostalagmus annulatus is also relatively common. [3]
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