Physalospora

Physalospora
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Ascomycetes
Order:	Xylariales
Family:	Hyponectriaceae
Genus:	Physalospora Niessl (1876)
Type species
Physalospora alpestris Niessl
Species
36

Physalospora is a genus of fungi in the family Hyponectriaceae.^[1] The genus is estimated to contain about 36 species that grow on dead leaves. Often confused with Botryosphaeria, Physalospora is probably polyphyletic.^[2]

Species

Physalospora abdita
Physalospora alpestris
Physalospora anamalaiensis
Physalospora aquatica
Physalospora arctostaphyli
Physalospora corni
Physalospora empetri
Physalospora ephedrae
Physalospora eucalypti
Physalospora euphorbiae
Physalospora lonicerae
Physalospora prasiolae
Physalospora rhododendri
Physalospora scirpi
Physalospora vaccinii
Physalospora vitis-idaeae

References

^ Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM. (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet (The Field Museum, Department of Botany, Chicago, USA) 13: 1–58. http://www.fieldmuseum.org/myconet/outline.asp.
^ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA. (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 533. ISBN 9780851998268.

External links

Physalospora in Index Fungorum.