Spegazzinia

Spegazzinia is also a synonym of the cactus genus Rebutia.
Spegazzinia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Incertae sedis
Order: Incertae sedis
Family: Incertae sedis
Genus: Spegazzinia
Speg. (1879)
Type species
Spegazzinia ornata
Speg. (1880)
Species

S. intermedia
S. lobulata
S. ornata
S. subramanianii[1]
S. sundara
S. tessarthra
S. xanthorrhoeae

Spegazzinia is a genus of mitosporic Ascomycota. The widely distributed genus contains seven species.[2] This genus is somewhat related to other lobed or ornamented genera such as Candelabrum. No information is available regarding health effects or toxicity. Allergenicity has not been studied. Spegazzinia is usually identified on spore trap samples where it is seen every few weeks (spores have very distinctive morphology). It may also be found in air by culturable (Andersen) samples if a long enough incubation period is provided so that sporulation occurs. Laboratories have never found this organism growing on indoor environmental surfaces. Natural habitat includes soil and many kinds of trees and plants.

References

  1. ↑ Bhat DJ. (1994). "Two undescribed species of conidial fungi from forests of western Ghats in southern India". Indian Journal of Forestry 17: 129–33.
  2. ↑ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA. (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 647. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.

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