Ophiostoma

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Ophiostoma
Ophiostoma minus
Scientific classification Edit this 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]

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