Pteridiospora spinosispora
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| Pteridiospora spinosispora | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Dothideomycetes |
| Genus: | Pteridiospora |
| Species: | P. spinosispora |
| Binomial name | |
| Pteridiospora spinosispora Filer (1969) | |
Pteridiospora spinosispora is a species of fungus in the class Dothideomycetes.
The fungus was discovered in 1963, isolated from the mycorrhizae of sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua). The type locality was near the Mississippi River in northern Mississippi; it was later reported growing with the roots of green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica). The species was first mentioned in a 1966 report, where it was described as an "unidentified sphaeriaceous ascomycete".[1] Filer formally described the fungus in 1969.[2]