Taiwanascus
Genus of fungi
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Taiwanascus is a genus of fungi in the family Niessliaceae. It was circumscribed in 2007 to contain the type, Taiwanascus tetrasporus, found growing on dead wood in Taipei, Taiwan.[1] T. samuelsii, described from the Western Ghats, India, was added to the genus in 2013.[2]
| Taiwanascus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Sordariomycetes |
| Order: | Hypocreales |
| Family: | Niessliaceae |
| Genus: | Taiwanascus Sivan. & H.S.Chang (1997) |
| Type species | |
| Taiwanascus tetrasporus Sivan. & H.S.Chang (1997) | |
| Species | |
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T. samuelsii | |
