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Arthrinium
Sign in to saveArthrinium is a genus of minute disease-causing fungi which belong to the family Apiosporaceae and which are parasitic on flowering plants such as sedges. These fungi have an anamorphic life cycle stage where spores are produced asexually in structures called conidia and a teleomorphic stage where sexual spores are produced in asci.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomFungi
- PhylumAscomycota
- ClassSordariomycetes
- OrderXylariales
- FamilyApiosporaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 65
- With media
- 14
- Family
- Apiosporaceae
- Collections
- ILLS, MEL, MIN, UC, BPI, ISC
- Recorded in
- Ecuador, United States, Costa Rica, Denmark, Colombia, Venezuela, Russian Federation, Panama
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Apiosporaceae
- Image
- Arthrinium bambusae (10.3897-mycokeys.34.24221) Figure 3.jpg
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- taxon rank
- genus
- taxon name
- Arthrinium
- taxonomic type
- Arthrinium caricicola
- Commons category
- Arthrinium
- taxon author citation
- Kunze
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Arthrinium is a genus of minute disease-causing fungi which belong to the family Apiosporaceae and which are parasitic on flowering plants such as sedges. These fungi have an anamorphic life cycle stage where spores are produced asexually in structures called conidia and a teleomorphic stage where sexual spores are produced in asci.
Historically the name Arthrinum represented the anamorph form and a different genus name was used for the teleomorph form; however after a decision in 2011 one name or the other has to be selected as the current name for all cases. The corresponding teleomorph-derived name varies from species to species of Arthrinium but most commonly it is Apiospora, for instance the teleomorph synonym of the species Arthrinium balearicum is Apiospora balearica. There is a tendency to prefer the teleomorph name and the genus name Arthrinium is not the current official one for all species.
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