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Lophiostoma
Sign in to saveLophiostoma is a genus of ascomycetous fungi in the family Lophiostomataceae.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomFungi
- PhylumAscomycota
- ClassDothideomycetes
- OrderPleosporales
- FamilyLophiostomataceae
Habitatmarine
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 382
- With media
- 139
- Family
- Lophiostomataceae
- Collections
- CIIDIR-IPN, NEB, MICH, NY, F, ILLS
- Recorded in
- Mexico, United States, Canada, Brazil
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Lophiostomataceae
- Image
- Lophiostoma compressum ascomata.jpg
Show 5 more facts
- taxon name
- Lophiostoma
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Lophiostoma
- taxonomic type
- Lophiostoma macrostomum
- taxon author citation
- Ces. & De Not.
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- [[Nomenclature]]
- [[Ecology]]
- [[Morphology (biology)|Morphology]]
- [[Taxonomy (biology)|Taxonomy]]
- [[Phylogenetics]]
- References
Lophiostoma is a genus of ascomycetous fungi in the family Lophiostomataceae.
Species are commonly found growing both on living and dead wood, bark of deciduous trees, on shrubs and on herbaceous hosts. They are also found in freshwater, and marine environments.
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