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Ascosphaera
''Ascosphaera'' is a genus of fungi in the family Ascosphaeraceae. It was described in 1955 by mycologists Charles F. Spiltoir and Lindsay S. Olive. Members of the genus are insect pathogens. The type species, '' A. apis'', causes chalkbrood disease in honey bee A honey bee (also spelled honeybee) is a eusocial flying insect within the genus ''Apis'' of the bee clade, all native to mainland Afro-Eurasia. After bees spread naturally throughout Africa and Eurasia, humans became responsible for the ...s. The reproductive ascospores of the fungus are produced within a unique structure, the spore cyst, or sporocyst. Species *'' A. acerosa'' *'' A. aggregata'' *'' A. apis'' *'' A. asterophora'' *'' A. atra'' *'' A. callicarpa'' *'' A. celerrima'' *'' A. cinnamomea'' *'' A. duoformis'' *'' A. fimicola'' *'' A. flava'' *'' A. fusiformis'' *'' A. larvis'' *'' A. major'' *'' A. naganensis'' *'' A. osmophila'' *'' A. parasitica'' *'' A. pollenicola'' *'' A. proliperda'' ...
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Ascosphaera Variegata
''Ascosphaera'' is a genus of fungi in the family Ascosphaeraceae. It was described in 1955 by mycologists Charles F. Spiltoir and Lindsay S. Olive. Members of the genus are insect pathogens. The type species, ''Ascosphaera apis, A. apis'', causes chalkbrood disease in honey bees. The reproductive ascospores of the fungus are produced within a unique structure, the spore cyst, or sporocyst. Species *''Ascosphaera acerosa, A. acerosa'' *''Ascosphaera aggregata, A. aggregata'' *''Ascosphaera apis, A. apis'' *''Ascosphaera asterophora, A. asterophora'' *''Ascosphaera atra, A. atra'' *''Ascosphaera callicarpa, A. callicarpa'' *''Ascosphaera celerrima, A. celerrima'' *''Ascosphaera cinnamomea, A. cinnamomea'' *''Ascosphaera duoformis, A. duoformis'' *''Ascosphaera fimicola, A. fimicola'' *''Ascosphaera flava, A. flava'' *''Ascosphaera fusiformis, A. fusiformis'' *''Ascosphaera larvis, A. larvis'' *''Ascosphaera major, A. major'' *''Ascosphaera naganensis, A. naganensis'' *''Ascos ...
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