''Ambrosiella'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

ambrosia fungi Ambrosia fungi are fungal symbionts of ambrosia beetles including the polyphagous and Kuroshio shot hole borers. There are a few dozen species described ambrosia fungi, currently placed in polyphyletic genera ''Ambrosiella'', '' Rafaellea'' and ' ...

within the family

Ceratocystidaceae The Ceratocystidaceae are a family of fungi in the class Sordariomycetes, subclass Hypocreomycetidae. Genera *'' Ambrosiella'' *'' Ceratocystis'' *'' Chalaropsis'' *'' Endoconidiophora'' *'' Gabarnaudia'' *'' Gondwanamyces'' *'' Huntiella'' *'' ...

. It was

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by mycologists

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and Grégoire L. Hennebert in 1965 with ''

Ambrosiella xylebori ''Ambrosiella'' is a genus of ambrosia fungi within the family Ceratocystidaceae. It was circumscription (taxonomy), circumscribed by mycologists Josef Adolph von Arx and Grégoire L. Hennebert in 1965 with ''Ambrosiella xylebori'' as the type spe ...

'' as the

type species In zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the species that contains the biological type specimen ...

. All ''Ambrosiella'' species are

obligate symbiont Symbiosis (from Greek , , "living together", from , , "together", and , bíōsis, "living") is any type of a close and long-term biological interaction between two different biological organisms, be it mutualistic, commensalistic, or parasit ...

s of

ambrosia beetles Ambrosia beetles are beetles of the weevil subfamilies Scolytinae and Platypodinae (Coleoptera, Curculionidae), which live in nutritional symbiosis with ambrosia fungi. The beetles excavate tunnels in dead, stressed, and healthy trees in which th ...

. Several former species were moved to ''

Raffaelea ''Raffaelea'' is a genus of ambrosia fungi in the family Ophiostomataceae. It was circumscribed by mycologists Josef Adolph von Arx and Grégoire L. Hennebert in 1965 with '' Raffaelea ambrosiae'' as the type species. The genus is named in hon ...

'', '' Hyalorhinocladiella'', or '' Phialophoropsis'' and there are nine species recognized . One species, ''Ambrosiella cleistominuta'', has been observed to produce a fertile sexual state with cleistothecious ascomata.

Species

*'' Ambrosiella batrae'' *'' Ambrosiella beaveri'' *''

Ambrosiella catenulata ''Ambrosiella'' is a genus of ambrosia fungi within the family Ceratocystidaceae. It was circumscribed by mycologists Josef Adolph von Arx and Grégoire L. Hennebert in 1965 with ''Ambrosiella xylebori'' as the type species. All ''Ambrosiella'' s ...

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Ambrosiella cleistominuta ''Ambrosiella'' is a genus of ambrosia fungi within the family Ceratocystidaceae. It was circumscribed by mycologists Josef Adolph von Arx and Grégoire L. Hennebert in 1965 with ''Ambrosiella xylebori'' as the type species. All ''Ambrosiella'' s ...

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Ambrosiella grosmanniae ''Ambrosiella'' is a genus of ambrosia fungi within the family Ceratocystidaceae. It was circumscribed by mycologists Josef Adolph von Arx and Grégoire L. Hennebert in 1965 with ''Ambrosiella xylebori'' as the type species. All ''Ambrosiella'' s ...

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Ambrosiella hartigii ''Ambrosiella'' is a genus of ambrosia fungi within the family Ceratocystidaceae. It was circumscribed by mycologists Josef Adolph von Arx and Grégoire L. Hennebert in 1965 with ''Ambrosiella xylebori'' as the type species. All ''Ambrosiella'' s ...

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Ambrosiella nakashimae ''Ambrosiella'' is a genus of ambrosia fungi within the family Ceratocystidaceae. It was circumscribed by mycologists Josef Adolph von Arx and Grégoire L. Hennebert in 1965 with ''Ambrosiella xylebori'' as the type species. All ''Ambrosiella'' s ...

'' *'' Ambrosiella roeperi'' *''

References

External links

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Ambrosia Fungi - Species Index
Microascales {{Microascales-stub