''Ascosphaera'' is a
genus of
fungi in the family
Ascosphaeraceae
The Ascosphaeraceae are a family of fungi in the Ascomycota, class Eurotiomycetes
Eurotiomycetes is a large class of ascomycetes with cleistothecial ascocarps within the subphylum Pezizomycotina, currently containing around 3810 species accor ...
. It was described in 1955 by mycologists Charles F. Spiltoir and
Lindsay S. Olive
Lindsay may refer to:
People
* Clan Lindsay, a Scottish family clan
* Lindsay (name), an English surname and given name, derived from the Scottish clan name; variants include Lindsey, Lyndsay, Linsay, Linsey, Lyndsey, Lyndsy, Lynsay, Lynsey
Plac ...
.
Members of the genus are insect pathogens. The
type species, ''
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
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A. acerosa''
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A. aggregata''
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A. apis''
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A. asterophora''
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A. atra''
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A. callicarpa''
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A. celerrima''
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A. cinnamomea''
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A. duoformis''
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A. fimicola''
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A. flava''
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A. fusiformis''
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A. larvis''
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A. major''
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A. naganensis''
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A. osmophila''
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A. parasitica''
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A. pollenicola''
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A. proliperda''
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A. scaccaria''
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A. solina''
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A. subcuticularis''
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A. tenax''
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A. torchioi''
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A. variegata''
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A. verrucosa''
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A. xerophila''
References
External links
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Onygenales
Eurotiomycetes genera
Taxa described in 1955
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