:''Spegazzinia is also a synonym of the cactus genus ''
Rebutia
''Rebutia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Cactaceae, native to Bolivia and Argentina. They are generally small, colorful cacti, globular in form, which freely produce flowers that are relatively large in relation to the body. They ...
''.
''Spegazzinia'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...
of
mitosporic Ascomycota
The mitosporic Ascomycota are a heterogeneous group of ascomycotic fungi whose common characteristic is the absence of a sexual state (anamorph); many of the pathogenic fungi in humans belong to this group.
*'' Acremonium''
*'' Acrodontium''
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in the
Apiosporaceae family. The widely distributed genus contains seven species.
[ This genus is somewhat related to other lobed or ornamented genera such as '' Candelabrum''. No information is available regarding health effects or toxicity. Allergenicity has not been studied. ''Spegazzinia'' is usually identified on spore trap samples where it is seen every few weeks (spores have very distinctive morphology). It may also be found in air by culturable (Andersen) samples if a long enough ]incubation period
Incubation period (also known as the latent period or latency period) is the time elapsed between exposure to a pathogenic organism, a chemical, or radiation, and when symptoms and signs are first apparent. In a typical infectious disease, the in ...
is provided so that sporulation
In biology, a spore is a unit of sexual or asexual reproduction that may be adapted for dispersal and for survival, often for extended periods of time, in unfavourable conditions. Spores form part of the life cycles of many plants, algae, ...
occurs. Laboratories have never found this organism growing on indoor environmental surfaces. Natural habitat includes soil and many kinds of trees
In botany, a tree is a perennial plant with an elongated stem, or trunk, usually supporting branches and leaves. In some usages, the definition of a tree may be narrower, including only woody plants with secondary growth, plants that are u ...
and plants
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.
The genus was circumscribed by Pier Andrea Saccardo
Pier Andrea Saccardo (23 April 1845 in Treviso, Treviso – 12 February 1920 in Padua) was an Italian botanist and mycologist.
Life
Saccardo studied at the Lyceum in Venice, and then at the Technical Institute of the University of Padua wher ...
in Rev. Mycol. (Toulouse) vol.2 on page 140 in 1880.
The genus name of ''Spegazzinia'' is in honour of Carlo Luigi Spegazzini, (in Spanish Carlos Luis Spegazzini) (1858–1926), who was an Italian-born Argentinian botanist and mycologist.
Species
As accepted by Species Fungorum
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;[
* '' Spegazzinia sundara'' {{Au, Subram. (1956)
* '' Spegazzinia tessarthra'' {{Au, (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) Sacc. (1886)
* '' Spegazzinia xanthorrhoeae'' {{Au, Subram. (1988)
Former species;]Microthyriaceae
The Microthyriaceae are a family of fungi with an uncertain taxonomic placement in the class Dothideomycetes
Dothideomycetes is the largest and most diverse class of ascomycete fungi. It comprises 11 orders 90 families, 1300 genera and over 1 ...
family
References
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[{{cite book , vauthors=Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA , title=Dictionary of the Fungi , edition=10th , publisher=CABI , location=Wallingford, UK , year=2008 , page=647 , isbn=978-0-85199-826-8]
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Taxa named by Pier Andrea Saccardo
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