''Trichosphaerella'' 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 ...
of
lichenicolous fungi
A lichenicolous fungus is a parasitic fungus that only lives on lichen as the host. A lichenicolous fungus is not the same as the fungus that is the component of the lichen, which is known as a lichenized fungus. They are most commonly specific to ...
in the family
Niessliaceae
The Niessliaceae are a family of fungi in the Ascomycota, class Sordariomycetes
Sordariomycetes is a class of fungi in the subdivision Pezizomycotina (Ascomycota), consisting of 28 orders, 90 families, 1344 genera. Sordariomycetes is from the ...
.
Species
,
Species Fungorum accepts 7 species of ''Trichosphaerella'':
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Trichosphaerella arecae''
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Trichosphaerella buckii''
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Trichosphaerella ceratophora''
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Trichosphaerella decipiens''
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Trichosphaerella foliicola''
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Trichosphaerella goniospora''
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Trichosphaerella tuberculata''
References
Sordariomycetes genera
Lichenicolous fungi
Niessliaceae
Taxa described in 1890
Taxa named by Pier Andrea Saccardo
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