''Uncinocarpus uncinatus'' is a species of micro

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that grows on dung and other

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ous materials such as bone. It was the second species to be designated as part of the genus ''

Uncinocarpus ''Uncinocarpus'' is a genus of fungi within the Onygenaceae family. The name is derived from the Latin word ''uncinus'', meaning "hook" and the Greek word ''karpos'' (καρπός), meaning "fruit". It was distinguished from the genus ''Gymnoascu ...

''. The species was first described by Randolph S. Currah in 1985; synonyms include ''Myxotrichum uncinatum'' and ''Gymnoascus uncinatus''.

Morphology

In culture, colonies of ''U. uncinatus'' are yellow to orange-brown to red-brown in colour, growing paler towards the margin. Like other members of ''Uncinocarpus'', it develops hooked and occasionally spiralling (uncinate) appendages which typically, but not always, possess spore-bearing structures (gymnothecia). The appendages of ''U. uncinatus'' are thick and wide to the distal end, unlike that of '' U. reesii'', which taper to a point.

References

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