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Graphium (fungus)

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Graphium
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Sordariomycetes
Order: Microascales
Family: Microascaceae
Genus: Graphium
Corda (1837)
Type species
Graphium penicillioides
Corda (1837)
Synonyms[1]
  • Ceratopodium Corda (1837)

Graphium is a genus of fungi in the family Microascaceae.[2] Historically, Graphium was used for hyphomycetes with erect, black synnemata (i.e. bundles of spore-producing conidiophores) bearing a single, terminal, ball of one-celled, hyaline conidia produced from annellides. More than 100 species were described following that general concept before the diversity of sexual states and DNA phylogenies led to reclassification of most species. The approximately 20 species remaining in the modern genus are assumed to be minor plant pathogens on trees. Most species reported in soil, plant debris, woody substrates, manure, and polluted water are now classified in other genera such as Parascedosporium or Ophiostoma.[3]

Species (most now classified in other genera):

References

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  1. ^ "Synonymy: Graphium Corda". Species Fungorum. CAB International. Retrieved 2022-12-28.
  2. ^ Schoch CL; Sung G-H; López-Giráldez F; et al. (2009). "The Ascomycota tree of life: A phylum-wide phylogeny clarifies the origin and evolution of fundamental reproductive and ecological traits". Systematic Biology. 58 (2): 224–239. doi:10.1093/sysbio/syp020. PMID 20525580.
  3. ^ De Beer ZW; Seifert KA; Wingfield MJ; et al. (2013). "A nomenclator for ophiostomatoid genera and species in the Ophiostomatales and Microascales". CBS Biodiversity Series. 12: 242–322.