Xylobotryum

Xylobotryum
Xylobotryum in Ecuador, the fruit bodies developed in the water, from a woody substrate
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Xylobotryomycetes
Order: Xylobotryales
Family: Xylobotryaceae
Genus: Xylobotryum
Pat.
Type species
Xylobotryum andinum
Pat.

Xylobotryum is a genus of fungi in the Ascomycota phylum and in the order of Xylobotryales.[1]

Species

As accepted by Species Fungorum;[2]

  • Xylobotryum andinum Pat. (1895)
  • Xylobotryum coralloides Syd. (1938)
  • Xylobotryum dussii Pat. (1903)
  • Xylobotryum portentosum (Mont.) Pat. (1900)
  • Xylobotryum rickii (Theiss.) Lloyd (1925)

Former species; X. caespitosum (W. Phillips) A.L. Sm. (1912) = Chaenothecopsis caespitosa

References

  1. โ†‘ Wijayawardene, Nalin; Hyde, Kevin; Al-Ani, Laith Khalil Tawfeeq; Somayeh, Dolatabadi; Stadler, Marc; Haelewaters, Danny; et al. (2020). "Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa". Mycosphere. 11: 1060โ€“1456. doi:10.5943/mycosphere/11/1/8. hdl:10481/61998.
  2. โ†‘ "Xylobotryum - Search Page". www.speciesfungorum.org. Species Fungorum. Retrieved 6 October 2022.