| Ophiostoma | |
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| Ophiostoma minus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Sordariomycetes |
| Order: | Ophiostomatales |
| Family: | Ophiostomataceae |
| Genus: | Ophiostoma Syd. & P.Syd. (1919) |
| Type species | |
| Ophiostoma piliferum (Fr.) Syd. & P.Syd. (1919)
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| Synonyms | |
Ophiostoma is a genus of fungi within the family Ophiostomataceae.[2] It was circumscribed in 1919 by mycologists Hans Sydow and Paul Sydow.[3]
Note the former type species of Ophiostoma piliferum (Fr.) Syd. & P. Syd. (1919) is now Ceratocystis pilifera, Ceratocystidaceae family.[4]
The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution worldwide, except for central Asia, northern Africa and Russia.[1]
- ^ a b "Ophiostoma Syd. & P.Syd". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
- ^ Lumbsch, T. H. & S. M. Huhndorf. (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet. 13. Chicago, USA: The Field Museum, Department of Botany: 1–58.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Sydow 1919was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Species Fungorum - Names Record". www.speciesfungorum.org. Retrieved 16 July 2023.