Anguillospora | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Dothideomycetes |
Order: | Pleosporales |
Family: | Amniculicolaceae |
Genus: | Anguillospora Ingold (1942) |
Type species | |
Anguillospora longissima |
Anguillospora is a genus of fungi belonging to the family Amniculicolaceae.[1] It was circumscribed by Cecil Terence Ingold in 1942, with Anguillospora longissima assigned as the type species.[2] It was found as a root endophytic fungus in the plant Equisetum scirpoides.[3] It is related to the genera Amniculicola[4] and Lophiostoma.[5] The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution.[1]
As of January 2022[update], Species Fungorum accepts 11 species of Anguillospora.[6]