Arachniotus

{{Short description|Genus of fungi}}

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| regnum = Fungi

| divisio = Ascomycota

| classis = Eurotiomycetes

| ordo = Onygenales

| familia = Gymnoascaceae

| genus = Arachniotus

| genus_authority = J.Schröt. (1893)

| type_species = Arachniotus ruber

| type_species_authority = (Tiegh.) J.Schröt. (1893)

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• Rollandina Pat. (1905)
• Waldemaria Bat. (1960)
• Petalosporus G.R.Ghosh, G.F.Orr & Kuehn (1963)
• Disarticulatus G.F.Orr (1977)
• Plunkettomyces G.F.Orr (1977)

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Arachniotus is a genus of fungi within the family Gymnoascaceae.{{cite journal|vauthors=Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM |date=December 2007 |title=Outline of Ascomycota – 2007 |journal=Myconet |volume=13 |pages=1–58 |url=http://archive.fieldmuseum.org/myconet/outline.asp |publisher=The Field Museum, Department of Botany |location=Chicago, USA |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090318003134/http://www.fieldmuseum.org/myconet/outline.asp |archive-date=2009-03-18 }}