Ophiostoma

{{Short description|Genus of fungi}}

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| image = Ophiostoma minus.jpeg

| image_caption = Ophiostoma minus

| taxon = Ophiostoma

| authority = Syd. & P.Syd. (1919)

| type_species = Ophiostoma piliferum

| type_species_authority = (Fr.) Syd. & P.Syd. (1919)

| synonyms = * Linostoma Höhn. (1919)

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Ophiostoma is a genus of fungi within the family Ophiostomataceae.{{cite journal |author1=Lumbsch, T. H. |author2=S. M. Huhndorf. |name-list-style=amp |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}} It was circumscribed in 1919 by mycologists Hans Sydow and Paul Sydow.

Note the former type species of Ophiostoma piliferum {{Au|(Fr.) Syd. & P. Syd. (1919)}} is now Ceratocystis pilifera, Ceratocystidaceae family.{{cite web |title=Species Fungorum - Names Record |url=https://www.speciesfungorum.org/Names/NamesRecord.asp?RecordID=431882 |website=www.speciesfungorum.org |access-date=16 July 2023}}

The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution worldwide, except for central Asia, northern Africa and Russia.{{cite web |title=Ophiostoma Syd. & P.Syd. |url=https://www.gbif.org/species/7460035 |website=www.gbif.org |access-date=16 July 2023 |language=en}}

Species

The following 129 species are accepted in the genus Ophiostoma:{{cite web |title=Species Fungorum - Search Page Ophiostoma |url=https://www.speciesfungorum.org/Names/names.asp?pg=1 |website=www.speciesfungorum.org |access-date=1 September 2024}}

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References

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{{cite journal |vauthors=Sydow H, Sydow P |title=Mykologische mitteilungen |journal=Annales Mycologici |year=1919 |volume=17 |issue=1 |pages=33–47 |language=de}}

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Category:Ophiostomatales

Category:Sordariomycetes genera

Category:Taxa named by Hans Sydow

Category:Taxa named by Paul Sydow

Category:Taxa described in 1919

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