Spinellus fusiger
| Spinellus fusiger | |
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| Spinellus fusiger growing on Mycena haematopus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Zygomycota |
| Class: | Zygomycetes |
| Order: | Mucorales |
| Family: | Phycomycetaceae |
| Genus: | Spinellus |
| Species: | S. fusiger |
| Binomial name | |
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Spinellus fusiger (Link) Tiegh. (1875) |
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| Synonyms | |
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Mucor rhombosporus Ehrenb. (1818) |
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Mucor rhombosporus Ehrenb. (1818)
Mucor fusiger Link (1824)
Mucor macrocarpus Corda (1838)
Spinellus macrocarpus (Corda) P.Karst. (1878)
Spinellus rhombosporus (Ehrenb.) Pound (1894)
Phycomyces agaricicola Boedijn (1958)
Spinellus fusiger, commonly known as the bonnet mold, is a species of fungus in the Zygomycota phylum. It is a pin mold that is characterized by erect sporangiophores (specialized hyphae that bear a sporangium) that are simple in structure, brown or yellowish-brown in color, and with branched aerial filaments that bear the zygospores. It grows as a parasitic mold on mushrooms, including several species from the genera Mycena, including M. haematopus, M. pura, M. epipterygia, , and various Collybia species, such as C. alkalivirens, C. luteifolia, C. dryophila, and C. butyracea. It has also been found growing on agaric species in Amanita, Gymnopus, and Hygrophorus.
The species was first described by German naturalist Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg in 1818 as Mucor rhombosporus, but he later conceded to making a mistake in examining the spores.Link later suggested the name Mucor fusiger for the species, and it has been known under a variety of names, such as Mucor macrocarpus, Phycomyces agaricicola, Spinellus macrocarpus, and Spinellus rhombosporus. It was assigned its current name by French botanist Philippe Édouard Léon Van Tieghem in 1875.
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