Spinulosphaeria is a genus of fungi in the Sordariomycetes class (subclass Sordariomycetidae) of the Ascomycota.[1] It was placed in 2020, within the Order Coronophorales and in the family of Chaetosphaerellaceae.[2]

Spinulosphaeria
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Spinulosphaeria

Sivan.
Type species
Spinulosphaeria thaxteri
(Pat.) Sivan., (1974)

It was thought to be a monotypic genus, containing the single species Spinulosphaeria thaxteri, until 2010 when Spinulosphaeria nuda Mugambi & Huhndorf (2010) was discovered on decorticated fallen logs in Puerto Rico.[3]

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  1. ^ Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM. (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet. 13. Chicago, USA: The Field Museum, Department of Botany: 1–58.
  2. ^ Wijayawardene, Nalin; Hyde, Kevin; Al-Ani, Laith Khalil Tawfeeq; Somayeh, Dolatabadi; Stadler, Marc; Haelewaters, Danny; et al. (2020). "Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa". Mycosphere. 11: 1060–1456. doi:10.5943/mycosphere/11/1/8. hdl:10481/61998.
  3. ^ "Species Fungorum - Names Record". www.speciesfungorum.org.
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