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Melanospora caprina (Fr.) Sacc., Syll. fung. (Abellini) 2: 462. 1883.

Marin-Felix, Yasmina, Guarro, Josep, ano-Lira, Jose F., Garcia, Dania, iller, Andrew N. & Stchigel, Alberto M., 2018, Melanospora (Sordariomycetes, Ascomycota) and its relatives, MycoKeys 44, pp. 81-122 : 81

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scientific name

 Melanospora caprina (Fr.) Sacc., Syll. fung. (Abellini) 2: 462. 1883.
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Melanospora caprina (Fr.) Sacc., Syll. fung. (Abellini) 2: 462. 1883.

Sphaeria caprina Fr., Fl. Danic. 11: tab. 1859, fig. 2. 1825. [Basionym]

≡ Ceratostoma caprinum (Fr.) Fr., Summa veg. Scand., Section Post. (Stockholm): 396. 1849.

≡ Cerastoma caprinum (Fr.) Quél., Mém. Soc. Émul. Montbéliard, Sér. 2 5: 522. 1875.

= Sphaeria vervecina Desm., Annls Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 2 17: 13. 1842.

≡ Melanospora vervecina (Desm.) Fuckel, Jb. nassau. Ver. Naturk. 23-24: 126. 1870.

= Melanospora vervecina f. arundinis Sacc., Syll. fung. (Abellini) 2: 461. 1883.

Notes.

Melanospora caprina is distinguished from the other species of the genus by its larger, white, densely tomentose ascomata with a very long neck, and ellipsoidal to citriform, smooth-walled ascospores with slightly apiculate germ pores.

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