Cosmospora


Cosmospora is a genus of ascomycete fungi in the family Nectriaceae. The genus, as circumscribed by Rossman et al., included all the nectrioid species with small, reddish, non-ornamented sexual fruiting bodies that collapse laterally when dry. However, the genus was shown to be polyphyletic, and the majority of species were re-classified into revived or recently established genera that are monophyletic. Cosmospora ''sensu Rossman housed members of the following genera: Chaetopsina, Cylindrocladiella, Fusicolla, Macroconia, Mariannaea, Microcera, Pseudocosmospora, Stylonectria, and Volutella.
Cosmospora was restricted to species having acremonium-like asexual morphs that grow on polypores and xylariaceous fungi by Gräfenhan in 2011. About 20 species are accepted in the genus.
The name Cosmospora comes from Greek kosmos + spora'', meaning ornamented spores.

Species

Cosmospora
Chaetopsina
Cylindrocladiella
Dialonectria
Fusicolla
Macroconia
Mariannaea
Microcera
Pseudocosmospora
Stylonectria
Volutella
Incertae sedis