Coprobolus

Coprobolus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Leotiomycetes
Order:	Thelebolales
Family:	Thelebolaceae
Genus:	Coprobolus; Cain & Kimbr. (1970)
Type species
	Coprobolus poculiformis; Cain & Kimbr. (1970)

Coprobolus is a fungal genus in the family Thelebolaceae.[1] It is a monotypic genus, containing the single species Coprobolus poculiformis. It was first described scientifically in 1970. C. poculiformis has hyaline ellipsoid ascosporess and multispored asci that split open at the apex. It was found on rabbit dung.[2]

References

Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM. (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet. Chicago, USA: The Field Museum, Department of Botany. 13: 1–58. Archived from the original on 2009-03-18.
Cain RF, Kimbrough JW. (1969). "Coprobolus, a new genus of the tribe Theleboleae (Pezizaceae)". Canadian Journal of Botany. 47 (12): 1911–1914. doi:10.1139/b69-282.

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[OoA-1] Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM. (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet. Chicago, USA: The Field Museum, Department of Botany. 13: 1–58. Archived from the original on 2009-03-18.

[Cain_1969-2] Cain RF, Kimbrough JW. (1969). "Coprobolus, a new genus of the tribe Theleboleae (Pezizaceae)". Canadian Journal of Botany. 47 (12): 1911–1914. doi:10.1139/b69-282.