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Chaetomium
Chaetomium is a genus of fungi in the Chaetomiaceae family. It is a dematiaceous (dark-walled) mold normally found in soil, air, cellulose and plant debris. According to the Dictionary of the Fungi (10th edition, 2008), there are about 95 species in the widespread genus.
51 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Chaetomium globosum
speciesChaetomium globosum
Chaetomium subaffine
speciesChaetomium subaffine
Chaetomium spirale
speciesChaetomium spirale
Chaetomium elatum
speciesChaetomium elatum
Chaetomium ampullare
speciesChaetomium ampullare
Chaetomium rectangulare
speciesChaetomium rectangulare
Chaetomium subfimeti
speciesChaetomium subfimeti
Chaetomium cochliodes
speciesChaetomium cochliodes
Chaetomium spirochaete
speciesChaetomium spirochaete
Chaetomium heteropilum
speciesChaetomium heteropilum
Chaetomium circinatum
speciesChaetomium circinatum
Chaetomium megalocarpum
speciesChaetomium megalocarpum
Chaetomium rostratum
speciesChaetomium rostratum
Chaetomium subcurvisporum
speciesChaetomium subcurvisporum
Chaetomium fimeti
speciesChaetomium fimeti
Chaetomium afropilosum
speciesChaetomium afropilosum
Chaetomium angustispirale
speciesChaetomium angustispirale
Chaetomium ascotrichoides
speciesChaetomium ascotrichoides
Chaetomium camelliae
speciesChaetomium camelliae
Chaetomium capillare
speciesChaetomium capillare
Chaetomium cervicicola
speciesChaetomium cervicicola
Chaetomium coarctatum
speciesChaetomium coarctatum
Chaetomium contagiosum
speciesChaetomium contagiosum
Chaetomium cruentum
speciesChaetomium cruentum
Chaetomium cucumericola
speciesChaetomium cucumericola
Chaetomium graminiforme
speciesChaetomium graminiforme
Chaetomium iranicum
speciesChaetomium iranicum
Chaetomium madrasense
speciesChaetomium madrasense
Chaetomium microthecium
speciesChaetomium microthecium
Chaetomium neoglobosporum
speciesChaetomium neoglobosporum
Chaetomium nepalense
speciesChaetomium nepalense
Chaetomium nozdrenkoae
speciesChaetomium nozdrenkoae
Chaetomium pilosum
speciesChaetomium pilosum
Chaetomium olivaceum
speciesChaetomium olivaceum
Chaetomium pseudocochlioides
speciesChaetomium pseudocochlioides
Chaetomium pseudoglobosum
speciesChaetomium pseudoglobosum
Chaetomium spiculipilum
speciesChaetomium spiculipilum
Chaetomium subglobosum
speciesChaetomium subglobosum
Chaetomium tarraconense
speciesChaetomium tarraconense
Chaetomium tectifimeti
speciesChaetomium tectifimeti
Chaetomium telluricola
speciesChaetomium telluricola
Chaetomium tenue
speciesChaetomium tenue
Chaetomium umbonatum
speciesChaetomium umbonatum
Chaetomium unguicola
speciesChaetomium unguicola
Chaetomium cirrhatum
speciesChaetomium cirrhatum
Chaetomium undulatulum
speciesChaetomium undulatulum
Chaetomium interruptum
speciesChaetomium interruptum
Chaetomium grande
speciesChaetomium grande
Chaetomium citrinum
speciesChaetomium citrinum
Chaetomium convolutum
speciesChaetomium convolutum
Chaetomium novozelandicum
speciesChaetomium novozelandicum
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 338188.