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Neurospora
Neurospora is a genus of Ascomycete fungi. The genus name, meaning "nerve spore" refers to the characteristic striations on the spores that resemble axons.
The best known species in this genus is Neurospora crassa, a common model organism in biology. Neurospora intermedia var. oncomensis is believed to be the only mold belonging to Neurospora which is used in food production (to make oncom).
6 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Neurospora sitophila
speciesNeurospora sitophila
Neurospora crassa
speciesNeurospora crassa
Neurospora endodonta
speciesNeurospora endodonta
Neurospora tetrasperma
speciesNeurospora tetrasperma
Chrysonilia tetrasperma
speciesChrysonilia tetrasperma
Neurospora pannonica
speciesNeurospora pannonica
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 374963.