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The inedible fungus Daldinia concentrica is known by several common names, including King Alfred's cake, cramp balls, and coal fungus. It is a common, widespread saprotrophic sac fungus, living on dead and decaying wood. The fruit of this fungus is hemi-spherical, with a hard, friable, shiny black fruiting body 2 to 7 centimeters wide. It resembles a chunk of coal, which gives it several of its common names, including coal fungus and carbon balls. According to legend, King Alfred once hid out in a countryside homestead during war, and was put in charge of removing baking from the oven when it

Pleospora is a genus of ascomycete fungi. This genus was originally described by Gottlob Ludwig Rabenhorst in 1857 and was revised by Wehmeyer and Müller. There was an estimated 63 species in 2008. As of 8 August 2023, the GBIF lists up to 440 species, while Species Fungorum lists about 375 species.

Daldinia is a genus of fungi in the family Hypoxylaceae. The genus name of Daldinia is in honour of Agostino Daldini (1817–1895), a Swiss clergyman and botanist, a Capuchin friar from Locarno. The genus was circumscribed by Vincenzo de Cesati in 1863.

Botryosphaeria is a genus of pathogenic fungi in the family Botryosphaeriaceae. There are 193 species, many of which are important disease-causing agents of various important agricultural crops.

Lasiosphaeria ovina is a species of fungus belonging to the family Lasiosphaeriaceae.

Valsaria insitiva is a plant pathogen, that causes perennial canker in apples and almonds.

Leptosphaeria is a genus of fungi in the family Phaeosphaeriaceae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution worldwide.

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Cryptosphaeria is a genus of fungi in the family Diatrypaceae. The genus has a widespread distribution in temperate regions, and contains eight species.

Botryosphaeria dothidea is a plant pathogen that causes the formation of cankers on a wide variety of tree and shrub species. It has been reported on several hundred plant hosts and on all continents except Antarctica. B. dothidea was redefined in 2004, and some reports of its host range from prior to that time likely include species that have since been placed in another genus. Even so, B. dothidea has since been identified on a number of woody plants—including grape, mango, olive, eucalyptus, maple, and oak, among others—and is still expected to have a broad geographical distribution. While

Amphisphaeria is a genus of fungi in the family Amphisphaeriaceae.

Ampelomyces quisqualis is an anamorphic fungus that is a hyperparasite of powdery mildews. This parasitism reduces growth and may eventually kill the mildew. These mycoparasites can live up to 21 days on mildew-free host plant surfaces, attacking powdery mildew structures as soon as they appear. A. quisqualis is used as the active ingredient in a commercial fungicide.

Sordaria fimicola is a species of microscopic fungus. It is commonly found in the feces of herbivores. Sordaria fimicola is often used in introductory biology and mycology labs because it is easy to grow on nutrient agar in dish cultures. The genus Sordaria, closely related to Neurospora and Podospora, is a member of the large class Sordariomycetes, or flask-fungi. The natural habitat of the three species of Sordaria that have been the principal subjects in genetic studies is dung of herbivorous animals. The species S. fimicola is common and worldwide in distribution. The species of Sordaria

Sordaria is a genus of microscopic fungi. It is commonly found in the feces of herbivores. The genus has a widespread distribution, and contains 12 species.

Podospora is a genus of fungi in the family Podosporaceae. Fossils of Podospora have been reported from 12 million year old rocks from central England.

Mutinus borneensis is a species of fungus in the Phallaceae, or stinkhorn family. It was originally described in 1879 by Italian botanist Vincenzo de Cesati. The species has been collected from Borneo, China, and Australia.

Lophiostoma is a genus of ascomycetous fungi in the family Lophiostomataceae. Species are commonly found growing both on living and dead wood, bark of deciduous trees, on shrubs and on herbaceous hosts. They are also found in freshwater, and marine environments. The genus both forms fruit bodies with sexual reproducing with ascocarp in the form of a perithecium and asexual reproduction in the form of conidia. The ascocarp are usually flaskshaped or pearshaped (piriform), 0,2-0,6 mm (200-600 μm) wide, black of color and with a smooth surface without excrescence. The shape of the top of the

Leptosphaeria maculans (anamorph Phoma lingam) is a fungal pathogen of the phylum Ascomycota that is the causal agent of blackleg disease on Brassica crops. Its genome was one of the original plant pathogens that were sequenced using Sanger chemistry coupled with physical and genetic maps, indicative that L. maculans is a well-studied model phytopathogenic fungus. Most research focused on disease and its prevention. Symptoms of blackleg disease generally include basal stem cankers, small grey lesions on leaves, and root rot. The major yield loss is due to stem canker. The fungus is dispersed

Lasiosphaeria is a genus of fungi in the family Lasiosphaeriaceae.

Anthracophyllum is a genus of fungi in the family Omphalotaceae in the order Agaricales. The genus is widespread in tropical regions, and contains 10 species.

Ampelomyces is a genus of mycoparasitic fungi in the family Phaeosphaeriaceae. Ampelomyces parasitizes the group of fungal plant pathogens known as powdery mildews (Erysiphales). The type species is Ampelomyces quisqualis which was circumscribed by Italian botanist Vincenzo de Cesati in Klotzsch, Bot. Ztg. vol.10 on page 301 in 1852.

Valsaria is a genus of fungi in the class Dothideomycetes. The relationship of this taxon to other taxa within the class is unknown (incertae sedis).

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Pseudovalsa is a genus of fungi within the Melanconidaceae family.

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