Ostreola

Ostreola
	The Olympia oyster (Ostreola conchaphila) shell
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Dothideomycetes
Subclass:	Pleosporomycetidae
Order:	Mytilinidiales
Family:	Mytilinidiaceae
Genus:	Ostreola; Darker
Type species
	Ostreola consociata; Darker

Ostreola is a genus of fungi in the family Mytilinidiaceae.^[1] This is a monotypic genus, containing the single species Ostreola consociata.

Ostreola may also be used to refer to also a genus of oyster in the family Ostreidae; however, this name is unaccepted and Ostrea should be used instead.^[2]

References

^ Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM. (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet. 13. Chicago, USA: The Field Museum, Department of Botany: 1–58.
^ Ostreola, World Register of Marine Species, retrieved 2013-11-11

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[1] Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM. (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet. 13. Chicago, USA: The Field Museum, Department of Botany: 1–58.

[2] Ostreola, World Register of Marine Species, retrieved 2013-11-11

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