Spinellus
| Spinellus | |
|---|---|
| Spinellus fusiger growing on Mycena haematopus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Mucoromycota |
| Class: | Mucoromycetes |
| Order: | Mucorales |
| Family: | Phycomycetaceae |
| Genus: | Spinellus Tiegh. (1875) |
| Type species | |
| Spinellus fusiger (Link) Tiegh. (1875) | |
| Species | |
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Spinellus is a genus of fungi in the Phycomycetaceae family. The widely distributed genus contains three species of pin mold that are parasitic on agaric mushrooms. The genus was circumscribed by Phillippe Edouard Leon van Tieghem in 1875.