{{Short description|Genus of fungi}} {{Speciesbox | genus = Dendrosphaera | image = Dendrosphaera eberhardtii 01.jpg | image2 = Dendrosphaera eberhardtii 02.jpg | parent_authority = Pat. (1907) | species = eberhardtii | authority = Pat. }}
'''''Dendrosphaera''''' is a monotypic genus of fungus in the family ''Aspergillaceae''. It contains the single species '''''Dendrosphaera eberhardtii'''''.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Species fungorum - Dendrosphaera eberhardtii Pat. |url=https://www.speciesfungorum.org/Names/GSDSpecies.asp?RecordID=183425 |access-date=2022-07-19 |website=www.speciesfungorum.org}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Mycobank Database - Dendrosphaera eberhardtii |url=https://www.mycobank.org/page/Name%20details%20page/name/Dendrosphaera%20eberhardtii}}</ref>
== Taxonomy == ''Dendrosphaera eberhardtii'' was described in 1907 by Narcisse Théophile Patouillard.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last=Patouillard |first=N. |date=1907 |title=Champignons nouveaux du Tonkin |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/106528#page/149/mode/1up |journal=Bulletin trimestriel de la Société mycologique de France |location=Paris |publisher=La Société |volume=23 |pages=69–70 |via=www.biodiversitylibrary.org}}</ref>
== Description == The fruiting body of ''D. eberhardtii'' is a stiff, brown, branching root like structure with a 10–15 cm long, 3-6mm thick stem terminating in multiple 2-6mm thick sporulating heads that start white before maturing to golden yellow.<ref name=":0" />
'''Spores:''' 8-10 μm. Globose with a large central droplet. They are smooth when still attached to the asci before developing encrustations that give them an echinulated appearance.<ref name=":0" />
== Etymology == The genus name ''Dendrosphaera'' derives from the Latin ''dendroides'' or Greek ''dendroid'' meaning tree or tree-like''<ref name=":3">{{Cite book |last=Harrison |first=Lorraine |url=https://www.agrifs.ir/sites/default/files/Latin%20for%20Gardeners%2C%20Over%203%2C000%20Plant%20Names%20Explained%20and%20Explored%20%7BLorraine%20Harrison%7D%20%5B9780226009193%5D%20%282012%29_0.pdf |title=Latin for Gardeners |date=2012 |publisher=University of Chicago Press |isbn=978-0-226-00919-3 |access-date=2023-03-17 |archive-date=2022-11-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221121135029/https://www.agrifs.ir/sites/default/files/Latin%20for%20Gardeners,%20Over%203,000%20Plant%20Names%20Explained%20and%20Explored%20%7BLorraine%20Harrison%7D%20%5B9780226009193%5D%20(2012)_0.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Botanical Latin (L) & Greek (G) |url=https://www.palomarcactus.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Botanical-Latin-Glossary.pdf}}</ref>'' and the Latin ''sphaericus'' meaning sphere shaped.<ref name=":3" />
The specific epithet ''eberhardtii'' is named for Mr. Eberhardt who collected the specimens and created notes and illustrations of them in the field.<ref name=":0" />
== Habitat and distribution == The specimens studied by Patouillard were collected in Tonkin, Vietnam where they were found growing from the ground in the Djirin forest at 1600 metres above sea level.<ref name=":0" />
== Similar species == ''Trichocoma paradoxa'' is similar but produces only one 'brush' like feature whilst ''Dendrosphaera eberhardtii'' has several.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Eurotiales |url=http://website.nbm-mnb.ca/mycologywebpages/NaturalHistoryOfFungi/Eurotiales.html |access-date=2023-03-17 |website=website.nbm-mnb.ca}}</ref>
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Category:Aspergillaceae Category:Monotypic Eurotiomycetes genera Category:Taxa described in 1907