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A comparative study of the generaGonytrichum andBisporomyces indicates a close relationship between them as in both genera conidia are produced in the same rather exceptional way. The genera can be kept separate asGonytrichum shows a very characteristic method of branching whereasBisporomyces has unbranched conidiophores. The recent finding ofHughes thatBisporomyces is a synonym ofChloridium appears to be correct.
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Swart, H.J. A comparative study of the generagonytrichum andBisporomyces . Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 25, 439–444 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02542866
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