Lasiosphaeria
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Lasiosphaeria is a genus of ascomycete fungi known for producing perithecial fruiting bodies on decaying plant material.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lasiosphaeria canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6216855 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lasiosphaeria Context triple: [Sordariales, includesGenus, Lasiosphaeria]
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A.
Trichosphaeria
Trichosphaeria is a genus of ascomycete fungi known for its saprobic species that decompose plant material, particularly wood and bark.
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B.
Lasiosphaeriaceae
Lasiosphaeriaceae is a family of filamentous ascomycete fungi known for decomposing organic matter in soil and dung.
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C.
Fragosphaeria
Fragosphaeria is a genus of fungi classified within the family Ophiostomataceae, which comprises species often associated with wood and bark.
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D.
Scopulariopsis
Scopulariopsis is a genus of filamentous fungi known for its saprophytic lifestyle and occasional role as an opportunistic human pathogen.
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E.
Trichosphaeriales
Trichosphaeriales is an order of ascomycete fungi within the class Sordariomycetes, comprising mostly saprobic species that decompose plant material.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lasiosphaeria Target entity description: Lasiosphaeria is a genus of ascomycete fungi known for producing perithecial fruiting bodies on decaying plant material.
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A.
Trichosphaeria
Trichosphaeria is a genus of ascomycete fungi known for its saprobic species that decompose plant material, particularly wood and bark.
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B.
Lasiosphaeriaceae
Lasiosphaeriaceae is a family of filamentous ascomycete fungi known for decomposing organic matter in soil and dung.
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C.
Fragosphaeria
Fragosphaeria is a genus of fungi classified within the family Ophiostomataceae, which comprises species often associated with wood and bark.
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D.
Scopulariopsis
Scopulariopsis is a genus of filamentous fungi known for its saprophytic lifestyle and occasional role as an opportunistic human pathogen.
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E.
Trichosphaeriales
Trichosphaeriales is an order of ascomycete fungi within the class Sordariomycetes, comprising mostly saprobic species that decompose plant material.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | fungal genus ⓘ |
| belongsToGroup | ascomycete fungi ⓘ |
| cellType | eukaryotic ⓘ |
| class | Sordariomycetes ⓘ |
| distribution | widespread in temperate regions ⓘ |
| division | Ascomycota ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole | saprotroph ⓘ |
| family | Lasiosphaeriaceae ⓘ |
| habitat |
forest litter
ⓘ
terrestrial ecosystems ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalCharacteristic |
dark, often hairy perithecia
ⓘ
perithecia embedded in or sitting on substrate ⓘ |
| hasTypeOfFruitingBody | perithecium ⓘ |
| isMicroorganism | true ⓘ |
| kingdom | Fungi ⓘ |
| lifeCycleStage |
mycelial stage
ⓘ
perithecial fruiting stage ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Greek words for "hairy" and "sphere" ⓘ |
| order | Sordariales ⓘ |
| phylum | Ascomycota ⓘ |
| playsRoleIn | decomposition of plant material ⓘ |
| reproduction | sexual reproduction via ascospores ⓘ |
| reproductiveStructure | perithecial ascomata ⓘ |
| sporeType | ascospore ⓘ |
| substrate |
decaying plant material
ⓘ
plant debris ⓘ wood ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| trophicMode | decomposer ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Lasiosphaeria Description of subject: Lasiosphaeria is a genus of ascomycete fungi known for producing perithecial fruiting bodies on decaying plant material.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.