Lasiosphaeriaceae
E577070
Lasiosphaeriaceae is a family of filamentous ascomycete fungi known for decomposing organic matter in soil and dung.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lasiosphaeriaceae canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6216844 — 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: Lasiosphaeriaceae Context triple: [Sordariales, contains, Lasiosphaeriaceae]
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A.
Plectosphaerellaceae
Plectosphaerellaceae is a family of ascomycete fungi that includes several plant-associated and soil-dwelling species, some of which are important plant pathogens.
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B.
Calyptosphaeriaceae
Calyptosphaeriaceae is a family of fungi within the order Xenospadicoidales, comprising ascomycetous species typically associated with decaying plant material.
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C.
Coniochaetaceae
Coniochaetaceae is a family of ascomycete fungi that includes saprobic and sometimes opportunistically pathogenic species commonly found in soil, decaying plant material, and dung.
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D.
Meliolales
Meliolales is an order of ascomycete fungi best known for comprising many species of obligate plant parasites that form characteristic black mildew on leaves and stems.
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E.
Clavicipitaceae
Clavicipitaceae is a family of fungi best known for including ergot-producing species that infect grasses and can have significant agricultural and toxicological impacts.
- 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: Lasiosphaeriaceae Target entity description: Lasiosphaeriaceae is a family of filamentous ascomycete fungi known for decomposing organic matter in soil and dung.
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A.
Plectosphaerellaceae
Plectosphaerellaceae is a family of ascomycete fungi that includes several plant-associated and soil-dwelling species, some of which are important plant pathogens.
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B.
Calyptosphaeriaceae
Calyptosphaeriaceae is a family of fungi within the order Xenospadicoidales, comprising ascomycetous species typically associated with decaying plant material.
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C.
Coniochaetaceae
Coniochaetaceae is a family of ascomycete fungi that includes saprobic and sometimes opportunistically pathogenic species commonly found in soil, decaying plant material, and dung.
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D.
Meliolales
Meliolales is an order of ascomycete fungi best known for comprising many species of obligate plant parasites that form characteristic black mildew on leaves and stems.
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E.
Clavicipitaceae
Clavicipitaceae is a family of fungi best known for including ergot-producing species that infect grasses and can have significant agricultural and toxicological impacts.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fungal family
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| associatedWithProcess |
breakdown of cellulose-rich material
ⓘ
decomposition of dung ⓘ |
| cellType | eukaryotic ⓘ |
| cellWallComponent | chitin ⓘ |
| class | Sordariomycetes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsTaxon |
Anopodium
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Apiosordaria NERFINISHED ⓘ Cercophora NERFINISHED ⓘ Diffractella NERFINISHED ⓘ Emblemospora NERFINISHED ⓘ Eosphaeria NERFINISHED ⓘ Fimetariella NERFINISHED ⓘ Jugulospora NERFINISHED ⓘ Lasiosphaeria NERFINISHED ⓘ Periamphispora NERFINISHED ⓘ Podospora NERFINISHED ⓘ Schizothecium NERFINISHED ⓘ Sordaria-like genera ⓘ Zopfiella NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describedAs | family of filamentous ascomycete fungi ⓘ |
| division | Ascomycota NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole |
decomposer
ⓘ
saprotroph ⓘ |
| fruitingBodyType | perithecial ascomata ⓘ |
| habitat |
herbivore dung
ⓘ
soil ⓘ |
| higherClassification | Sordariales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| kingdom | Fungi ⓘ |
| metabolism | aerobic respiration ⓘ |
| morphology | filamentous mycelium ⓘ |
| nameSuffix | -aceae ⓘ |
| nutritionMode | heterotrophic ⓘ |
| order | Sordariales ⓘ |
| phylum | Ascomycota NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reproduction | sexual reproduction via ascospores ⓘ |
| roleInEcosystem |
decomposition of organic matter
ⓘ
nutrient cycling ⓘ |
| scientificName | Lasiosphaeriaceae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sporeDispersal | often coprophilous with spore discharge from dung ⓘ |
| sporeType | ascospore ⓘ |
| subclass | Sordariomycetidae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subphylum | Pezizomycotina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| taxonRank | family ⓘ |
| typeOf | filamentous ascomycete fungi ⓘ |
| typicalSubstrate |
dung
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plant debris ⓘ soil organic matter ⓘ |
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: Lasiosphaeriaceae Description of subject: Lasiosphaeriaceae is a family of filamentous ascomycete fungi known for decomposing organic matter in soil and dung.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.