Podospora
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Podospora is a genus of filamentous ascomycete fungi commonly studied for their genetics, development, and role in decomposing plant material.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Podospora canonical | 3 |
| Podospora anserina | 2 |
| Podospora curvicolla | 1 |
| Podospora fimiseda | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6216854 — 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: Podospora Context triple: [Sordariales, includesGenus, Podospora]
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A.
Sordaria
Sordaria is a genus of filamentous ascomycete fungi commonly used as a model organism in genetics and developmental biology due to its easily observable spore formation.
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B.
Neurospora
Neurospora is a genus of filamentous ascomycete fungi widely used as a model organism in genetics and molecular biology, especially for studying gene regulation and biochemical pathways.
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C.
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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D.
Neurospora crassa
Neurospora crassa is a filamentous red bread mold fungus widely used as a model organism in genetics and molecular biology.
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E.
Boehmeriopsis
Boehmeriopsis is a small genus of flowering plants in the hemp family Cannabaceae, native to parts of Asia and known for its herbaceous species.
- 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: Podospora Target entity description: Podospora is a genus of filamentous ascomycete fungi commonly studied for their genetics, development, and role in decomposing plant material.
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A.
Sordaria
Sordaria is a genus of filamentous ascomycete fungi commonly used as a model organism in genetics and developmental biology due to its easily observable spore formation.
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B.
Neurospora
Neurospora is a genus of filamentous ascomycete fungi widely used as a model organism in genetics and molecular biology, especially for studying gene regulation and biochemical pathways.
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C.
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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D.
Neurospora crassa
Neurospora crassa is a filamentous red bread mold fungus widely used as a model organism in genetics and molecular biology.
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E.
Boehmeriopsis
Boehmeriopsis is a small genus of flowering plants in the hemp family Cannabaceae, native to parts of Asia and known for its herbaceous species.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fungal genus
ⓘ
fungal species ⓘ genus ⓘ |
| cellType | septate hyphae ⓘ |
| class | Sordariomycetes ⓘ |
| division | Ascomycota ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole |
decomposer of plant material
ⓘ
saprotroph ⓘ |
| family | Podosporaceae ⓘ |
| genomeType |
haploid
ⓘ
haploid dominant life cycle ⓘ |
| genus | Podospora ⓘ |
| habitat |
decaying plant material
ⓘ
herbivore dung ⓘ herbivore dung ⓘ soil ⓘ |
| hasSpecies |
Podospora anserina
ⓘ
linked to:
Podospora
Podospora communis ⓘ Podospora curvicolla ⓘ
linked to:
Podospora
Podospora fimiseda ⓘ
linked to:
Podospora
|
| isA |
ascomycete fungus
ⓘ
filamentous fungus ⓘ |
| kingdom | Fungi ⓘ |
| modelOrganism |
Podospora anserina
ⓘ
linked to:
Podospora
|
| order | Sordariales ⓘ |
| phylum | Ascomycota ⓘ |
| playsRoleIn |
decomposition of herbivore dung
ⓘ
nutrient cycling in terrestrial ecosystems ⓘ |
| reproduction |
asexual reproduction via conidia
ⓘ
sexual reproduction via ascospores ⓘ |
| reproductiveStructureType | perithecial ascomata ⓘ |
| sporeDispersal | forcible ascospore discharge ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
developmental biology
ⓘ
evolutionary biology ⓘ fungal genetics ⓘ |
| taxonRank |
genus
ⓘ
species ⓘ |
| trophicMode | coprophilous fungus ⓘ |
| usedFor |
aging research
ⓘ
genetic studies ⓘ mitochondrial biology research ⓘ senescence studies ⓘ studies of fungal development ⓘ studies of fungal life cycle ⓘ studies of meiosis ⓘ studies of recombination ⓘ studies of spore formation ⓘ |
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: Podospora Description of subject: Podospora is a genus of filamentous ascomycete fungi commonly studied for their genetics, development, and role in decomposing plant material.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Podospora
linked to: Podospora
linked to: Podospora
linked to: Podospora