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Spiculogloea is a genus of fungi in the Spiculogloeaceae family. The widespread genus contains 5 species.

The type species is Spiculogloea occulta

Species of Spiculogloea are known as mycoparasites. Such as Spiculogloea minuta is reported as parasitising basidiocarps of Mycostilla vermiformis and various Tulasnella spp. in Norway.

Species of Spiculogloea are parasitic or saprotrophic (processing of decayed (dead or waste) organic matter) with spinulose (covered with small spines) to granulose (having a surface covered with granules), auricularoid (more or less cylindrical basidia with lateral septa wall) basidia (a spore-producing structure). They have a yeast state. The teleomorph is Spiculugloea and the anamorph is thought to be Sporobolomyces, (such as S. subbrunneus, S. coprosimicola and S. linderae).

Distribution
It is has been found in parts of Europe, Russia, Asia and Africa. Including; Majorca and Cabrera (Balearic Islands), Norway, France Great Britain,

Species
As accepted by Species Fungorum;


 * Spiculogloea inaequalis
 * Spiculogloea limonispora
 * Spiculogloea minuta
 * Spiculogloea occulta
 * Spiculogloea subminuta