Annulatascaceae

Annulatascaceae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Phylum: Ascomycota
Subphylum: Pezizomycotina
Class: Sordariomycetes
Order: Incertae sedis
Family: Annulatascaceae
S.W. Wong, K.D. Hyde & E.B.G. Jones
Type genus
Annulatascus
K.D. Hyde

The Annulatascaceae are a family of fungi in the class Sordariomycetes of the Ascomycota.[1] The family has not been assigned to any order (incertae sedis).[2] Species in this family are saprobic, often growing on rotten wood in freshwater habitats. They have a widespread distribution, with many found in tropical areas.[3]

Genera

References

  1. ^ Wong SW, Hyde KD, Jones EBG. (1998). "Annulatascaceae, a new ascomycete family from the tropics". Systema Ascomycetum 16: 17–25. 
  2. ^ Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM. (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet (The Field Museum, Department of Botany, Chicago, USA) 13: 1–58. http://www.fieldmuseum.org/myconet/outline.asp. 
  3. ^ Cannon PF, Kirk, PM. (2007). Fungal Families of the World. Wallingford: CABI. pp. 11–12. ISBN 0-85199-827-5.