Cephalothecaceae

Cephalothecaceae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Phylum: Ascomycota
Subphylum: Pezizomycotina
Class: Sordariomycetes
Order: Incertae sedis
Family: Cephalothecaceae
Höhn.
Type genus
Cephalotheca
Fuckel
Genera

Albertiniella
Cephalotheca
Cryptendoxyla

The Cephalothecaceae are a family of fungi in the class Sordariomycetes.[1] The family has not been assigned to any order (incertae sedis).[2] Species in this family are saprobic, often growing on rotten wood or on other fungi. They are known to be distributed in northern temperate regions.[3]

References

  1. ^ Höhnel F. von (1917). "Mykologische Fragmente. Nrn. 120–190". Annales Mycologici 15 (5): 293–383. 
  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. 56–57. ISBN 0-85199-827-5.