Helminthosphaeriaceae

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Helminthosphaeriaceae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Phylum: Ascomycota
Subphylum: Pezizomycotina
Class: Sordariomycetes
Order: Incertae sedis
Family: Helminthosphaeriaceae
Samuels, Candoussau & Magní
Type genus
Helminthosphaeria
Fuckel
Genera

Echinosphaeria
Helminthosphaeria
Ruzenia
Tengiomyces

The Helminthosphaeriaceae 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 the fruit bodies of old mushrooms. They are distributed in temperate areas.[3]

References

  1. Samuels, Gary J; Candoussau, FrançOise; Magni, J-F. (1997). "Fungicolous pyrenomycetes 1. Helminthosphaeria and the new family Helminthosphaeriaceae". Mycologia 89 (1): 141–155. doi:10.2307/3761183. JSTOR 3761183. 
  2. Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM. (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet (The Field Museum, Department of Botany, Chicago, USA) 13: 1–58. 
  3. Cannon PF, Kirk, PM. (2007). Fungal Families of the World. Wallingford: CABI. pp. 154–55. ISBN 0-85199-827-5. 


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