Sarcoscyphaceae

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Sarcoscyphaceae
Sarcoscypha coccinea, the scarlet elf cup.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Subdivision: Pezizomycotina
Class: Pezizomycetes
Order: Pezizales
Family: Sarcoscyphaceae
Le Gal ex Eckblad (1968)
Type genus
Sarcoscypha
(Fr.) Boud.
Genera

Aurophora
Cookeina
Desmazierella
Geodina
Kompsoscypha
Microstoma
Nanoscypha
Phillipsia
Pithya
Pseudopithyella
Sarcoscypha
Thindia
Wynnea

The Sarcoscyphaceae are a family of cup fungi in the Pezizales order. There are 13 genera and 102 species in the family.[1] Members of this family are cosmopolitan in distribution, being found in both tropical and temperate regions.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA. (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi. 10th ed. Wallingford: CABI. p. 616. ISBN 0-85199-826-7. 
  2. ↑
    • Cannon PF, Kirk PM. (2007). Fungal Families of the World. Wallingford: CABI. p. 322. ISBN 0-85199-827-5. 

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