Apiosporaceae

Apiosporaceae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Sordariomycetes
Order: Incertae sedis
Family: Apiosporaceae
K.D.Hyde, J.Fröhl., Joanne E.Taylor & M.E.Barr (1998)
Type genus
Apiospora
Sacc. (1875)
Genera

Apiospora
Appendicospora
Arthrinium
Camptoum
Cordella
Goniosporium
Papularia
Phaeoharziella
Pseudobasidium
Pteroconium
Racemosporium
Rhinocephalum
Scyphospora

The Apiosporaceae are a family of fungi in the Ascomycota.[1] The family was described in 1998.[2] Species in the family are saprobic, and derive nutrients by decomposing and digesting plant matter, especially palms and grasses. Anamorph genera include Arthrinium and Cordella.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM. (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet (Chicago, USA: The Field Museum, Department of Botany) 13: 1–58.
  2. ↑ Hyde KD, Fröhlich J, Taylor JE. (1998). "Fungi from palms. XXXVI. Reflections on unitunicate ascomycetes with apiospores". Sydowia 50 (1): 21–80.
  3. ↑ Cannon PF, Kirk PM. (2007). Fungal Families of the World. Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 14. ISBN 978-0-85199-827-5.

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