Sporormiaceae
| Sporormiaceae | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Subdivision: | Pezizomycotina |
| Class: | Dothideomycetes |
| Order: | Pleosporales |
| Family: | Sporormiaceae Munk (1957) |
| Type genus | |
| Sporormia Munk (1957) | |
| Genera | |
|
Chaetopreussia | |
The Sporormiaceae are a family of fungi in the order Pleosporales. Taxa have a cosmopolitan distribution and are saprobic on dung (coprophilous) and rotting vegetation.[1]
Description
The Sporormiaceae are characterized by having dark brown, septate spores with germ slits.[2]
References
- ↑ Cannon PF, Kirk PM. (2007). Fungal Families of the World. Wallingford, UK: CABI. ISBN 0-85199-827-5.
- ↑ Kruys A, Eriksson OE, Wedin M. (2005). "Phylogenetic relationships of coprophilous Pleosporales (Dothideomycetes, Ascomycota), and the classification of some bitunicate taxa of unknown position". Mycological Research 110 (5): 527–36. doi:10.1016/j.mycres.2006.03.002.