Vialaeaceae
| Vialaeaceae | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Phylum: | Ascomycota |
| Subphylum: | Pezizomycotina |
| Class: | Sordariomycetes |
| Order: | Incertae sedis |
| Family: | Vialaeaceae P.F. Cannon |
| Type genus | |
| Vialaea Sacc. | |
The Vialaeaceae are a family of fungi in the Ascomycota, class Sordariomycetes.[1] This is a monotypic taxon, containing the single genus Vialaea. The family was named by P.F. Cannon in 1995.[2] Species in the family are distributed in both temperate and tropical areas of the world, where they grow parasitically on twigs.[3]
References
- ↑ Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM. (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet (Chicago, USA: The Field Museum, Department of Botany) 13: 1–58.
- ↑ Cannon PF. (1995). "Studies on fungi with isthmoid ascospores: the genus Vialaea, with the description of the new family Vialaeaceae". Mycological Research 99 (3): 367–73. doi:10.1016/S0953-7562(09)80915-5.
- ↑ Cannon PF, Kirk PM. (2007). Fungal Families of the World. Wallingford: CABI. pp. 375–76. ISBN 0-85199-827-5.