Ceratostomataceae

Ceratostomataceae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Phylum: Ascomycota
Class: Sordariomycetes
Order: Melanosporales
Family: Ceratostomataceae
G. Winter
Type genus
Ceratostoma
Fr.
Genera

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The Ceratostomataceae are a family of fungi in the Ascomycota, class Sordariomycetes.[1] Species in the family have a widespread distribution, and are found growing on other fungi, on soil, or rotting vegetation.[2] The family may not be monophyletic as currently defined.[3]

Genera

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. Cannon PF, Kirk PM. (2007). Fungal Families of the World. Wallingford: CABI. pp. 60–61. ISBN 0-85199-827-5.
  3. Zhang N, Blackwell M. (2002). "Molecular phylogeny of Melanospora and similar pyrenomycetous fungi". Mycological Research 106 (2): 148–55. doi:10.1017/S0953756201005354.
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