Xylariaceae

Xylariaceae
Xylaria hypoxylon
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Sordariomycetes
Order: Xylariales
Family: Xylariaceae
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Genera

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The Xylariaceae are a family of mostly small ascomycetous fungi. It is one of the most commonly encountered groups of ascomycetes and is found throughout the temperate and tropical regions of the world. They are typically found on wood, seeds, fruits, or plant leaves, some even associated with insect nests. Most decay wood and many are plant pathogens.

One example of this family is King Alfred's Cake.

Phylogenetic analyses published in 2009 suggest that there are two main lineages in this family, Hypoxyloideae and Xylarioideae.[1]

Genera

This is a complete list of genera in the Xylariaceae, based on the 2007 Outline of Ascomycota. A question mark before the genus name indicates that the placement of that taxon in this family is uncertain.[2]

Amphirosellinia Annulohypoxylon Anthostomella Appendixia Areolospora ?Ascotricha Ascovirgaria Astrocystis Barrmaelia Biscogniauxia Calceomyces Camillea Chaenocarpus Collodiscula Creosphaeria Cyanopulvis Daldinia Discoxylaria ?Emarcea Engleromyces Entoleuca Entonaema Euepixylon Fasciatispora Fassia Gigantospora Guestia Halorosellinia Helicogermslita Holttumia Hypocopra Hypoxylon Induratia Jumillera Kretzschmaria Kretzschmariella Leprieuria ?Leptomassaria Lopadostoma Muscodor Myconeesia Nemania Nipicola Obolarina Occultitheca Ophiorosellinia Pandanicola Paramphisphaeria ?Paucithecium Phylacia Pidoplitchkoviella Podosordaria Poroleprieuria Poronia Pyrenomyxa (=Pulveria) Rhopalostroma Rosellinia Sabalicola Sarcoxylon ?Sclerodermatopsis ?Seynesia Spirodecospora Stereosphaeria Stilbohypoxylon Striatodecospora Stromatoneurospora Thamnomyces Theissenia Thuemenella Vivantia Wawelia Whalleya Xylaria Xylocoremium Xylotumulus

References

  1. Tang AMC, Jeewon R, Hyde KD. (2009). "A re-evaluation of the evolutionary relationships within the Xylariaceae based on ribosomal and protein-coding gene sequences" (PDF). Fungal Diversity 34: 12755.
  2. "Myconet". Retrieved 2009-04-21.
A representative of the genus Hypoxylon


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