Biology:Pyxidiophoraceae

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The Pyxidiophorales are an order of fungi in the class Laboulbeniomycetes. The order was created in 2001[1] to contain the single family Pyxidiophoraceae, circumscribed in 1971.[2] The Pyxidiophoraceae are mostly coprophilous fungi that associate with mites and other arthropods.[3] The type genus, Pyxidiophora, the largest genus of the family, has about 20 species.

References

  1. Ainsworth & Bisby's Dictionary of the Fungi (9th ed.). Oxon, UK: CABI Bioscience. 2001. p. 443. ISBN 978-0-85199-377-5. 
  2. Arnold GRW. (1971). "Über einige neue Taxa und Kombinationen der Sphaeriales" (in German). Zeitschrift für Pilzkunde 37: 187–198. 
  3. Fungal Families of the World. Wallingford, UK: CAB International. 2007. p. 307. ISBN 978-0-85199-827-5. 

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