Biology:Sporormiaceae

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Short description: Family of fungi

Sporormiaceae
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Sporormiaceae

Munk (1957)
Type genus
Sporormia
Munk (1957)
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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]

Genera

As accepted by GBIF;[3]

Figures in brackets are approx. how many species per genus.[3]

References

  1. Fungal Families of the World. Wallingford, UK: CAB International. 2007. ISBN 978-0-85199-827-5. 
  2. "Phylogenetic relationships of coprophilous Pleosporales (Dothideomycetes, Ascomycota), and the classification of some bitunicate taxa of unknown position". Mycological Research 110 (5): 527–536. 2005. doi:10.1016/j.mycres.2006.03.002. PMID 16769507. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Sporormiaceae" (in en). https://www.gbif.org/species/4822. 

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