Biology:Vibrisseaceae
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Short description: Family of fungi
| Vibrisseaceae | |
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| Vibrissea truncorum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Leotiomycetes |
| Order: | Helotiales |
| Family: | Vibrisseaceae Korf (1990) |
| Type genus | |
| Vibrissea Fr. (1822)
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| Genera[1] | |
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The Vibrisseaceae are a family of fungi in the order Helotiales. The family was circumscribed by mycologist Richard Korf in 1990 to include the genera Vibrissea, Chlorovibrissea, and Leucovibrissea.[2][3] According to the Dictionary of the Fungi (10th edition, 2008), the family encompasses 5 genera and 59 species.[4]
Description
Members of the Vibrisseaceae have filiform (threadlike) to cylindrical ascospores.[3]
References
- ↑ "Vibrisseaceae". Species. GBIF. http://www.gbif.org/species/8386.
- ↑ Korf RP. (1990). "Discomycete systematics today: a look at some unanswered questions in a group of unitunicate ascomycetes". Mycosystema 3: 19–27.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Iturriaga T. (1995). "A preliminary discomycete flora of Macaronesia: Part 9. Vibrisseaceae". Mycotaxon 54: 1–17. http://www.cybertruffle.org.uk/cyberliber/59575/0054/0001.htm.
- ↑ Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. 2008. p. 725. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
Wikidata ☰ Q2768413 entry
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