Didymosphaeriaceae
| Didymosphaeriaceae | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Dothideomycetes |
| Order: | Pleosporales |
| Family: | Didymosphaeriaceae Munk (1953)[1] |
| Type genus | |
| Didymosphaeria Fuckel (1870)
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| Genera | |
The Didymosphaeriaceae are a family of fungi in the order Pleosporales. The family was erected by Anders Munk in 1953.
Taxa have a cosmopolitan distribution, and are saprobic in both woody and herbaceous plants. Some species are parasitic on other fungi.[2] The validity of the family as a distinct taxonomic unit has been questioned in a recent (2014) publication that suggests that the genera Appendispora, Phaeodothis, Roussoella, and Verruculina should be moved into other families.[3]
The type genus is Didymosphaeria, first described by Karl Wilhelm Gottlieb Leopold Fuckel in 1870.
References
- ^ Munk A. (1953). "The system of the Pyrenomycetes". Dansk Botanisk Arkiv. 15 (2): 128.
- ^ Cannon PF, Kirk PM (2007). Fungal Families of the World. Wallingford, UK: CAB International. ISBN 978-0-85199-827-5.
- ^ Ariyawansa HA, Camporesi E, Thambugala KM, Mapook A, Kang J-C, Alias SA, Chukeatirote EC, Thines M, McKenzie EH, Hyde KD (2014). "Confusion surrounding Didymosphaeria—phylogenetic and morphological evidence suggest Didymosphaeriaceae is not a distinct family". Phytotaxa. 176 (1): 102–119. doi:10.11646/Phytotaxa.176.1.12.
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