Sporormiaceae

Sporormiaceae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Subdivision:	Pezizomycotina
Class:	Dothideomycetes
Order:	Pleosporales
Family:	Sporormiaceae; Munk (1957)
Type genus
	Sporormia; Munk (1957)
Genera
	Chaetopreussia; Eremodothis; Pleophragmia; Preussia; Pycnidiophora; Sporormia; Sporormiella; Spororminula; Westerdykella

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]

^ Fungal Families of the World. Wallingford, UK: CAB International. 2007. ISBN 0-85199-827-5. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |authors= ignored (help)
^ "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. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |authors= ignored (help)

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