Pyxidiophoraceae

Pyxidiophorales
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Laboulbeniomycetes
Order:	Pyxidiophorales; P.F.Cannon (2001)
Family:	Pyxidiophoraceae; G.R.W.Arnold (1971)
Type genus
	Pyxidiophora; Bref. & Tavel (1891)
Genera
	Acariniola; Ascolanthanus; Gliocephalis; Mycorhynchidium; Mycorhynchus; Pleurocatena; Pyxidiophora; Rhynchonectria; Thaxteriola

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

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

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