Didymosphaeriaceae

Didymosphaeriaceae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Dothideomycetes
Order: Pleosporales
Family: Didymosphaeriaceae
Munk (1953)[1]
Type genus
Didymosphaeria
Fuckel (1870)
Genera

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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 was questioned in a 2014 publication that suggested that the genera Appendispora, Phaeodothis, Roussoella, and Verruculina should be moved into other families.[3]

The type genus is Didymosphaeria, circumscribed by Karl Wilhelm Gottlieb Leopold Fuckel in 1870.

Genera

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According to the 2022 version of Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa, the Didymosphaeriaceae contains 33 genera and about 254 species.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Munk A. (1953). "The system of the Pyrenomycetes". Dansk Botanisk Arkiv. 15 (2): 128.
  2. ^ Cannon PF, Kirk PM (2007). Fungal Families of the World. Wallingford, UK: CAB International. ISBN 978-0-85199-827-5.
  3. ^ 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. Open access icon
  4. ^ Wijayawardene, N.N.; Hyde, K.D.; Dai, D.Q.; Sánchez-García, M.; Goto, B.T.; Saxena, R.K.; et al. (2022). "Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa – 2021". Mycosphere. 13 (1): 53–453. doi:10.5943/mycosphere/13/1/2. hdl:10481/76378.