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]

References

  1. ↑ Cannon PF, Kirk PM. (2007). Fungal Families of the World. Wallingford, UK: CAB International. ISBN 0-85199-827-5.
  2. ↑ Kruys A, Eriksson OE, Wedin M. (2005). "Phylogenetic relationships of coprophilous Pleosporales (Dothideomycetes, Ascomycota), and the classification of some bitunicate taxa of unknown position". Mycological Research. 110 (5): 527–536. doi:10.1016/j.mycres.2006.03.002. PMID 16769507.


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