Apiosporaceae

Apiosporaceae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Sordariomycetes
Order:	Incertae sedis
Family:	Apiosporaceae; K.D.Hyde, J.Fröhl., Joanne E.Taylor & M.E.Barr (1998)
Type genus
	Apiospora; Sacc. (1875)
Genera
	Apiospora; Appendicospora; Arthrinium; Camptoum; Cordella; Goniosporium; Papularia; Phaeoharziella; Pseudobasidium; Pteroconium; Racemosporium; Rhinocephalum; Scyphospora

The Apiosporaceae are a family of fungi in the Ascomycota.[1] The family was circumscribed in 1998.[2] Species in the family are saprobic, and derive nutrients by decomposing and digesting plant matter, especially palms and grasses. Anamorph genera include Arthrinium and Cordella.[3]

References

Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet. Chicago, USA: The Field Museum, Department of Botany. 13: 1–58. Archived from the original on 2009-03-18.
Hyde KD, Fröhlich J, Taylor JE (1998). "Fungi from palms. XXXVI. Reflections on unitunicate ascomycetes with apiospores". Sydowia. 50 (1): 21–80.
Cannon PF, Kirk PM (2007). Fungal Families of the World. Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 14. ISBN 978-0-85199-827-5.

External links

Apiosporaceae in Index Fungorum

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[1] Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet. Chicago, USA: The Field Museum, Department of Botany. 13: 1–58. Archived from the original on 2009-03-18.

[2] Hyde KD, Fröhlich J, Taylor JE (1998). "Fungi from palms. XXXVI. Reflections on unitunicate ascomycetes with apiospores". Sydowia. 50 (1): 21–80.

[3] Cannon PF, Kirk PM (2007). Fungal Families of the World. Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 14. ISBN 978-0-85199-827-5.