Vibrisseaceae

Vibrisseaceae
	Vibrissea truncorum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Ascomycetes
Order:	Helotiales
Family:	Vibrisseaceae; Korf (1990)
Type genus
	Vibrissea; Fr. (1822)
Genera
	Anavirga; Apostemidium; Chlorovibrissea; Leucovibrissea; Vibrissea

The Vibrisseaceae are a family of fungi in the order Helotiales. The family was circumscribed by mycologist Richard Korf in 1990 to include the genera Vibrissea, Chlorovibrissea, and Leucovibrissea.[1][2] According to the Dictionary of the Fungi (10th edition, 2008), the family encompasses 5 genera and 59 species.[3]

Description

Members of the Vibrisseaceae have filiform (threadlike) to cylindrical ascospores.[2]

References

Korf RP. (1990). "Discomycete systematics today: a look at some unanswered questions in a group of unitunicate ascomycetes". Mycosystema. 3: 19–27.
Iturriaga T. (1995). "A preliminary discomycete flora of Macaronesia: Part 9. Vibrisseaceae". Mycotaxon. 54: 1–17.
Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 725. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.

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[Korf1990-1] Korf RP. (1990). "Discomycete systematics today: a look at some unanswered questions in a group of unitunicate ascomycetes". Mycosystema. 3: 19–27.

[Iturriaga1995-2] Iturriaga T. (1995). "A preliminary discomycete flora of Macaronesia: Part 9. Vibrisseaceae". Mycotaxon. 54: 1–17.

[Kirk2008-3] Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 725. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.