Helminthosphaeriaceae

Helminthosphaeriaceae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Sordariomycetes
Order:	Chaetosphaeriales
Family:	Helminthosphaeriaceae; Samuels, Cand. & Magni (1997)
Type genus
	Helminthosphaeria; Fuckel (1870)

The Helminthosphaeriaceae are a family of fungi in the class Sordariomycetes.¹ Species in this family are saprobic, often growing on rotten wood or on the fruit bodies of old mushrooms. They are distributed in temperate areas.²

Genera

As accepted by Wijayawardene et al. 2020 (with amount of species per genus);³

Echinosphaeria A.N. Mill. & Huhndorf (14)
Helminthosphaeria Fuckel (ca. 20)
Hilberina Huhndorf & A.N. Mill. (ca. 20)
Ruzenia O. Hilber (1)

References

Samuels GJ, Candoussau F, Magni JF (1997). "Fungicolous pyrenomycetes 1. Helminthosphaeria and the new family Helminthosphaeriaceae". Mycologia. 89 (1): 141–55. doi:10.2307/3761183. JSTOR 3761183.
Cannon PF, Kirk PM (2007). Fungal Families of the World. Wallingford, UK: CAB International. pp. 154–5. ISBN 978-0-85199-827-5.
Wijayawardene, Nalin; Hyde, Kevin; Al-Ani, Laith Khalil Tawfeeq; Somayeh, Dolatabadi; Stadler, Marc; Haelewaters, Danny; et al. (2020). "Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa". Mycosphere. 11: 1060–1456. doi:10.5943/mycosphere/11/1/8. hdl:10481/61998.

[Samuels_1997-1] Samuels GJ, Candoussau F, Magni JF (1997). "Fungicolous pyrenomycetes 1. Helminthosphaeria and the new family Helminthosphaeriaceae". Mycologia. 89 (1): 141–55. doi:10.2307/3761183. JSTOR 3761183.

[Cannon_2007-2] Cannon PF, Kirk PM (2007). Fungal Families of the World. Wallingford, UK: CAB International. pp. 154–5. ISBN 978-0-85199-827-5.

[Wijayawardene_et_al._2020-3] Wijayawardene, Nalin; Hyde, Kevin; Al-Ani, Laith Khalil Tawfeeq; Somayeh, Dolatabadi; Stadler, Marc; Haelewaters, Danny; et al. (2020). "Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa". Mycosphere. 11: 1060–1456. doi:10.5943/mycosphere/11/1/8. hdl:10481/61998.

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