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Microascaceae

The Microascaceae are a family of fungi in the class Sordariomycetes, subclass Hypocreomycetidae. The family was published by David Malloch in 1970, an emended description based on Everet Stanley Luttrell's original 1951 publication, and reassessed in 2020.

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Microascaceae
Scopulariopsis brevicaulis
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Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Sordariomycetes
Order: Microascales
Family: Microascaceae
Luttr. ex Malloch (1970)
Type genus
Microascus
Zukal (1886)

The Microascaceae are a family of fungi in the class Sordariomycetes, subclass Hypocreomycetidae.1 The family was published by David Malloch in 1970, an emended description based on Everet Stanley Luttrell's original 1951 publication,2 and reassessed in 2020.3

Description

Microascaceae species have spherical to irregularly shaped, darkly colored fruit bodies. They are usually hairy and rarely smooth. The smooth spores are reddish brown to copper colored, one-celled, and have a germ pore at one or both ends. Asci can occur singly or in chains.2

Genera

As accepted by Wijayawardene et al. 2020 (with number of species);3

  • Acaulium Sopp (4)
  • Brachyconidiellopsis Decock, R.F. Castañeda & Adhikari (1)
  • Canariomyces Arx (3)
  • Cephalotrichum Link (37) - anamorph
  • Doratomyces Corda (3)
  • Echinobotryum Corda (2)
  • Enterocarpus Locq.-Lin. (2)
  • Fairmania Sacc. (1)
  • Gamsia M. Morelet (5)
  • Kernia Nieuwl. (14)
  • Lomentospora Hennebert & B.G. Desai (1)
  • Lophotrichus R.K. Benj. (8)
  • Microascus Zukal (60)
  • Parascedosporium Gilgado, Gené, Cano & Guarro (2)
  • Petriella Curzi (8)
  • Pseudallescheria Negroni & I. Fisch. (8)
  • Pseudoscopulariopsis Sand.-Den., Gené & Guarro (2)
  • Rhinocladium Sacc. & Marchal (11)
  • Scedosporium Sacc. ex Castell. & Chalm. (12)
  • Scopulariopsis Bainier (87) - anamorph
  • Wardomyces F.T. Brooks & Hansf. (11)
  • Wardomycopsis Udagawa & Furuya (5)
  • Yunnania H.Z. Kong (3)
References

References

  1. Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM. (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet. 13. Chicago, USA: The Field Museum, Department of Botany: 1–58. Archived from the original on 2009-03-18.
  2. Malloch D. (1970). "New concepts in the Microascaceae illustrated by two species". Mycologia. 62 (4): 727–40 (see p. 734). doi:10.2307/3757662. JSTOR 3757662.
  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:11336/151990.
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