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Sporormiaceae

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Sporormiaceae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Dothideomycetes
Order: Pleosporales
Family: Sporormiaceae
Munk (1957)
Type genus
Sporormia
Munk (1957)
Genera

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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

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The Sporormiaceae are characterized by having dark brown, septate spores with germ slits.[2]

Genera

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As accepted by GBIF;[3]

Figures in brackets are approx. how many species per genus.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Cannon PF, Kirk PM (2007). Fungal Families of the World. Wallingford, UK: CAB International. ISBN 978-0-85199-827-5.
  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.
  3. ^ a b "Sporormiaceae". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 1 August 2022.