The Annulatascaceae are a
family
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of
fungi
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in the
monotypic
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order Annulatascales of the class
Sordariomycetes
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of the
Ascomycota
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.
The family had not been assigned to any
order
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,
until 2020 when it was placed with a new order Annulatascales .
Species in this family are
saprobic
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, often found growing on rotten wood in
freshwater
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habitats. They have a widespread distribution, with many found in
tropical
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the Southern Hemisphere at S. The tropics are also referred to ...
areas.
Genera
As accepted by Wijayawardene et al. 2020, 13 genera;
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Annulatascus'' (18 species)
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Annulusmagnus'' (1)
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Aqualignicola'' (2)
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Ascitendus'' (2)
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'' (2)
*''
Cataractispora'' (5)
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Chaetorostrum'' (1)
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Fusoidigranularius'' (1)
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Longicollum''
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Longivarius'' (1)
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Pseudoproboscispora'' (1)
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Submersisphaeria'' (5)
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Vertexicola'' (3)
References
Ascomycota families
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