The Batistiaceae are a
family of
fungi in the division
Ascomycota
Ascomycota is a phylum of the kingdom Fungi that, together with the Basidiomycota, forms the subkingdom Dikarya. Its members are commonly known as the sac fungi or ascomycetes. It is the largest phylum of Fungi, with over 64,000 species. The def ...
. The family was described by Gary Samuels and Katia Rodrigues in 1989 to contain the genus ''Batistia'' and its sole species ''Batistia annulipes''. The
anamorph
In mycology, the terms teleomorph, anamorph, and holomorph apply to portions of the life cycles of fungi in the phyla Ascomycota and Basidiomycota:
*Teleomorph: the sexual reproductive stage (morph), typically a fruiting body.
*Anamorph: an ase ...
form of this fungus has been named ''Acrostroma annellosynnema''. ''Batistia annulipes'' was originally described from
French Guiana, and was later found in other locations in South America and in
Panama.
See also
*
List of Ascomycota families ''incertae sedis''
References
Ascomycota enigmatic taxa
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