The Ceratostomataceae are a
family
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of
fungi
A fungus ( : fungi or funguses) is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms. These organisms are classified as a kingdom, separately from ...
in the phylum
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 ...
, class
Sordariomycetes
Sordariomycetes is a class of fungi in the subdivision Pezizomycotina (Ascomycota), consisting of 28 orders, 90 families, 1344 genera. Sordariomycetes is from the Latin sordes (filth) because some species grow in animal feces, though growth habit ...
, subclass
Hypocreomycetidae
HypocreomycetidaeEriksson OE, Winka W (1997) Supraordinal taxa of Ascomycota. ''Myconet.'' 1:1-16. is a subclass of sac fungi.
Orders
* Coronophorales
* Glomerellales
* Halospheriales
* Hypocreales
* Melanosporales
* Microascales
* ''Incertae ...
and order
Coronophorales
The Coronophorales are an order of fungi in the class Sordariomycetes. According to a 2008 estimate, the order consisted of 4 families, 26 genera, and 87 species. This was changed in 2020, it then had 6 families, with 46 genera.
Families
* Bertia ...
.
Species in the family have a widespread distribution, and are found growing on other fungi, on soil, or on rotting vegetation. The family may not be
monophyletic
In cladistics for a group of organisms, monophyly is the condition of being a clade—that is, a group of taxa composed only of a common ancestor (or more precisely an ancestral population) and all of its lineal descendants. Monophyletic gro ...
as currently defined.
Genera
As accepted by Wijayawardene et al. 2020;
* ''
Arxiomyces'' (3 species)
* ''
Dactylidispora'' (3)
* ''
Echinusitheca'' (1)
* ''
Erythrocarpon'' (1)
* ''
Gonatobotrys'' (ca. 10)
* ''
Harzia
''Harzia'' is a genus of seed-borne fungus that occurs in the soil. It has been categorized in the ''Ceratostomataceae'' family. The genus ''Harzia'' contains three accepted species: '' H. acremonioides'', ''H. verrucose Hol-Jech'', and ''H. vela ...
'' (10)
* ''
Melanospora'' {{Au, Corda (69)
* ''
Microthecium'' {{Au, Corda (ca. 20) (formerly ''Pteridiosperma'' {{Au, J.C. Krug & Jeng
* ''
Neotrotteria'' {{Au, Sacc. (1)
* ''
Pseudomicrothecium'' {{Au, Y. Marín, Stchigel, Guarro & Cano (1)
* ''
Pustulipora'' {{Au, P.F. Cannon (1)
* ''
Rhytidospora'' {{Au, Jeng & Cain (5)
* ''
Scopinella
''Scopinella'' is a genus of fungi in the Hypocreales order. The relationship of this taxon to other taxa within the order is unknown (''incertae sedis''), and it has not yet been placed with certainty into any family.
References
External li ...
'' {{Au, Lév. (9)
* ''
Setiferotheca'' {{Au, Matsush. (1)
* ''
Syspastospora'' {{Au, P.F. Cannon & D. Hawksw. (4)
* ''
Vittatispora'' {{Au, P. Chaudhary, J. Campb., D. Hawksw. & K.N. Sastry (1)
References
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Melanosporales
Ascomycota families
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