The Chorioactidaceae are a
family
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of
cup fungi
The Pezizaceae (commonly referred to as cup fungi) are a family of fungi in the Ascomycota which produce mushrooms that tend to grow in the shape of a "cup". Spores are formed on the inner surface of the fruit body (mushroom). The cup shape ty ...
in the order
Pezizales containing seven species distributed among five
genera.
''
Pseudosarcosoma'' was added in 2013 to contain ''
P. latahense'' when
molecular phylogenetic studies demonstrated the fungus to be more closely related to the Chorioactidaceae than to ''
Sarcosoma'' (family
Sarcosomataceae).
References
Ascomycota families
Pezizales
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