The Dothioraceae are a

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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 order

Dothideales Dothideales are an order of bitunicate fungi consisting mainly of saprobic or plant parasitic species. Description Taxa in this order are characterized by the absence of a hamathecium (defined as hyphae or other tissues between asci) in a l ...

. Species in this family have a widespread distribution, and are biotrophic or

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, usually associated with woody plants.

Genera

*'' Aureobasidium'' *'' Botryochora'' (placement uncertain) *'' Delphinella'' *'' Dothiora'' *'' Endodothiora'' *'' Hortaea'' *'' Jaffuela'' (placement uncertain) *'' Plowrightia'' *'' Saccothecium'' *''

Sydowia ''Sydowia'' is a genus of fungi in the family Dothioraceae described by Giacomo Bresadola in 1895. The name honours German mycologist, Paul Sydow. Species As accepted by Species Fungorum; * '' Sydowia agharkarii'' * '' Sydowia ceanothi'' ...

'' - 11 spp. *'' Yoshinagaia''

References

Dothideales Ascomycota families Taxa named by Ferdinand Theissen Taxa named by Hans Sydow Taxa described in 1917 {{Dothideomycetes-stub