''Jobellisia'' is 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 ...

within the family Jobiellaceae, 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 ...

. The genus was

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Margaret Elizabeth Barr-Bigelow Margaret Elizabeth Barr Bigelow (1923-2008) was a Canadian mycologist known for her contributions to the Ascomycetes fungi. Biography She was born on April 16, 1923 in Elkhorn, Manitoba. She studied at the University of British Columbia, ...

in 1993 with '' J. luteola'' as the

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. It contains species that grow on dead wood and bark in

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and

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regions of the

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. Barr originally classified ''Jobellisia'' in the family

Clypeosphaeriaceae The Clypeosphaeriaceae are a family of fungi in the order Xylariales. Genera As accepted by GBIF The Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) is an international organisation that focuses on making scientific data on biodiversity avail ...

of the order

Xylariales The Xylariales are an order (biology), order of fungi within the class (biology), class Sordariomycetes (also known as Pyrenomycetes), subdivision Pezizomycotina, division (mycology), division Ascomycota. It is the only order of the Class (taxonom ...

. Later

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work showed that ''J. luteola'' and '' J. fraterna'' formed a

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that is

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to the

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Diaporthales Diaporthales is an order of sac fungi. Wijayawardene et al. in 2020 added a number of name families to the order. Diaporthales includes a number of plant pathogenic fungi, the most notorious of which is ''Cryphonectria parasitica'' (Murrill) B ...

. In 2008, Martina Réblová erected a new genus, '' Bellojisia'' (an

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of ''Jobellisia''), to contain what was then called ''Jobellisia rhynchostoma'', and created the family Jobiellaceae for the remaining ''Jobellisia'' species. She demonstrated that Jobiellaceae occupies a basal position in a clade containing the

Calosphaeriales The Calosphaeriales are an order of fungi within the class Sordariomycetes containing 2 families. They are saprophytes and have small fruiting bodies. Subdivision *Family Calosphaeriaceae **'' Calosphaeria'' **'' Calosphaeriophora'' **'' Jatt ...

and

References

Sordariomycetes genera Sordariomycetes enigmatic taxa {{Sordariomycetes-stub