The Microstromataceae are a
family
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of
fungi
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in the class
Exobasidiomycetes
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. The family was circumscribed by Swiss mycologist
Walter Jülich in 1986.
Microstromataceae contains two genera (''
Microstroma'' and
''
Sympodiomycopsis''), which collectively contain five species.
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{{Taxonbar, from=Q10584845
Ustilaginomycotina
Basidiomycota families
Taxa named by Walter Jülich
Fungi described in 1981