The Ophiostomataceae are a

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in the

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 ...

. The family was

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by J.A. Nannfeldt in 1932. Species in the family have a widespread distribution, and are typically found in

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regions, as

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of both

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and

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trees.

Genera

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Ceratocystiopsis ''Ceratocystiopsis'' is a genus of ascomycete fungi in the family Ophiostomataceae, which infect bark. References External links

* Ophiostomatales Sordariomycetes genera {{Sordariomycetes-stub ...

'' *'' Dryadomyces'' *'' Equicapillimyces'' *'' Graphilbum'' *'' Graphiocladiella'' *''

Grosmannia ''Grosmannia'' is a genus of fungi in the family Ophiostomataceae. It was circumscribed by G. Goidànich in 1936. The genus name of ''Grosmannia'' is in honour of Helene Margarete Amalie Francke-Grosmann (1900 - 1990), who was a German bota ...

'' *'' Hyalorhinocladiella'' *''

Klasterskya ''Klasterskya'' is a genus of fungi in the family Ophiostomataceae. The genus name of ''Klasterskya'' is in honour of Ivan Kláštersky (1901-1979), who was a Czechoslovakian botanist, who was between 1925 - 1955 curator, and Director of the bot ...

'' *'' Knoxdaviesia'' *'' Leptographium'' *''

Ophiostoma ''Ophiostoma'' is a genus of fungi within the family Ophiostomataceae. It was circumscribed in 1919 by mycologists Hans Sydow and Paul Sydow. Species *''Ophiostoma adjuncti'' *'' Ophiostoma ainoae'' *'' Ophiostoma allantosporum'' *'' Ophiosto ...

'' *'' Pachnodium'' *'' Pesotum'' *''

Raffaelea ''Raffaelea'' is a genus of ambrosia fungi in the family Ophiostomataceae. It was circumscribed by mycologists Josef Adolph von Arx and Grégoire L. Hennebert in 1965 with '' Raffaelea ambrosiae'' as the type species. The genus is named in honor ...

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Sporothrix ''Sporothrix'' is a ubiquitous genus of soil-dwelling fungus discovered by Schenck in 1898 and studied in more detail by Hektoen and Perkins. The first described and best known species is ''Sporothrix schenckii ''Sporothrix schenckii'', a fun ...

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Spumatoria ''Spumatoria'' is a fungal genus in the family Ophiostomataceae. This is a monotypic In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not inc ...

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Subbaromyces ''Subbaromyces'' is a genus of fungi in the family Ophiostomataceae. It was named to honour Yellapragada Subbarow Yellapragada Subba Rao (12 January 1895 – 8 August 1948) was a pioneering Indian biochemist who discovered the function ...

References

External links

* Ophiostomatales Ascomycota families Taxa named by John Axel Nannfeldt Taxa described in 1932 {{Sordariomycetes-stub