The Phaeosphaeriaceae are a
family
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of
fungi
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in the
order
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Pleosporales
The Pleosporales is the largest order in the fungal class Dothideomycetes. By a 2008 estimate it contains 23 families, 332 genera and more than 4700 species. The majority of species are saprobes on decaying plant material in fresh water, marin ...
. Species in the family have a
cosmopolitan distribution
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, and are generally
nectrotrophic or
saprobic
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on a wide range of plants.
Genera list
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Barria''
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Bricookea''
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Carinispora''
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Chaetoplea'' - placement tentative
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Didymocyrtis''
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Eudarluca
''Eudarluca'' is a genus of 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 cla ...
'' - placement tentative
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Hadrospora''
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Isthmosporella''
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Katumotoa''
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Lautitia'' - placement tentative
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Metameris''
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Mixtura''
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Neophaeosphaeria''
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Nodulosphaeria''
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Ophiosphaerella''
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Phaeosphaeria
''Phaeosphaeria'' is a genus of fungi in the family Phaeosphaeriaceae. It has about 95 species. The genus was circumscribed by Japanese mycologist Ichiro Miyake in 1909, with '' Phaeosphaeria oryzae'' assigned as the type species.
Species
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Phaeosphaeriopsis''
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Setomelanomma''
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Stagonospora
''Stagonospora'' is a genus of fungi clustering in the Phaeosphaeriaceae (Quaedvlieg). Several of the species in this genus are plant pathogens.
Taxonomy
Previously included species include ''S. curtisii''= ''Peyronellaea curtisii
''Pey ...
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Teratosphaeria'' - placement tentative
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Wilmia''
References
Bibliography
Dothideomycetes families
Taxa named by Margaret Elizabeth Barr-Bigelow
Taxa described in 1979
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