The Vialaeaceae are a
family
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of
fungi
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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 ...
and 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 ...
. In 2018, it was placed in the order
Amphisphaeriales.
This is a
monotypic
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taxon, containing the single
genus
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''Vialaea''. The family of Vialaeaceae was named by P.F. Cannon in 1995.
Pier Andrea Saccardo circumscribed
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Not every polyg ...
the genus in Bull. Soc. Mycol. France vol.12 n page 66 in 1896.
The genus name of ''Vialaea'' is in honour of
Pierre Viala (1859–1936), who was a French scientist.
Species in the family are distributed in both
temperate
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and
tropical
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the Southern Hemisphere at S. The tropics are also referred to ...
areas of the world, where they grow
parasitically on twigs.
Species
As accepted by
Species Fungorum;
* ''
Vialaea bambusae''
* ''
Vialaea insculpta''
* ''
Vialaea mangiferae''
* ''
Vialaea minutella''
Former species; ''V. ingae'' = ''
Diatractium ingae'',
Phyllachoraceae
Phyllachoraceae is a family of sac fungi.
Genera
As accepted by 2020 Outline (with amount of species per genus);
*'' Ascovaginospora'' (1)
*'' Brobdingnagia'' (4)
*'' Camarotella'' (8)
*'' Coccodiella'' (27)
*'' Cyclodomus'' (5)
*'' Des ...
family
References
Sordariomycetes
Ascomycota families
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