Phyllachorales is a small
order
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of
perithecial
An ascocarp, or ascoma (), is the fruiting body ( sporocarp) of an ascomycete phylum fungus. It consists of very tightly interwoven hyphae and millions of embedded asci, each of which typically contains four to eight ascospores. Ascocarps are mos ...
sac fungi containing mostly
foliar parasite
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s. This order lacks reliable morphological characters making taxonomic placement of genera difficult. There is controversy among
mycologists as to the boundaries of this order.
Characteristics
In general, members of the Phyllachoraceae produce
an
ascocarp embedded in the host tissue, mostly within a
stroma or beneath an epidermal
clypeus. The type of development is
ascohymenial.
Genera ''incertae sedis''
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Cyclodomus
''Cyclodomus'' is a genus of fungi within the order Phyllachorales. It is also in the family Phyllachoraceae
Phyllachoraceae is a family of sac fungi.
Genera
As accepted by 2020 Outline (with amount of species per genus);
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Lichenochora
''Lichenochora'' is a genus of fungi in the family Phyllachoraceae. It has 44 species. All species in the genus are lichenicolous, meaning they grow parasitically on lichens. The genus was circumscribed by Josef Hafellner in 1989, with '' Lichen ...
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Lindauella
''Lindauella'' is a genus of fungi in the order Phyllachorales. This is a monotypic genus, containing the single species ''Lindauella pyrenocarpoidea''.
The genus name of ''Lindauella'' is in honour of Gustav Lindau (1866-1923), who was a German ...
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Maculatifrondes
''Maculatifrondes'' is a genus of fungi in the order Phyllachorales. This is a monotypic genus, containing the single species ''Maculatifrondes aequatoriensis''. The fungus, first discovered in Ecuador
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Mangrovispora
''Mangrovispora'' is a genus of fungi within the order Phyllachorales. The relationship of this taxon to other taxa within the class is unknown (''incertae sedis
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Palmomyces
''Palmomyces'' is a genus of fungi in the family Clypeosphaeriaceae
The Clypeosphaeriaceae are a family of fungi in the order Xylariales.
Genera
As accepted by GBIF
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Phycomelaina
''Phycomelaina'' is a genus of fungi in the family Phyllachoraceae. This is a monotypic genus, containing the single species ''Phycomelaina laminariae''.
In Iceland, it has been reported infecting ''Alaria esculenta'', ''Laminaria digitata'' and ...
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Uropolystigma
''Uropolystigma'' is a genus of fungi in the family Phyllachoraceae. This is a monotypic
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References
Ascomycota orders
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