Pleomassariaceae

Pleomassariaceae
Beverwykella pulmonaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Dothideomycetes
Order:	Pleosporales
Family:	Pleomassariaceae M.E.Barr (1979)
Type genus
Pleomassaria Speg. (1880)
Genera
Beverwykella Lichenopyrenis Myxocyclus Peridiothelia Pleomassaria Prosthemium Splanchnonema

The Pleomassariaceae are a family of fungi in the order Pleosporales. Taxa have a widespread distribution in both temperate and tropical regions, and are saprobic or necrotrophic on wood, bark, and other herbaceous material. ^[1] The genus was circumscribed by mycologist Margaret Elizabeth Barr-Bigelow in 1979. ^[2]

Genera

This is a list of the genera in the Pleomassariaceae, based on a 2021 review and summary of fungal classification by Wijayawardene and colleagues. ^[3] Following the genus name is the taxonomic authority (those who first circumscribed the genus; standardized author abbreviations are used), year of publication, and the number of species:

• Asteromassaria
• Beverwykella Tubaki (1975) – 3 spp.
• Lichenopyrenis Calat., Sanz & Aptroot (2001) – 1 sp.
• Myxocyclus Riess (1852) – 1 sp.
• Peridiothelia D. Hawksw. (1985) – 3 spp.
• Pleomassaria Speg. (1880) – 15 spp.
• Prosthemium Kunze (1817) – ca. 8 spp.
• Splanchnonema Corda (1829) – 37 spp.

References

1. Cannon PF, Kirk PM (2007). Fungal Families of the World. Wallingford: CABI. ISBN   0-85199-827-5.
2. Barr, M.E. (1979). "A classification of Loculoascomycetes". Mycologia. 71 (5): 935–957. doi:10.2307/3759283. JSTOR   3759283.
3. Wijayawardene, N.N.; Hyde, K.D.; Dai, D.Q.; Sánchez-García, M.; Goto, B.T.; Saxena, R.K.; et al. (2022). "Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa – 2021". Mycosphere. 13 (1): 53–453 [112]. doi: 10.5943/mycosphere/13/1/2 . hdl: 10481/76378 . S2CID   249054641.