| Roussoellaceae | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Dothideomycetes |
| Order: | Pleosporales |
| Family: | Roussoellaceae Jian K. Liu, Phook., D.Q. Dai & K.D. Hyde [1] |
The Roussoellaceae are a family of fungi in the order Pleosporales. As accepted by Wijayawardene et al. 2020; [2]
The family was introduced by Liu et al. in 2014 and originally contained Neoroussoella, Roussoella and Roussoellopsis. [1] [3] It is a well-resolved family in the Pleosporales order. [1] Many species of the Roussoellaceae family have been described from terrestrial plants including bamboo, [4] palms and mangrove trees. [5] [6] It has also been found in the marine environment and found on the seagrass Posidonia oceanica , with the green alga Flabellia petiolata and also the brown alga Padina pavonica , which were all collected in the Mediterranean Sea. [7]
With amount of species;